Migraine Mystery Stopper

Depression - Team up with a buddy for help

2010-06-20T11:41:00.001-05:00

Here are a few things to help you beat depression. Try each suggestion in order, and only one suggestion at a time. Try the first suggestion for one week before moving on to the second suggestion.

1)Sugar: Stop eating refined sugar and switch to God’s fresh fruit. Large amounts of sugar impairs frontal lobe functions and may cause depression.
Hypoglycemia: Low blood sugar can contribute to depression. Eat every two hours. Fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, nut, seeds and legumes (that’s beans). Eat whole foods for a whole person.
Food chemicals: Don’t eat anything you cannot pronounce or know what it is. Example: Propylene Glycol contributes to depression.
Over-the-counter medications cause depression: Example: Bismuth (used in anti-diarrhea medicine (pink liquid) can cause depression. (According to Neil Nedley, M.D.)
2) Taking Manganese and some supplements can cause depression in sensitive people. (According to Neil Nedley, M.D.)

Copper is another suppliment that is NOT suggested: Check your vitamins for copper. This may be the wrong amount for someone with depression. Only God knows the correct balance for your body. (According to Carl C. Pfeiffer, M.D., Ph.D.)

3) Gelatin Capsules: Limit eating them because of the process used to make them uses animal hoofs that may not be hormone free. Choose a vegetable-base capsule instead. Get your vitamins from your food is the best bet for bbeating depression.

4) Cleaning solvents: Fumes can be toxic to your emotions. Use vinegar, baking soda and other cleaners instead of toxic chemicals.
Cigarettes: chemicals are added to tobacco so it will burn evenly without puffing. These chemicals can cause depression.

5) Beware of drinking Alcohol: Until you get your emotions balanced, don’t let alcohol touch your lips. Alcohol is very difficult for the liver to process, and could cause unbalanced emotions.

6)Hormones: Unbalanced hormones contribute to unbalanced emotions. Stop eating hormone-laden meats, eggs and dairy until you feel better. Some prescription medications contribute to depression: Oral contraceptive pills, cortisone and related medication and anabolic steroids

7) Consider other alternatives to HRT & birth control because these drugs may contribute to depression.

8) Headache: Ask yourself why? You could have a food allergy. Anti-inflammatory drugs can contribute to depression.

9) Indigestion: anti-acid medications contribute to depression: Tagamet and Zantac. Try a two-day fast of just eating fresh fruits and vegatbles to see if the indigestion goes away.

10) Sleep. Depression can be caused by a lack of good, sound sleep. Try this: 30-minutes before bed, prepare for sleep:
1) don’t eat before bed.
2) don’t drink caffeine three hours before bed.
3) take a hot bath.
4) drink chamomile tea with some raw honey.
5) curl up with a good book.

11) “Normal” life problems: Losing a loved one, loss of a job, emotional problems that mean you are a “normal” living person. Talk out your problems with friends and family or see a profession so you can “process” your thoughts. Once you face the problem, it seems a little smaller.

12) Spirit: read your Bible every day. Prayer is good, but that is you talking to God. Allow God to talk to you—How? through reading your Bible.
Music: Listen to music that will inspire you, relax you and lift your spirits.

13) Unless you have had success with the other 12 suggestions, this 13th suggestion will be impossible for you to accomplish. It is the suggestion to Give: Focus on helping some one else every day. Giving yourself away is the best way to get yourself out of depression.

14) Exercise: Again, this suggestion is not possible with out first doing or attempting the other suggestions in this list. It would be silly to think you can exercise while you are depressed. You are on a merry-go-round that is spinning. Exercise will help by causing the extra blood pumping through your veins will contribute to better circulation for your brain that will help with depression. Plus your body will produce endorphins that will naturally lift your mood.

15) Lastly, negative people: Stay clear of negative people. People who complain can become a disease that is highly contagious and may contribute to depression. Talk positive self talk to yourself every day.

hope this helps. It is a place to start.

