Fasting for Migraine Headaches

Feb 27th, 2010 • 1 Comment by FATTY

I suffer from migraines and every time I start a diet or something an attack comes on. I’ve got medication to cut off a migraine attack, could I use that during a fast? How would I prepare for a fast so that I avoid a migraine attack coming on? I am really overweight, I weigh 95kg and am 1.76cm tall. So a fast would help my weight and hopefully cure my migraine, right?

One Response to Fasting for Migraine Headaches

  1. Tom Coghill Tom Coghill says:
    February 28, 2010 at 3:01 AM

    Hi Fatty,
    A migraine headache is a form of vascular headache. Migraine headache is caused by vasodilatation (enlargement of blood vessels) that causes the release of chemicals from nerve fibers that coil around the large arteries of the brain. Enlargement of these blood vessels stretches the nerves that coil around them and causes the nerves to release chemicals. The chemicals cause inflammation, pain, and further enlargement of the artery. The increasing enlargement of the arteries magnifies the pain.

    Migraine attacks commonly activate the sympathetic nervous system in the body. The sympathetic nervous system is often thought of as the part of the nervous system that controls primitive responses to stress and pain, the so-called “fight or flight” response, and this activation causes many of the symptoms associated with migraine attacks; for example, the increased sympathetic nervous activity in the intestine causes nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
    Source http://www.medicinenet.com/migraine_headache/article.htm
    Juice fasting or calorie restriction can trigger a migraine attack. Yet a prolonged juice fast may significantly improve migraine headaches. One factor that many reduce the frequency or intensity of an migaine attack would be the reduction in blood pressure and the reduction of the viscosity of the blood due to reduced digestion. Research has shown that Fatty acids, primarily linoleic [omega-6] and oleic [omega-9] acids, may be involved in the mechanism of migraine vascular headaches. . . . Paradoxically, certain fish oils containing high quantities of omega-3 fatty acids, as in cod and salmon, have been found to prevent migraine attacks in certain patients. Therefore a juice fast with 2 to 4 tablespoons of essential oils taken with the juice may also assist in the healing process and reduce the detoxification rate to the point that no migraines are triggered. As there no other people that I have personally guided with this condition, a few migraine sufferers conducting juice fasting would offer valuable information.

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