This is a short post since what I wish you to read is the story of the Marathon runner and not what I write. This testimonial is a blog written up by one of the migraineurs who read my book and is using the Stanton Migraine Protocol with a caveat: she is a Marathon runner! Interestingly I have several Marathon runners in my care. This is a two-part long blog so I link you to both parts. Part 1 and here is Part 2. Enjoy the story and wish her luck for her next Marathon!
Angela
Finally my rebuttal-commentary published in the journal Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, Vol 56 Issue 7 pages 1214-1215; July/August 2016. It is not an open journal so the article can only be viewed by those who have membership. I can share the article for educational purposes only, which this site is. So white I must include a link to the actual article, it has no abstract since it is a rebuttal-commentary, a page and a half. For educational purposes the commentary:
Headache rebuttal and commentary published
My rebuttal-commentary warns a publication in a previous issue that claimed to be the discoverer of the fact that dietary salt and migraines are in inverse relationship, that the claim that they are the first is incorrect. After all I have been publishing along these lines for over two years now–including my book that explains why.
Enjoy the article!
Comments are welcome!
Angela
Pain Types
Link to the article that does not seem to work on FB. Please click here to read it. Sorry about the inconvenience.
A study to be removed: authors claim their findings is the first in the discovery that dietary sodium intake is inverse to migraine pain. Meaning the lower the salt consumption–as per modern USDA and medicinal recommendations, the higher the migraine.
I published this 2 years ago in a book, and since then in two academic journal articles here and here (grrrrrrrr this journal sire crashes a ton lately!).
Plus I have already been using the findings for two years under the name Stanton Migraine Protocol® which is a registered trademark and has been treating thousands of migraineurs using my findings of several years ago.
I have demanded the withdrawal of that journal article for at least the correction of removal that they are the first to find this since that is not true and they need to update their citation and cite the original founder, which happens to be me!
Science is a dirty business and it is getting dirtier by the day!
Comments are welcomed!
Angela
I have just published an article Those Evil Grains: Gluten Free Versus Grain Free that you really should read. Eating gluten free can be worse for your health than eating gluten, provided you are not a Celiac. However, eating grain free can be a life (and migraine) saver! Although the article is not specifically tailored to migraineurs, I am amending it here now so you can see the connection.
Grains are high in carbohydrates and if you are on the Stanton Migraine Protocol® then you know that carbohydrates are trouble for migraineurs. If you are not yet part of the followers of the Stanton Migraine Protocol® then you should be! It prevents all migraines. But back to grains. Grains have extremely high carbohydrates plus they interfere with nutrient absorption, causing a double whammy for migraineurs. Please note I am not talking gluten free but grain free. To find out the difference, please read the article, because there is quite a bit of confusion out there today!
Did you think that buckwheat was wheat or grain? Wrong… some names simply make no sense. How about seeds, like sunflower seeds that are called “oil grains”? Do you think they are grain? Or is that just a term used to define a stock market commodity and it has nothing to do with grains?
What about quinoa? Do you think it is grain? It is not. It is a super food high in many nutrients but if you are a migraineur, it will cause a migraine unless you follow the Stanton Migraine Protocol® in which case I teach you how to eat it to not cause migraine.
Read the article and see how it may change your life! And then contact me to improve your health and life and to prevent your migraines.
Comments are welcome as always!
Angela
My latest academic journal article is published (pre-pub status but can already be read and shared). It defines what prodromes are. In general academic literature, as of prior to my publication, prodromes simply precede migraines but for no apparent reason. The only exception is aura that seems to be better understood. However, other prodromes are not understood and many prodromes are completely unknown.
In my new article Functional Prodrome in Migraines I redefine prodromes by showing their functions and purpose. My understanding of their functions comes from working with thousands of migraineurs in a Facebook group. While the group’s purpose for the migraineur members is to learn how to become migraine free, their talk with me helped greatly my understanding of the various prodrome types and what those prodromes mean.
This in turn helped me identify the best migraine prevention methods without the use of any medicines. A couple of previous academic journal articles I published explain various elements of migraine.
One academic journal article explains Migraine Cause and Treatment with some revolutionary explanations based on scientific understanding of the cell and what it needs to be able to function in a migraine brain, which is anatomically very different from the brain of a non-migraineur.
Another academic journal article is connected to migraines but it is primarily a critique of how statistics used. Cardiology is its main topic, discussing the connection of increased dietary salt and the “related” blood pressure increase: Are Statistics Misleading Sodium Reduction Benefits? This article is very critical of nearly all research publications associated with salt and its connection to blood pressure. It is amazing to see how many scientists don’t fully understand the statistic results they receive and jump into conclusions that are completely erroneous.