Women Health Problems

2010-06-16T06:31:00.001-05:00

Are women hysterical? Complaining? Nagging? NO! Do you know “WHY” women visit their doctor more?
Do you want to feel better? Look better? Have more energy? Find the answers you need in Dr. Smith’s booklet “When It Hurts to Be a Woman.”
Here are 10 things you will learn that may help you change the way you feel without medication:

Why Women have special health needs
Monthly migraines/Monthly cramps
Hot Flashes – why only in the Western world?
Depression – Why the silent epidemic?
Cancer – for women only
Heart attack – #1 Killer of Women
Surprise! Milk causes osteoporosis
Childbirth – More pain today than before
Unexplained weight gain & chemicals
Simple Lifestyle Changes to Feel Better

Don’t suffer from hormonal migraines each month.
There is an answer!

Dr. Smith, herself, suffered from migraine headaches each month. Her family doctor prescribed medication that would enlarge her blood vessels to stop the pain. Hesitant to accept a lifetime of prescription drugs, Dr. Smith started searching for answers.

The result? No migraines and a Ph.D.
Dr. Smith has made this research available to you. Now you can make the simple changes that can help you feel better, too. Take charge of your health and create a better life without prescription medication or painful surgery.

In pain every month?

There is an answer.

Esther was 24 and worked out at the gym every day. She was muscular and thin. Her only health complaint was her painful periods. Esther thought it was “normal” to suffer each month. (Her three sisters did.)
Esther was eventually diagnosed with endometriosis, (A condition affecting the lining of the uterus.) and her doctor recommended laproscopic surgery. Esther went looking for a less invasive answer.
Within four weeks of her consultation with Dr. Smith, Esther saw a dramatic decrease in her pain. Three months later, Esther was pain free and is no longer a candidate for surgery.Esther (24-years old)
was diagnosed with endometriosis.

Today, she is pain free!

Test Kitchen - a New Cooking Video on YouTube

2010-04-05T07:57:00.000-05:00

Americans are trusting. I was too. Then the day arrived when I was diagnosed with migraine headaches and fibromyalgia -- I started a search to find out "WHY?"

My research led me to a different way to live -- entirely. I was ready. I wanted my life back from being in a dark room and in horrible pain. I have a book with all my research, you may want to purchase it? It is called, "Feel Better in 48-Hours Plan."

Another way is to down load a free chapter on my website. It is the chapter that has the entire capsule of information -- a nutshell - all in that one chapter. I'm not hiding anything. I'm not holding back so you will need to purchase the book.

Instead, I am giving this information away in hopes that you will find help to relieve some of your pain,too.

My latest venture has been to post some cooking shows on YouTube. This is my way of holding your hand so you can learn to think a new way. The new way of thinking will help you "see" where you can change a few lifestyle changes and then -- Wah LAH - you, too, will have less pain.

Here's the link.
http://www.dianajorossano.com/index_files/Page1419.htm

Click on the link and then sit back and relax to find some interesting ways to live your life.

Alzheimer's Disease - A little help from your friend

2010-03-26T08:07:00.001-05:00

Alzheimer’s Disease is devastating – no, not to the patient, but to the family. It is a never-ending nightmare that robs you of a loved one. The loved one is gone, but the outward shell of the person remains. This outward shell tortures the family.

If you are reading this because a family has this disease from hell, I am sorry for your loss. If you are reading this because you have been diagnosed with this disease there are helpful things you can do to stop its progression. . . .and no, I am not talking about the prescription drug medication that is on the market. . . .there’s more to do.

From my extensive research about the brain, I have discovered that chemicals are responsible for this horrible disease. No, not the chemicals in the air, but the chemicals Americans unknowingly put in their mouth!

Here is a link to a YouTube video you may like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8Lq7kRt2Ak

The second contributor to Alzheimer’s disease is aluminum – it’s found in our aluminum cookware and other places that our bodies absorb and store in the brain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8fxal2aUKM&feature=channel

Dr. Jo Rossano

MSG, monosodium glutamate disguises

2010-01-08T10:11:00.004-05:00

Did you know that MSG has other names? Yes, it does. I know of 13 other names. Check my website for more names:

Here's where to go for more information.

http://www.migrainephd.com/index_files/Page374.htm

A popular name is "Natural Flavorings" or just "Flavorings" or "artificial flavorings" all are MSG. Think about it -- how can a food manufacturer add "natural" flavor to their foods? If it is natural, then it is is the food. Eyes are natural to an animals head -- born their and not man-made to the head. Plastic is not natural because man made it up. Wood is natural made because it is found in nature. So flavor is supposed to be in the food because it is food.

