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Last summer we had a builder doing some work, nice chap, very chatty. I couldn’t help but notice the food he brought in and by the end of the chat we had established his blood sugars were up and down like a yo-yo, and he was putting on weight as a result.
I sent him the article below and suggested ACV with meals, fewer carbs, more protein/fat and eat the protein first, carbs last, and 16-8 fasting, easy.
https://www.academyofchiropracticnutrition.com/how-to-create-remission-from-diabetes-with-diet/
He also mentioned his wife had gone vegan the year before and had now developed severe migraines.
So bad he had paid to go privately to see a neurologist.
Sadly, they know remarkably little about the actual causes, but a lot about drug options.
Thus, she started on the conveyor belt of medication.
He was back yesterday and his wife is now having “migraine” most days and is often bed-bound and saying this like “what’s the point of carrying on”.
She is now pinning her hopes on the miracle drug for migraine, a calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) inhibitor.
CGRP is the last trigger in a complex chemical sequence, that is underpinned by mitochondrial dysfunction and neuro-inflammation.
CGRP is the tipping point for metabolic collapse in the cell.
Do these drugs work?
Yes they do:
But, they are not a cure and the price you pay for drugs that are potent years down the line.
But the thing is, we know CGRP is produced after provocation from neuro-inflammation and nociception.
CGRP is not a bad faith actor, a “bad molecule” out to get you.
It is a symptomatic, downstream, functional expression of dysfunctional mitochondria, neuro-inflammation (both cause each other) and nociception.
Sure we can flatten it to a degree with the new miracle drug, and pay the price in side effects later.
But how about we look for the root cause of inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction and nociception – could that work as well as the new drug?
Check this out, vitamin D for migraine (remember low vitamin D = higher inflammation) and they are looking at migraines levels AND CGRP.
Vitamin D at 2000 IU daily (a modest dose) gave them 36% less h/a per month and a 34% reduction related disability (by not means a cure but a clinically significant reduction).
And that is just one part of a complex jigsaw that is migraines.
We also use carnitine (only found in meat or Meta-Boost):
https://www.academyofchiropracticnutrition.com/meta-boost-has-landed/
And ALA/SOD:
https://www.academyofchiropracticnutrition.com/three-words-to-sooth-your-nerves/
https://www.academyofchiropracticnutrition.com/the-apex-anti-oxidant-you-have-never-heard-of/
And B12 (only found in meat)
https://www.academyofchiropracticnutrition.com/to-b12-or-not-to-b12-that-is-the-question/
Ultimately, that is why we have a protocol all about migraine which includes the neuro-mechanical components as well as bio-chemical.
I strongly suspect his wife has slowly depleted her nutrients by eating a low nutrient dense diet (ultra-processed vegan) and triggered a fragile central nervous system into metabolic collapse, possibly with a little help from her upper cervicals and TMJ/teeth.
If you want to know when to use Meta-Boost, check out this 1 minute video on when to use it
