Is leptin signaling at the root?
I have a friend who suffers from migraine headaches and have noticed a few other things about her that seem to form a pattern. She eats pretty healthy by most peoples standards, but is still riding the whole grain train which is a give away that she's a sugar burner(just one of her problems with grains). She also gets sick pretty often and has had some other health issues such as uterine fibroids as well as endometriosis. She also dealt with a pretty serious eating disorder as a late teen early twenty something's which now in her late twenties has very much put into her passed. I was wondering however, since leptin signaling is so critical to the control of appetite, immune function as well as reproduction, is it possible or even likely that her headaches and other issues could be the result of disrupted leptin signaling via resistance or low levels of leptin? Mind you she is a pretty lean athletic type, not heavy which is why I mention low leptin.
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Support Staff 1 Posted by Fiona on 17 Feb, 2013 07:08 AM
The diet works to balance, she would see great improvements if she followed the program.
2 Posted by mikejulian26 on 18 Feb, 2013 05:17 AM
Thank you. I got her started on the diet and am awaiting feedback regarding her headaches and other issues. So far she's dropped a few pounds(mostly water), but she is already feeling better only two weeks into it.
Support Staff 3 Posted by Fiona on 18 Feb, 2013 05:34 AM
;-) Assuming you have her on the base of magnesium, potassium and fish oil (one sold in a glass bottle only) right...
4 Posted by mikejulian26 on 18 Feb, 2013 06:18 AM
You got it. Carson's for the fish oil and combo supplemental magnesium, potassium with the occasional bone broth for mineral support to compensate for the diuretic effect of carb reduction. I was going to ask what Dr. Ron's thoughts were on additional sodium being used to maintain blood pressure in those who are not hypertensive to start with, and to help reduce the loss of magnesium and potassium.