Flavorings must be added to the food because you are not eating food. Flavorings are nothing but chemicals. Clean your car with chemicals. Be careful what chemicals you clean your house with, but never, ever put chemicals in your body.

Flavorings are responsible for: Migraine headaches, muscle spasm, upset stomach, depression, kidney stones and the list goes on and on.

Remember if you don't know what a words means -- keep it out of your mouth. You'll feel better and stop contributing to become more toxic. The more toxic you are, the more pain you will experience.

Good Kidney Health helps you with less migraines, and lower blood pressure

2009-12-16T08:06:00.001-05:00

Kidneys

The kidneys – we have two that are on your back and right above your waist. Their main job is to purify your blood. If you go to the bathroom and you pee a very dark yellow, it usually means that the concentration is high. When water intake is good, the pee should only have a yellowish tint. When the urine is a dark yellow, it is an indication that you need to increase your water intake. Did you notice that I “didn’t” say, “you need to increase your fluid intake?” The best drink on the planet in clean, unchemical water. No flouride or added anything makes good water. I filter my water because city water or tap water has chlorine added to it and needs some help to be clean. I use an under-the-sink unit with its own tap on the top of the sink. The filter is charcoal – a little more expensive, but worth the cost.

If you are having blood pressure problems, migraines or other health problems, start to investigate your intake of fluids. What kind of fluids do you drink? Gatoraid and other sports drinks are loaded with chemicals – flavor enhancers, chemial colorings and other things your kidneys must filter to help you stay healthy. Don’t underestimate what you drink because it is crucial to good health. It would be like putting the cheapest, low grade oil in your car and never changing the oil filter. Not good for your car, and not good for your body.

If you are thirsty, it is your body calling for water. Don’t drink out of plastic bottles – they outgas chemicals that your body may interpret as estrogen. Estrogen is a hormone, mainly used in a womans body to keep her with curves and body fat to make those curves. Estrogen is found in a man’s body, but in smaller amounts. A man who is developing breasts, is a man with too much estrogen in his body. All beef, chicken and dairy are pumped full of estrogen and is not a healthy choice. Eat organic meats and free-range chickens to cut down on the estrogen in your diet.

Lastly, be careful eating canned good – they have an extremely high salt content. One can of tuna can be enough salt for two days!! Excess salt can upset the amount of water retained in your body by the kidneys. The kidneys are responsible for this ratio to be healthy. But, when there is too much salt in your diet, then the kidneys dilute the salt by retaining the water. The water is put into the blood and now you have more blood. More blood will raise your blood pressure.

Next we talk about the Liver. The organ that help you to LIVE.

The Skin is your largest detoxifying organ to help prevent migraine pain

2009-12-15T08:01:00.003-05:00

The Skin is your largest detoxifying organ to help migraine pain

Your skin is your largest organ. The skin covers your entire body and is used to detoxify. Sweating is good, but sweating seems to be a sport that too many Americans prefer to avoid! The bad news is simple -- without sweating, your body loses one of the detoxifying methods to keep you healthy. Did you know that cancer patients rarely sweat? It’s like their body has forgotten how to sweat? No, not really. A cancer patient’s body has forgotten how to detoxify – you see – that’s how they got cancer. Everyone has cancer cells in their body – everyone – you only develop cancer when your body loses the war against cells that have lost their way and become abnormal cells – your immune system succombs to the toxins in the body because the toxin levels are too high. The high toxcity makes your immune system unable to protect you because it is too busy fighting the chemicals and presatives at the end of your fork. You keep the abnormal cells in your body because the body doesn’t kill them and expel them from the body. Sweating is just one of the avenues of detoxifying.

