Migraine and detox

I recently met up with Sandy Halliday, a graduate from the same nutrition college as me. We obviously soon started discussing the different routes we’d taken since our course finished.

While I have specialized in migraine, Sandy’s research and practice has focused on detox diets.

But as we compared notes it became obvious that there was much common ground, as a detoxification diet can be a great tool in the fight against migraine. Here are a few reasons why:

• Many complementary therapists have related migraine to sluggish liver function, and the liver is the body’s main detoxification organ, so it needs to be functioning well.
• If your liver and other organs of elimination can’t cope with the toxins in our diet and environment, you will suffer!
• Years of unhealthy eating can lead to indigestion and a toxic colon.
• A toxic colon can, in turn, lead to poor absorption of nutrients such as magnesium, so often deficient in migraine sufferers.
• A good detox diet will exclude most of the common dietary migraine triggers, but will include nutrient rich foods, many of which are rich in magnesium, and which support the liver’s detoxification processes.
• The liver eliminates spent hormones, but if it cannot do this efficiently old hormones may build up, resulting in a hormone imbalance. Many migraines are “hormonal”.

While we may all be aware of the benefits of a detox diet, with our modern life-style and the practicalities of following a sensible detox plan, good intentions often fall by the wayside, and no migraine sufferer needs anything that will cause them extra stress.

So Sandy has designed a plan that combines being safe and nutritionally sound, with being enjoyable and one you’ll easily stick to – even with family meals to plan.  Learn more by visiting Sandy’s detox site.

Although migraine is a neurological condition, I’m sure most people here would readily acknowledge that diet plays a strong part.

My ebook discusses the link between migraine and the neuro-transmitter serotonin, which many now accept; but what surprised me recently was to read that over 90% of the body’s serotonin is  made in the gut.

For the academically minded, the book The Second Brain by Michael Gershon will be interesting; be advised, though, it has been reviewed as a book for the scientifically minded rather than the lay-person.

Applying the principals of good diet, it stands to reason that a poorly nourished body will not perform optimally, and without good digestion you cannot be well-nourished. You are not just what you eat, but what you digest and assimilate. At the simplest level, if your body does not correctly process the food you have eaten it cannot do its job.

So it was interesting to come across an eating plan that claims to improve your digestion, and is simple to follow.  Here’s a review of the plan. It’s not specifically targeted at migraine sufferers, but the review refers to reduction and even cessation of headaches.

My ebook mentions the importance of the acid-alkaline food diet, without going into extensive details. Here I just found a great site with an extensive acid-alkaline food chart, recipes and guide. The site explains how a high alkaline foods diet works and why eating alkaline foods is recommended.

If you don’t know much about an alkaline diet, it is highly recommended for giving you a dramatic increase in energy levels along with restoring good health. It’s well worth a try if you suffer from migraines.

If you haven’t tried this yet, I highly recommend you learn more about the acid-alkaline diet or take the free test below to see if it would benefit you:

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