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krismoon's review
5.0
Wow. The science in this book is worth the purchase alone so you know what’s going on in your body when you have a migraine. I’m excited to get started on the diet and see for myself if this pre-agricultural diet is really the miracle that the author claims.
lory_enterenchanted's review
informative
medium-paced
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This was helpful as I try to get to the bottom of my own migraines. I was already doing a diet like this but now I have more information about why it may work. The theory about an overly burdened and stressed hypothalamus being the source of migraine makes sense. I think, though, there should be more acknowledgement of emotional and psychological factors, not only the physical, material aspect. For me, diet alone has not been enough to eliminate my migraines, nor is it enough to say to "reduce stress." When stress is a result of longtime, unconscious patterns resulting from past trauma, it is not easy to undo it. But I can see now how necessary it is, in order to restore health and take the pressure off of my poor, hardworking hypothalamus, so I have renewed motivation to keep trying. The quest will continue!
This was helpful as I try to get to the bottom of my own migraines. I was already doing a diet like this but now I have more information about why it may work. The theory about an overly burdened and stressed hypothalamus being the source of migraine makes sense. I think, though, there should be more acknowledgement of emotional and psychological factors, not only the physical, material aspect. For me, diet alone has not been enough to eliminate my migraines, nor is it enough to say to "reduce stress." When stress is a result of longtime, unconscious patterns resulting from past trauma, it is not easy to undo it. But I can see now how necessary it is, in order to restore health and take the pressure off of my poor, hardworking hypothalamus, so I have renewed motivation to keep trying. The quest will continue!
sprague's review
3.0
First chapter has a reasonable summary of tips on what works and doesn't -- worth reading for that alone. Most of the book is a description of a paleo diet, including recipes, and not really directly about the biology of headaches.
hissingpotatoes's review
4.0
Much of the information wasn't new to me as someone who's gotten migraines since childhood, but it was so validating to get a neurologist's explanations for many of the management strategies I had come to on my own. I really appreciated Turknett's hot air balloon analogy for how triggers work. I highly recommend this book both for people with migraines and for people without to understand just how much we have to deal with on a daily basis either trying to avoid or get through a migraine.
writingbookscoffee's review against another edition
4.0
This book makes a lot of sense! I am just sick of dealing with headaches, so I decided to try this for a month. So far so good! I mean I have had a slight headache from sugar and Diet Coke withdrawal but it should get better in the next few days.
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