If the body would start to detoxify, then the cancer would begin to be killed and removed from the body. The skin takes the toxins out by sweating them out. Sometimes when these toxins are taken out of the body, some people will get a rash because the toxins are so concentrated that they are inflamming the skin. This wouldn’t happen if the kidneys were doing their detoxifying job.

Help your body! Drink water. There’s nothing better on the planet than good, clean water. Don’t drink anything that has coloring in it – they contribute to migraines. Food coloring activates the nervous system according to Dr. Ben F. Feingod, M.D. Skip the soda, and definitely don’t drink aspartame – the will cause a migraine for me. If you like milk on your cereal, skip the soy milk – that contributes to migraines, too. Just look at the chemcial list on the ingredient label! Americans don’t like the soy taste, so food manufacturers add chemicals to improve their sales and the soy mild’s taste. Next we talk about the kidneys.

five ways to detoxify

2009-12-14T10:38:00.001-05:00

Five ways to detoxify:

When God created us, He knew that we were gonna mess up and mess up big time. So, He created us with five detoxifying organs to help our body keep it in balance. (If you believe in evolution, we only evolved successfully because of the detoxifying ability that evolved.) Once the balance of detoxifying is upset, then disease follows as night follows day. As we discused before pain is your body’s number one warning that illness is coming. What’s the number two warning sign? It’s lack of energy. The body is so busy trying to “clean house” that your energy level decreases. We mistakenly think our energy has decreased because we are all getting older. In great-grandma’s day, working in the fields was everyone’s job. The mention of a retirement for someone who lived on a farm was and unheard concept. Today American’s spend a lot of time sitting at work and sitting at play – computer games.
When toxcity becomes high and at dangerous amounts to be detrimental to your health, the body will resort to taking energy away from you so it can clean house. The weakest part of your body will begin to hurt when the house cleaning isn’t as fast as the toxins being taken in at the end of your fork. Today, physcians have many pain medications to chose from in their long list of medications. They have a large book called, “PDR or Physcian’s Desk Reference” that lists each of the medications available to prescribe to their patients, and there is a long list of side effects that accompany each medicine. Please note that there isn’t one medication in this book that holds zero side effects. All medications have side effects, and from what I read about the little red pills that my physcian wanted to prescribe for my migraines – the side effects were even scarier than the idea of just dealing with the pain! Tomorrow we talk about the five ways your body has to detoxify. Today, start reading the ingredient labels on your food. You are in for a shock of all the “stuff” you are eating that is making you toxic.

Why you have pain

2009-12-13T07:30:00.002-05:00

Pain is produced by your body as a warning sign to you that something is wrong. Start doing what is right and your body will reward you with less pain. Your body is desperately trying to tell you that you are toxic. Heredity was responsible for my pain being migraine pain. My mother and dad both suffered from migraines. Heredity for you may decide on the pain to be severe back problems? Acid Reflux disease? Lupus? Remember, all pain in any part of your body is a plea for you to detoxify. A toxic body is a body full of pain. Relieve the toxicity and then you will relieve some of the pain. It’s just that simple.

The first place to look for some of the things that make you toxic is at the end of your fork. You are unknowingly putting poison in your body. We have lots of names for these poisons – they are chemical additives and preservatives added to our food to make it taste better. Cheap food needs the chemicals or it would not taste good. EDTA is in your food, and EDTA can be found in your shampoo because the FDA allows the same chemicals to be in our bodies as on our hair. Kinda scary?

Don't Eat Anything you Can't Pronounce

2009-12-12T19:43:00.002-05:00

How do you know when a food manufacturer is lying? When their lips are moving.

Stop your migraines by watching the ingredient labels of your food. Here are some of the disguised names of food chemicals that are really monosodium glutamate. MSG is deadly. don't eat it or its aliases listed below.

Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
Hydrolyzed Protein
Hydrolyzed Plant Protein Plant Protein Extract
Sodium Caseinate
Calcium Caseinate
Yeast Extract
Textured Protein
Autolyzed Yeast
Hydrolyzed Oat flour
ADDITIVES THAT FREQUENTLY CONTAIN MSG:
Malt extract
Malt Flavoring
Bouillon
Broth Stock
Flavoring
Natural Flavoring
Natural Beef or Chicken Flavoring
Seasoning
Spices
ADDITIVES THAT MAY CONTAIN MSG OR EXCITOTOXINS
Carrageenan
Enzymes
Soy Protein Concentrate
Soy Protein Isolate
Whey Protein Concentrate

Beware MSG has other names

2006-09-23T19:05:00.000-05:00

Headaches, typical or threatening? Dr. H.C.A. Vogel, a naturopath for over 35 years said, “Let me point out that a headache per se is never an illness, only a symptom pointing to an illness that is causing it.” A headache is your body attempting to communicate a problem to you. Taking pain relievers is good for the pain, but never answers the “why” of your headache.
Finding the cause of the problem will take work and becoming a medical detective. But, if I told you that changing your diet meant that you could reduce your headaches by as much as 50 percent, would you do it?
The most common food allergens associated with headache are milk and milk products, corn, chocolate, pork, wheat, fish, nuts, eggs, chickens, onions, oranges, and caffeine. This list is not your death sentence, but just a starting point for your research and experiments.
Depending how painful your headaches are, you may want to take away all of these foods for a time and then slowly add one food at a time. When you add a food, only add one food at a time and wait at least 24 hours of being symptom free before add the next food. The two main keys to your success will be documentation of your experiments and perseverance. If you suspect you may be allergic to certain foods, do some experimenting with those foods first.
Most people who have headaches are familiar with Monosodium Glutamate or MSG, but did you know that MSG has other names? Yes, it does because food manufacturers know that there are savvy consumers who know MSG is not healthy, but need MSG to make their dead food taste fresh and alive. Here is a list to get you started. Until I swore myself off of ALL additives in my food, my migraines were plentiful. Now that my diet contains zero tolerance for additives, I am migraine and headache free. Amazing.

Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
Hydrolyzed Protein
Hydrolyzed Plant Protein Plant Protein Extract
Sodium Caseinate
Calcium Caseinate
Yeast Extract
Textured Protein
Autolyzed Yeast
Hydrolyzed Oat flour
ADDITIVES THAT FREQUENTLY CONTAIN MSG:
Malt extract
Malt Flavoring
Bouillon
Broth Stock
Flavoring
Natural Flavoring
Natural Beef or Chicken Flavoring
Seasoning
Spices
Carrageenan
Enzymes
Soy Protein Concentrate
Soy Protein Isolate
Whey Protein Concentrate

DrJo@MigrainePhD.com
www.MigrainePhD.com

Migraine - Healthy Hearsay

2006-09-14T06:58:00.000-05:00

Don't Bet Your Life

Health. The essential commodity that makes life worth living. When I saw a doctor because I was having migraines. I thought I needed a Physician to feel better. 40 million people in America suffer from migraines. Cancer is epidemic and is now one in three people will get some form of cancer. The American Cancer Society says that 80 percent of cancer could be eliminated by a lifestyle change. What's the change? Americans don't know. We rely on Healthy Hearsay to determine what to eat every day. What's Healthy Hearsay? Here's an example:

Joe wanted to get healthy. His friends told him he should stop drinking six beers every night. Good, right? Think again. Instead of six beers every evening, what did Joe chose to drink? He chose to drink six diet drinks. In three months, Joe was rushed to the emergency room for uncontrollable seizures. Related to the diet drinks? You bet! According to Russel Blaylock, M.D., a neuro-surgeon, NutraSweet kills brain cells and could cause a seizure. Health Hearsay takes another unsuspecting victim.

Oh, by the way, beer is made with hops. I am an herbalist. Women clients who need help balancing their estrogen can take hops to provide them with natural estrogen that give women their natural curves. Hops also gives beer drinkers their natural curve.