I hope you enjoy reading all three articles and learn more about migraines. Then visit my Stanton Migraine Protocol® website and read the many testimonials. Migraine is not a disease but a condition representing a brain in energy crisis. No amount of medicines will solve the problem of an energy crisis but understanding what energy crisis means will help knowing how to fix it. Proper energy provided the right way aborts and prevents all migraines. The goal is to learn to recognize migraines prior to their start. Few migraineurs know how to recognize functional prodromes before migraine starts without training.
Please read all three articles and contact me with any questions you have.
Comments are welcome!
Angela
My article (only a one-pager) on blood pressure and salt is finally out in print in a medical academic journal (abstract, entire paper). Why do we believe that salt has any significant influence on our blood pressure? This article debunks the myth and shows how easy it is to misunderstand (and misuse) statistics! I did not attack any single paper but I attacked all papers that in any way claim any significance.
As a migraineur, and if you are on my protocol, salt and potassium are important elements in your recovery. Over 4000 migraineurs have so far been treated completely successfully and not one had an increase of blood pressure as a result. In fact, many who had high BP ended up with normal–see the wall of testimonials.
So why is research finding that salt increases BP? Because the research is done wrong and the statistics misunderstood and misused!
The paper is short but you will finally understand why research so far has been conducted wrong. The problem of misused and misunderstood statistics like this has misled entire nations! Now millions (billions perhaps) of people are placed on reduced salt diet with possible dire consequences because of the improper experimental and statistical methods.
However, I was able to show that the finding are not only wrong but even if they are right they are inconsequential and insignificant. We get a bigger blood pressure change when we take a deep breath or when we think of our next meal or are hungry. The findings are ridiculous.
Enjoy the fun I had with criticizing all research on the connection of sodium and blood pressure!
Comments are welcome, as always!
Angela
I wrote a new article (partly based on emotions since the story is based on the death of my mother) so you will find typos.. so just ignore those and read the essence of the article: serotonin kills and migraineurs’ #1 medicine is serotonin.
All triptans are serotonin!
While 100% of the doctors can and will prescribe medicines with serotonin in them or SSRIs or SNRI or other variations that do not have serotonin but force the brain to make endless amount of serotonin, I have found none (in person) who actually knew how these drugs worked and what they do. I have found doctors who said things like “your mother cannot have serotonin syndrome because it is rare”… No it is not rare.. doctors who recognize it are rare!
Only 15% of doctor recognize serotonin syndrome. Those who do not know what it is, call it delirium. There is now also a new cause of death apparently, it is called hospital induced delirium. You find all these beauties that cluelessly represent serotonin syndrome in my new article Silent Death: Serotonin Syndrome.
Read it and share it!
Save someone’s life and push it under your or their doctor(s)’ nose and stand guard until they test and treat!
If untreated, Serotonin Syndrome is fatal! Always fatal! It is not a pleasant death! But what makes it even worse is how helpless relatives and friends are in the grips of our medical system where doctors are kings of prescriptions and pharmaceuticals are money-making machines of medicines and where the business is to give medicines rather than to treat people. Even pharmacies, that are supposed to catch interactive serotonin medicines, do nothing! Some even post now that they are not responsible for checking! Really? Since when?!
Please read the article and share–push it under your doctor’s nose. Let your doctor hate you but you stay alive! You hear?
Comments are welcome.
Angela
An article I wrote is in “Article in press” publishing on December 1st. Title “Migraine Cause and Treatment” in the Journal of Mental Health in Family Medicine.
Background: Research shows that migraine brains have hyperactive sensory organs and multiple sensory receptor connections. Hyper activity of these organs needs extra supply of nutrition to support increased electrical activity. Today’s medicines reduce or prevent the functioning of these neurons by blocking essential voltage dependent calcium or sodium channel instead of providing nutrients. We asked: if we provide support for extra electrical activity of migraineurs, would it prevent migraines without the use of medicines?
Methods: We reviewed published literature and conducted research over 6 months studying 650 volunteer migraineurs in a migraine-research Facebook group. Participants were screened for migraine types, answered a questionnaire on medical conditions, medicines used, and lifestyle. They were provided instructions on the use of the migraine protocol and were evaluated weekly.
Findings: Migraine frequency appears to be exacerbated by carbohydrate-rich and salt- and water-poor diets and may be worsened by medicines that block voltage gated calcium or sodium channels. Stopping these medicines, reducing carbohydrates and increasing saline in electrolytes appears to prevent and/or stop migraines.
Conclusions: H2O and Na+ efflux from cells caused by glucose, electrolyte mineral (Na+, Cl–, K+) ratio may be disrupted in carbohydrate heavy diets causing migraines. Changes to diet that include increased salt intake along with reduced carbohydrate intake appears to prevent glucose induced electrolyte changes which then decreases migraine frequency. In the present study, all participants who made these dietary changes were able to eliminate migraine medications and remained migraine free.
Enjoy reading the full article! I hope to elicit more than usual turmoil since this article goes against all conventional migraine treatments but it actually works and there are no medicines involved. 🙂
Comments are welcome as always!
Angela
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