Headache & Migraine
Treatment that I use for migraine since anti-migraine medication does not work for me:
1. Use beetroot, lemon and carrot juice to flush the liver - I drink up to 1 litre
2. Use coffee enema to flush the liver
3. Use hydrotherapy – hot water on legs and ice pack on neck
Liver flush recipe that I use:–
Recipe: 12 carrots, 1 large beetroot, 1 large lemon
NOTE: Members of our family who suffer from haemochromatosis (too much iron) must take less beetroot. Those who suffer from high blood sugar problems, must take the liquid over a longer time period. We don’t recommend our remedies to others. We are simply sharing our experience using these remedies as they work for us.
Prevention:
Eliminate the dietary and environmental triggers
I found it was important to find out what triggers my migraines?
I came up with quite a lot of triggers!
Lack of sleep
Stress
Food intolerance - eating a food that we haven't eaten for a long time
Eating even a touch of soy
Lots of salicylate-high fruit
Lots of histamine high food
Lots of glutamine high food
Lots of tyrosine or other amine high food (tyrosine/tyramine)
Lots of tannins (brown coloured foods – brazil nuts, unsoaked almonds, tea, persimmons, grapes, blueberries)
Chemicals (sulfites, sodium benzoate, MSG, aspartame etc)
All those food groups cause migraines in me, but so does adrenal insufficiency- being stressed out or sick for a long time).
If it's adrenal insufficiency from being overtired or stressed, usually 2 x 50 mg CoQ10 (I can only take John O'Neill's advance Co Enzyme Q10-50mg as it is not prepared with soy oil). It is cheaper and a good product that works. (www.alifeproduct.com) . Also, I juice up some carrot, beetroot, lemon (and sometimes pineapple) and drink at least 2 cups as it causes my liver to dump out the toxins as is soon obvious in the toilet/bathroom. One beetroot, 12 carrots, 1 lemon and 1/2 pineapple is what I use. That usually stops the migraine for me if it is caused by a food intolerance or if my liver can’t make the needed enzymes to deal with too much of a certain food chemical.
If I find I have no supplements on hand, the next best thing I can do is to administer a coffee enema. This is a bit gruesome until you get the hang of it, but it often stops the headache within an hour.
Directions on how to do a coffee enema here: http://www.seekinghealth.com/blog/coffee-enema-instructions/
If I am travelling and I don’t have access to an enema kit I will then have to just try to reduce the pain over the next 3 days before the headache subsides at my liver’s slow detoxifying pace. I will get a garbage bin and fill it with very hot water and sit with my legs soaking in the water. It draws blood away from the congested veins in the head. I put an icepack on my neck - but never on the head as it is not good to put ice directly on the head and I don't like it evenly indirectly on the head for longer than 30 secs at a time.
After soaking my legs for 40 minutes, I feel for a lump in the adrenal spot on the foot which is on the opposite side to the migraine. e.g. if the migraine is over the left eye, I feel for the lump in the adrenal spot on the right foot. This lump will be excruciatingly painful under compression, but the lump can be massaged out and will give stimulation to the adrenal gland and get some hormones going again. The place to massage is directly underneath the foot-in-step, in the arch of the foot.
Theory Behind the Prevention of Migraines – promoted by Dogtor J
On a long term basis, after coming to understand the information from Dogtor J (a veterinarian), I totally eliminated the big 4 glutamates - soy, gluten, dairy & corn.
I learned the following from this website: http://dogtorj.tripod.com/id31.html
It is about glutamates and how they cause migraines in some people.
Gluten (in wheat, barley, rye), dairy, soy and corn- are so harmful are, not only are they rich in glutamate, but they do harm to intestinal villi inducing malabsorption of nutrients and then shower the body with their inflammatory lectins once absorbed by the body. It is the combination of these effects that make the "big 4" so detrimental in seizures.
Migraines and epilepsy are related. Neurons in the brain are stimulated in both conditions.
There are two forms of glutamate. Glutamate exists in the "bound" form as a part of protein, along with other amino acids. It can also be found in the "free" form in plant and animal tissues. It is free glutamate which plays a role in the palatability and acceptability of foods. Foods which contain high levels of free glutamate are cheese and ripe tomatoes.