Woman long to hear three little words - do you know them? "You're not fat." Which brings me to my next Healthy Hearsay: Fad diets to lose weight. What's the difference between a wife and a girlfriend? About 20 pounds. Today 61% of adults are obese in America. Fad diets are not healthy. I went on a fad diet that allowed me to drink only wine and eat only vegetables. In ten days I lost five pounds - - and my driver's license. Diets don't work. The people who write diet books live off the fat of the land and the fat always comes back and brings a friend.

Fast food is the norm in America. Most people eat so fast they have to keep throwing water on their silverware so it doesn't overheat.

All restaurants serve enriched noodles, enriched bread, crackers, and desserts. When you order whole wheat bread at a restaurant, the FDA says it has to be 10 percent whole wheat. All beef franks have to be 10 percent beef. Kraft 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese isn't 100% cheese, it is 100% grated.

Look at me. How do you know when an advertiser is lying? When their lips are moving!

Food Manufacturers take out 23 nutrients out of our bread and add 6 little fake nutrients back and then call it enriched? Here's an example. If I came up to you and said, "I want to remove 23 of your teeth and give you six little fake teeth back - would you call your mouth enriched? Look this way. All purpose flour has no purpose. Enriched flour contributes to colon cancer and diabetes. Are you betting your life on Healthy Hearsay?

"No fat, low fat" Which is healthy? Neither! Another Healthy Hearsay killer. Margarine is not low fat, it is deadly fat. Don't eat it because it contributes to heart disease, diabetes, liver problems, migraine headaches and many more diseases too many to mention for a blog. Here's an experiment: Leave margarine on your kitchen counter and go on a two-week vacation. Will you have to call the bug man when you come home? No. Roaches won't eat margarine. Think about that! Roaches live on dust but will not eat your margarine. Margarine is dead food, you don't eat dead food - you bury it!

Last Healthy Hearsay. Vitamins. I'm always asked about taking vitamins. People tell me: "Our food doesn't have enough vitamins!" So, biotechnology steps in to raise food that has more vitamins and bugs don't want it. Think about that. If bugs, the lowest life form doesn't want to eat your food - - is it food? David Reuben, M.D. tells us that a year's supply of vitamins can be put in a head of a thimble. Vitamins only make sense if you sell vitamins. Vitamins are dead food. What do you do with dead food? Right, you bury it.

But, there is one time when vitamins are okay. Vitamins are made in the laboratory - right? When they successfully make people in the laboratory, they should feed those man-made people the man-made vitamins. Man-made vitamins for man-made people.

This is a God-made person, and we should eat God-made food. I thought I needed a Physician to become migraine free. What I needed was the Master Physician who designed my food. If it's processed food, it is an oxymoron because it's not food, it's just stuff. I am now migraine free because I don't eat stuff in my food anymore!

If you are relying on Healthy Hearsay - think again. You are betting your life on information designed to sell you a product. I am a health instructor, I don't sell vitamins, minerals or stuff. I teach people like yourself how to cook fast. How to become label savvy and to know healthy food when you see it. Go to my website to learn more, and maybe save your life if you are relying on Healthy Hearsay.

DrJo@MigrainePhD.com
www.MigrainePhD.com

Topamax

2006-09-07T18:28:00.000-05:00

Topamax

If you take this medication, have you read this at Topamax's website? “Other serious risks include increased eye pressure (glaucoma), decreased sweating, increased body temperature, kidney stones, sleepiness, dizziness, confusion, and difficulty concentrating.”

Please realize ALL medication has a side effect. But, when you are in the middle of a migraine attack, who cares? Cutting my head off was okay by me. Little did I know then that I could reduce my risk of getting another migraine with a few lifestyle changes.

What is it like to have a migraine instead of just a headache? Well, what is a minnow compared to a whale? If a headache is a minnow, then a migraine is a whale. Rarely does anyone think of the side effects of the pain medication when they are in the middle of a migraine. I didn't! Or should I have said, “NEVER” instead of "rarely." Instead, "relief" is the only word that has any value to a migraine sufferer.

But, did you know that you can prepare for the next migraine today? Prepare? Sure, the problem with Topamax is you keep going back for more and more. But, what about the concept of preparing during the migraine off time that you have so you don't require the Topamax?

