Diet attached - Helped A LOT w/ CH pain & freq !!

[court1218]

Here are the cliff notes of D's journey and how the attached diet helped him.  D is the sufferer, I am the girlfriend/researcher and I feel a responsibility for us to share what we've found successful.

D's typical chronic schedule from 2007 - 2010: 3-4X a week.  Pain medications would help a little, he even had an epi-pin that would work 50% of the time.   After a few months, he'd have to get a new medication when the prior medication would stop working.  In spring of 2010 he stopped medications and started alternative treatments. The results are as follows:

* Chiropractor (stopped 12+ mos ago):  no change

* Acupuncture (stopped 5-6 mos ago):  Went 7 days w/o a CH .... but then resumed to typical amount ... but CH schedule changed (not just at 2:00 in the morning ... but randomly during day or night).

*  Guna (last treatment - 2-ish mos ago): HELPFUL!! Homeopathic, fda approved pharmaceutical from Italy.  Painful, expensive but improved quality of life in between headaches and recovery time.  I can ask Dr. for professionals in your state – if anyone asks.  Reduced headaches to 2x per week....also headaches were somewhat less painful.

*** Elimination Diet**** (started Nov 2010): I was already a health-nut, now I am a total weirdo.  This stuff worked!!  First few weeks, nothing significant changed then D, eliminated oats too.  For 8 weeks, D had 1-2 headaches a week.  They were less intense too ... 3s and 4s.  He did have a bad one a few weeks ago, but he had tried to add some foods back into his diet and the weather changed ... so we are not sure which triggered it...he went back on the diet 100%.

Many people in the alternative health world use 'alkaline diets' and other diets for things like cancer, diabetes, etc.  There are also theories about Leaky Gut Syndrome, genetically altered foods, and serotonin in the gut.  I am telling you this, incase you want to do research.  I don't really have a lot of information on these things. ... but if anyone else knows this stuff, please share.  I wish I understood why this has been effective.

PLEASE READ BEFORE TRYING EITHER ATTACHED DIET.

I AM ATTACHING 2 DIFFERENT DIETS – EACH MUST BE READ VERY CAREFULLY.  In D’s case one food, made a significant difference.

ELIMINATION DIET: This is the one D tried.  He also eliminated oats and this was key....

MAXIMIZED DIET:  This was a seminar I went to last week from a health professional who promotes this sort of eating in general but especially for healing ... the idea is to get the body to heal itself.  Its very similar to D's diet and the premise makes more sense to me, but I can't claim any results.  It also has websites listed for additional information.

GOOD LUCK! If anyone tries this, please let me know how it goes or if you need any recipes.  Agave is a life saver ... it's a natural sweetener...and pretty good.

[court1218]

Diet #2 - Maximized Living - note that there is a version for healing and a version that is recommended for anyone who wants to maintain health.

[tommyd]

(bump)