I am restricting the level of glutamate in my diet because the neurons and supportive cells of my brain have been injured from food lectins and cannot handle the high levels of this non-essential, neurostimulating amino acid. Apparently, research indicates that when people stay off the “big 4” long enough, the process does reverse. After we have recovered then we can usually go back to eating some of those sources of glutamate that is not one of the “big 4”. This is what Dogtor J believes anyway. http://dogtorj.tripod.com/index.html and http://dogtorj.tripod.com/id31.html
Dogtor J continues:
There are estrogens in foods which women and those suffering from epilepsy, pain, and other excitotoxin-related disorders should beware. We know that estrogens are inflammatory and immunosuppressive and sensitize neurons to the action of glutamate (e.g. catamenial seizures, PMS, migraines occurring with periods/menstrual migraines).
Foods rich in glutamate and aspartate: thanks again to Dogtor J at: http://dogtorj.tripod.com/id31.html
1) Grains: Wheat, barley, and oats are highest. Corn and rice are lower than the previous three but higher than potatoes.
2) Dairy Products: All Cheeses (cheddar, Swiss, Monterey Jack, Mozzarella, PARMESAN) are very high. Casein is very concentrated in cheese and is 20% glutamic acid by composition.
3) Beans: Soy, Pinto, lima, black, navy, and lentils
4) Seeds: Sunflower, pumpkin, etc.
5) Peanuts: Very high, as are cashews, pistachios, and almonds. I have more detailed charts on the site to show exact values for the various nuts. Everything in moderationapplies when eating nuts of any kind. So, I do not recommend you reach for nuts when you are really hungry unless you can stop after a few. Nuts are very good for you..in moderation. For example, seven almonds a day gives you what you need .
6) Diet drinks: Primary source of aspartate (aspartame/Nutrasweet)
7) Prepared foods, soups: 70% of prepared foods and many soups have MSG
8) Meats: Note: All meats are naturally rich in glutamate and aspartate. Lamb (and eggs) are the lowest, while rabbit and turkey are the highest.
However, I believe that the amount in a normal serving of meat should not be enough to cause problems. I think that it is all of the other "unnatural" sources when combined with the meats that are causing the problems. Again, the main reasons why the "big 4"- gluten (wheat, barley, rye), dairy, soy and corn- are so harmful are, not only are they rich in glutamate, but they do harm to intestinal villi inducing malabsorption of nutrients and then shower the body with their inflammatory lectins once absorbed by the body. It is the combination of these effects that make the "big 4" so detrimental in seizures.
Meats (and tree nuts) do not have these other harmful effects. But there are individuals whose neurons are so diseased and overly-sensitized to glutamate that their meat protein intake should be restricted to some degree until they and their brains are healthier. I have now had cases of canine epilepsy that required some restriction of animal protein in order to halt their seizures. But this should be a temporary requirement, with a return to normal levels being accomplished once an individual is off the "big 4" long enough.
One of my newest concerns is the presence of glutamate in the flesh of grain-fed animals, especially chickens, turkeys, and cattle. This is s topic of discussion on the celiac forums and we are now believing that this is a real concern and could explain why some celiacs are not responding to elimination diets. Catfish are also grain fed.
The fact is that 60-70% of the American Diet is wheat and dairy (with heavy emphasis on cheese). This combined with the amount of artificial sweeteners being consumed and the addition of SOY has led this country into an epidemic of pain syndromes, including fibromyalgia. Epilepsy is definitely on the rise in pets and the combination of wheat and soy in pet foods is playing a huge role. I am seeing first time epileptic dogs within three weeks of starting such diets.
Food low in glutamate and asparate:
1) Fruits
2) Vegetables
3) Potatoes
4) Lamb and eggs are relatively low.
5) Tree nuts (e.g. pecans, walnuts, macadamias) NOTE: These are relatively low when compared to peanuts and cashews. I have more detailed charts on the site to show exact values. Pecans, for example, have half the amount of glutamate that peanuts have but that is still quite a bit. Again, everything in moderation applies when eating nuts of any kind. I do not recommend you reach for nuts when you are really hungry unless you can stop after a few. Nuts are very good for you..in moderation. 7 almonds a day gives you what you need. http://dogtorj.tripod.com/id31.html
So that’s what we do for migraines as anti-migraine medication does not work for me.
1. Eliminate the dietary and environmental triggers
2. Use beetroot, lemon and carrot juice to flush the liver
3. Use coffee enema to flush the liver
4. Use hydrotherapy – hot water on legs and ice pack on neck
DISCLAIMER
Information on this site and in this article is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease.
A decision to use/not use this information is the sole responsibility of the reader.
Please see your doctor or health care professional for medical evaluation.