Most medication has a time when it works, and then there does come a time when Topamax doesn’t work any more. Then what? You graduate to taking an injection? Your body is resisting the medication because it has a message to deliver to you. Yes, your body is trying desperately to communicate with you. What does your body want to say?

“Hey, you – take care of me! I’m out of balance.” Simple message. Here’s how you can prevent your next migraine from coming so quickly. Get your body into balance.

Step 1) put down that diet drink and no one will get hurt. Yes, fake, man-made sugar causes many migraine sufferer’s lost time out of their life and confined to a dark room. If you need the “caffeine fix” switch to regular soft drink. Try it and see if you have less migraines. No, regular soft drinks won’t make you gain weight any faster than the diet soft drinks. Calorie counting is a lie, but we will cover that another time.

Hope this helps you get one step closer to becoming migraine free like me. Until later, I’m Diana Jo and I want you to know the mystery behind why you have migraines.

www.migrainephd.com

2006-08-29T13:43:00.000-05:00

Thanks for stopping by. I look forward to hearing your comments as we make this web log together.

The goal of this blog is to help you have less migraines. Every time I had a migraine, it was a mystery to me WHY? WHY?

And then one day, all my research and graduate classes came together and I realized some of the answers to why I had migraines.

My body was trying to warn me because I was headed down a wrong path. I was headed down the path to serious illness and I had no clue I was digging my own grave with my fork.

Today it has been over eight years since I have had a migraine that I didin't know the WHY to having it. Once you are equipped with the why, you, too will have less migraines. Subscribe and allow me to help you down the path to better health.

2006-08-29T11:32:00.001-05:00

I was a migraine sufferer. I would find myself in bed three or four days a week. I would cry out to God, "Please help me. I want my life back!" My migraines planned my life. I was unable to function as a part of my family. Finally, I went to my family doctor for help. The diagnosis?

He said, "You have migraine headaches - there isn't a cure." He started to write quickly on his prescription pad, tore it off and shoved it at me. "Here, take this and it will control your migraines." He started to walk out of the examination room.

I asked, "What is causing my migraines?" He said, "I already told you. You have migraines. This medication will help you control the migraines." he turned to attempt to leave again.

I asked again. "Why is my body reacting like this?" He didn't give an answer, but grabbed the door knob of the examing room.

"Doc, " I said deperately, "What do these pills do?"

Getting a little annoyed by now because I was well over the average doctor's visit of three minutes, he said, "The medication will enlarge the blood vesself of your brain and control your migraines." He left.

I got to my car and burst into tears! I don't want to have a stroke from having my blood vessels enlarge and go normal repeatedly! That day marked my quest to learn why my body was reacting with pain. I started back to school and got busy learning.

You will read about the common "triggers" of a migraine, but this blog isn't for what most people know. Like what? A common trigger is red wine or MSG. Well, you may find some of the common triggers mentioned here, but mostly you will find the answers no one wants to tell you because it would be bad for their business. We'll go into this later in this blog.

Now the great news: I do not suffer from migraines anymore. Yes, I am migraine free. Here's how you can have less migraines immediately from just reading this one blog. Ready? Don't eat hydrogenated oil. That's partially hydrogentated oil, too. Check the ingredient list for your contract for the food you buy. The front of the label is called the "adver-teasing" so you will buy the food product. Can't find any truth there!!

If the ingredient list says: hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oil - it is a trigger! Will the migraine happen 30 minutes after you eat it? I wish, then more people would connect the food they are eating with the migraine they are having. Typically, it took my body 24 hours to process this oil and let me know there was a problem with the oil. What words did my body say? P - A - I - N !!

This one ingredient is every where in the Standard American Diet (initials SAD). We call it margarine, crisco, vegetable oil, palm oil - read the labels. It is found in all store-bought cookies, baked good, breads and most processed foods in general.

Try not eating it, you'll be pleasantly surprised by experiencing less pain.

Dr. Jo Rossano
http://www.MigrainePhD.com
DrJo@MigrainePhD.com