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Review of the Chillow

Chillow – a Review

Sometimes it’s so hot and sticky at night (well OK, not that often in the UK) that you can feel a migraine threatening because of the heat. Here’s my secret weapon.

This is a ‘device’ I use myself and can personally endorse both the product and the customer service from the company.

My migraines are largely under control now, but when I get the occasional one I have a secret weapon that makes it easier to keep a cool head at night. The Chillow® is a “personal cooling solution” that doesn’t use electricity or refrigeration and it’s brilliant – for times when I have a migraine, or any other time when it’s too hot to sleep comfortably. For example: hot flushes, night sweats, eczema, fevers, headaches, sunburn, muscle/joint pain, sporting injuries and many other conditions.

The Chillow is a unique pad, only two centimetres thick, and needs activating just once by filling it with tap water, which is then fully absorbed into the patented foam core. Once activated it will keep on working, so it’s always ready for use when needed. Unlike gel and ice packs, Chillow does not need refrigeration and is always cool not cold, dry not wet, soft not hard.

The science behind the technology is simple, functional, versatile, enjoyable, unique, maintenance free. It depends on combining specialist materials, fluids and the laws of thermodynamics to create a dry, powerless, thermo-regulating and memory foam effect.

This combination of the right materials and an ingenious design means the Chillow stays at room temperature, which is always cooler than your body. It absorbs heat from your body and releases it into the air around you, whilst remaining pleasantly cool against the skin. So it provides comfort without power, pollution, moisture or maintenance.

Being cold OR hot is uncomfortable so an attractive feature of the Chillow is that while it keeps the user cool, it never makes them cold because it acts as a heat sink and radiator all in one.

Chillow absorbs heat, and then radiates it away from the user continuously, much like a radiator in a car, which works to keep a car’s engine cool by using water to help dissipate heat to the air. Hot fluid enters the radiator, loses its heat and the cooled water travels back through the system to begin the process again.

Likewise, the Chillow continually absorbs body heat and discharges the absorbed heat back to the surrounding environment. It consistently feels cool as the consumer is always warmer than the product. Unlike most other cooling products this technology is refreshing – not overly cold, wet or uncomfortable.

Before I’m happy to recommend a product I look for features such as quality, design, reliability, and durability. All of which Chillow offers. Another important point in their sale message is that there are no hidden or additional costs. After you have purchased your Chillow – you don’t need anything but tap water for it to work.

To keep it ready for use, without having to guess when your next migraine – or unpredictable summer heat-wave – will strike, just leave it in a cool place. Chillow is always ready to consistently deliver cooling, soothing comfort when you need it.

I’m delighted with my purchase and whole-heartedly recommend it to you.

For more drug-free migraine relief tips, see my Natural Migraine Alternatives ebook.

Stop Your Migraines!

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Bioflow Magnets and Migraine

Well…. it’s a bit of a diversion, but let’s run with it anyway.

The Daily Mirror, a well-known UK newspaper, published an uncomplimentary “investigation” into the products of Ecoflow, a Cornish company that manufactures the Bioflow products I recommend in my migraine e-book.

You can read the “investigation” and subsequent comments below:

Bioflow Investigation

In their defense of Ecoflow, many satisfied customers and distributors  of the company cite the excellent results they’ve had from Ecoflow products. I include myself in both categories – first as a customer, and second as a distributor, wanting to share with my clients the benefits I’d experienced.

There’s a lot of science in the post – pros and cons – much of which goes over my head. But then I don’t know precisely how my TV works, I just enjoy using it.

I can’t promise you that the products will work for your arthritis, migraine or other pains. Only you can make that evaluation, by trying the product. But if you read the comments on the blog you’ll find a lot of anecdotal evidence that they do work, and that many customers have found relief.

We accept that they don’t work 100% of the time, so Bioflow products are covered by a 90-day money-back guarantee. If you buy one and it doesn’t help you, just get in touch. However, many people have got in touch with me to send friends and family to buy their own products. Only one has asked for a refund (which was promptly given).

Read more about Bioflow products here.

Why your migraine drugs may not work

Although I prefer natural treatments for migraines, it’s a stark fact that many people still use conventional medication. If this works for you, and you don’t mind taking drugs, that’s great.

Personally I didn’t get much relief from pill-popping for my migraines. And today I bumped into an interesting article that could explain why not.

If you don’t get relief from your migraine medication read this article on why your migraine drugs may not work.

And then, considering the possible side effects of some medication, why not splash out on my ebook of natural, drug-free methods?

Please note, DO NOT discontinue any prescribed medication without the permission of your doctor.

Migraine and Hair Mineral Analysis

One of the tools I’ve found helpful for migraine sufferers is Hair Mineral Analysis.

Your hair contains all the minerals present in the body. Which means that it is in invaluable source of information on your health. In most cases your hair reflects the quantity of nutrient and toxic elements in your tissues. Analysis of this information provides a wealth of knowledge on how efficiently your body is working, its nutritional status, and certain harmful substances that could be at the root of your ill-health.

Hair Mineral Analysis is a safe, non-invasive, pain-free, test that anyone can perform themselves, in the comfort of their own home, unlike blood tests which must be administered by professionals.

You can learn more about Hair Mineral Analysis on the website above, and download a free sample analysis.

Migraine and Oil Pulling

One of the main aims of this blog is to bring readers new information, beyond that covered in my ebook.

I’d very much like anyone who tries, or has tried, anything I post about, to add their comments.

Here’s a new, and very unusual, therapy I read about the other day. Oil Pulling. A business colleague was very enthusiastic in telling me it had worked for his long-term migraines, and provided significant other health and well-being benefits too.

It’s always good to learn of something new that others have found helpful, so head on over to the Oil Pulling website, to learn more.

A quick Google of Oil Pulling found lots more information and, without going through it all I only found one “debunking” article. (Plus a warning NOT to gargle with it.)

As with much of complementary therapy, what works for one person will not work for another – so this could be something that will help your migraines – or other health conditions. Not something I’ve tried myself, but if YOU try it, please add your comment.

Stop The Migraine Madness

Welcome to my blog where I’ll be bringing you regular updates about natural, complementary approaches to migraine. And what’s important to many people is that they are drug-free approaches.

For years I suffered from weekly migraines and conventional medicine seemed to have nothing to offer me other than “drugs” – which I didn’t want to take.

In my quest from a drug-free alternative trained as a nutritionist at the renowned “Institute for Optimum Nutrition”, studying for 3 years. I am proud to have numbered the well-respected Patrick Holford as one of my lecturers. As a former sufferer, my dissertation topic was Migraine.

I qualified in 2000 and alongside my nutrition practice, I was sub-editor of Kate Neil’s “Nutrition Practitioner”, a peer-reviewed scientific journal for professional nutritionists.

Treating and preventing migraine is NOT a quick fix and often clients have already tried the best known complementary approaches to relieving their symptoms. So I decided to make available an ebook bringing together as many complementary solutions to migraine as possible, in an affordable ebook that could be immediately downloaded.

You’ll find this at www.StopTheMigraineMadness.com and newer material will be posted on this blog as I find it.