Treatment that I use for migraine since anti-migraine medication does not work for me:
1. Use beetroot, lemon and carrot juice to flush the liver - I drink up to 1 litre
2. Use coffee enema to flush the liver
3. Use hydrotherapy – hot water on legs and ice pack on neck
Liver flush recipe that I use:–
Recipe: 12 carrots, 1 large beetroot, 1 large lemon
NOTE: Members of our family who suffer from haemochromatosis (too much iron) must take less beetroot. Those who suffer from high blood sugar problems, must take the liquid over a longer time period. We don’t recommend our remedies to others. We are simply sharing our experience using these remedies as they work for us.
Prevention:
Eliminate the dietary and environmental triggers
I found it was important to find out what triggers my migraines?
I came up with quite a lot of triggers!
Lack of sleep
Stress
Food intolerance - eating a food that we haven't eaten for a long time
Eating even a touch of soy
Lots of salicylate-high fruit
Lots of histamine high food
Lots of glutamine high food
Lots of tyrosine or other amine high food (tyrosine/tyramine)
Lots of tannins (brown coloured foods – brazil nuts, unsoaked almonds, tea, persimmons, grapes, blueberries)
Chemicals (sulfites, sodium benzoate, MSG, aspartame etc)
All those food groups cause migraines in me, but so does adrenal insufficiency- being stressed out or sick for a long time).
If it's adrenal insufficiency from being overtired or stressed, usually 2 x 50 mg CoQ10 (I can only take John O'Neill's advance Co Enzyme Q10-50mg as it is not prepared with soy oil). It is cheaper and a good product that works. (www.alifeproduct.com) . Also, I juice up some carrot, beetroot, lemon (and sometimes pineapple) and drink at least 2 cups as it causes my liver to dump out the toxins as is soon obvious in the toilet/bathroom. One beetroot, 12 carrots, 1 lemon and 1/2 pineapple is what I use. That usually stops the migraine for me if it is caused by a food intolerance or if my liver can’t make the needed enzymes to deal with too much of a certain food chemical.
If I find I have no supplements on hand, the next best thing I can do is to administer a coffee enema. This is a bit gruesome until you get the hang of it, but it often stops the headache within an hour.
Directions on how to do a coffee enema here: http://www.seekinghealth.com/blog/coffee-enema-instructions/
If I am travelling and I don’t have access to an enema kit I will then have to just try to reduce the pain over the next 3 days before the headache subsides at my liver’s slow detoxifying pace. I will get a garbage bin and fill it with very hot water and sit with my legs soaking in the water. It draws blood away from the congested veins in the head. I put an icepack on my neck - but never on the head as it is not good to put ice directly on the head and I don't like it evenly indirectly on the head for longer than 30 secs at a time.
After soaking my legs for 40 minutes, I feel for a lump in the adrenal spot on the foot which is on the opposite side to the migraine. e.g. if the migraine is over the left eye, I feel for the lump in the adrenal spot on the right foot. This lump will be excruciatingly painful under compression, but the lump can be massaged out and will give stimulation to the adrenal gland and get some hormones going again. The place to massage is directly underneath the foot-in-step, in the arch of the foot.
Theory Behind the Prevention of Migraines – promoted by Dogtor J
On a long term basis, after coming to understand the information from Dogtor J (a veterinarian), I totally eliminated the big 4 glutamates - soy, gluten, dairy & corn.
I learned the following from this website: http://dogtorj.tripod.com/id31.html
It is about glutamates and how they cause migraines in some people.
Gluten (in wheat, barley, rye), dairy, soy and corn- are so harmful are, not only are they rich in glutamate, but they do harm to intestinal villi inducing malabsorption of nutrients and then shower the body with their inflammatory lectins once absorbed by the body. It is the combination of these effects that make the "big 4" so detrimental in seizures.
Migraines and epilepsy are related. Neurons in the brain are stimulated in both conditions.
There are two forms of glutamate. Glutamate exists in the "bound" form as a part of protein, along with other amino acids. It can also be found in the "free" form in plant and animal tissues. It is free glutamate which plays a role in the palatability and acceptability of foods. Foods which contain high levels of free glutamate are cheese and ripe tomatoes.
I am restricting the level of glutamate in my diet because the neurons and supportive cells of my brain have been injured from food lectins and cannot handle the high levels of this non-essential, neurostimulating amino acid. Apparently, research indicates that when people stay off the “big 4” long enough, the process does reverse. After we have recovered then we can usually go back to eating some of those sources of glutamate that is not one of the “big 4”. This is what Dogtor J believes anyway. http://dogtorj.tripod.com/index.html and http://dogtorj.tripod.com/id31.html
Dogtor J continues:
There are estrogens in foods which women and those suffering from epilepsy, pain, and other excitotoxin-related disorders should beware. We know that estrogens are inflammatory and immunosuppressive and sensitize neurons to the action of glutamate (e.g. catamenial seizures, PMS, migraines occurring with periods/menstrual migraines).
Foods rich in glutamate and aspartate: thanks again to Dogtor J at: http://dogtorj.tripod.com/id31.html
1) Grains: Wheat, barley, and oats are highest. Corn and rice are lower than the previous three but higher than potatoes.
2) Dairy Products: All Cheeses (cheddar, Swiss, Monterey Jack, Mozzarella, PARMESAN) are very high. Casein is very concentrated in cheese and is 20% glutamic acid by composition.
3) Beans: Soy, Pinto, lima, black, navy, and lentils
4) Seeds: Sunflower, pumpkin, etc.
5) Peanuts: Very high, as are cashews, pistachios, and almonds. I have more detailed charts on the site to show exact values for the various nuts. Everything in moderationapplies when eating nuts of any kind. So, I do not recommend you reach for nuts when you are really hungry unless you can stop after a few. Nuts are very good for you..in moderation. For example, seven almonds a day gives you what you need .
6) Diet drinks: Primary source of aspartate (aspartame/Nutrasweet)
7) Prepared foods, soups: 70% of prepared foods and many soups have MSG
8) Meats: Note: All meats are naturally rich in glutamate and aspartate. Lamb (and eggs) are the lowest, while rabbit and turkey are the highest.
However, I believe that the amount in a normal serving of meat should not be enough to cause problems. I think that it is all of the other "unnatural" sources when combined with the meats that are causing the problems. Again, the main reasons why the "big 4"- gluten (wheat, barley, rye), dairy, soy and corn- are so harmful are, not only are they rich in glutamate, but they do harm to intestinal villi inducing malabsorption of nutrients and then shower the body with their inflammatory lectins once absorbed by the body. It is the combination of these effects that make the "big 4" so detrimental in seizures.
Meats (and tree nuts) do not have these other harmful effects. But there are individuals whose neurons are so diseased and overly-sensitized to glutamate that their meat protein intake should be restricted to some degree until they and their brains are healthier. I have now had cases of canine epilepsy that required some restriction of animal protein in order to halt their seizures. But this should be a temporary requirement, with a return to normal levels being accomplished once an individual is off the "big 4" long enough.
One of my newest concerns is the presence of glutamate in the flesh of grain-fed animals, especially chickens, turkeys, and cattle. This is s topic of discussion on the celiac forums and we are now believing that this is a real concern and could explain why some celiacs are not responding to elimination diets. Catfish are also grain fed.
The fact is that 60-70% of the American Diet is wheat and dairy (with heavy emphasis on cheese). This combined with the amount of artificial sweeteners being consumed and the addition of SOY has led this country into an epidemic of pain syndromes, including fibromyalgia. Epilepsy is definitely on the rise in pets and the combination of wheat and soy in pet foods is playing a huge role. I am seeing first time epileptic dogs within three weeks of starting such diets.
Food low in glutamate and asparate:
1) Fruits
2) Vegetables
3) Potatoes
4) Lamb and eggs are relatively low.
5) Tree nuts (e.g. pecans, walnuts, macadamias) NOTE: These are relatively low when compared to peanuts and cashews. I have more detailed charts on the site to show exact values. Pecans, for example, have half the amount of glutamate that peanuts have but that is still quite a bit. Again, everything in moderation applies when eating nuts of any kind. I do not recommend you reach for nuts when you are really hungry unless you can stop after a few. Nuts are very good for you..in moderation. 7 almonds a day gives you what you need. http://dogtorj.tripod.com/id31.html
So that’s what we do for migraines as anti-migraine medication does not work for me.
1. Eliminate the dietary and environmental triggers
2. Use beetroot, lemon and carrot juice to flush the liver
3. Use coffee enema to flush the liver
4. Use hydrotherapy – hot water on legs and ice pack on neck
DISCLAIMER
Information on this site and in this article is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease.
A decision to use/not use this information is the sole responsibility of the reader.
Please see your doctor or health care professional for medical evaluation.