Tag Archives: food

How to Prevent Being Floxed

I just returned from a wonderful 2-week trip to Africa. I was an invited speaker to present on the topic of migraine in a conference, the World Nutrition Summit 2025, in Cape Town, South Africa. After the conference, my husband … Continue reading

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Understanding The EAT-Lancet 2.0

Art created by Angela A. Stanton, PhD. As defined by its authors, EAT-Lancet is a “new evidence-based insight on nutrition and human health, within safe and just planetary boundaries”. Once I crossed everything out that it is not true, this … Continue reading

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The Fiber War

Image copyright Angela A. Stanton, PhD. Created by AI. Do you eat foods rich in fiber? Why? Chances are, you are eating a fiber-rich diet because you have been told repeatedly it is healthy and essential, and you may have … Continue reading

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The Antioxidants That Aren’t

The Big Lie We live in a world where all information must be scrutinized very carefully. Unfortunately, not everyone has access to all the information necessary to make evaluative studies and comparisons. There is a market to sell anything and … Continue reading

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Dehydration & Salt Deficiency May Trigger Migraines!

I have started a blogging assignment on migraines and later hopefully on other illnesses as well that connect to hormones. I published part one of a three-part article on migraines, what causes most and what to do when one gets … Continue reading

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Serotonin and Migraines: a Second Take

It seems that today the words “migraine” and “serotonin” are synonymous. Have a migraine? Take a serotonin pill; some type of tryptan. It is interesting to note that serotonin has very little to do with migraines even though the entire … Continue reading

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Why Do Tryptans Sometimes Work & Other Times Don’t for Migraines?

I am starting to realize that perhaps not everyone understands why tryptans work for some people sometimes but not all the time and why they don’t work for others at all ever. So here I try to give you an … Continue reading

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Migraines in Tea-Drinking Countries

While I wrote the book, I tried hard as I may to incorporate all migraine types since migraine affects the brain initially the same way and for the same reason: the brain cells’ (neurons’) lack of ability to work as a result … Continue reading

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Migraine Facts: Slow Down and Read This

Migraine Facts Originally posted on May 17, 2014 by Angela A. Stanton, Ph.D. Revised on March 2, 2019 by Angela A. Stanton, Ph.D. I posted this note in my FB migraine group, so you are all aware of a few … Continue reading

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High Blood Pressure is Good For You; Did You Know that?

I was stunned to watch 60-Minutes last night when they interviewed people who are over 90 years old. They have been followed for over 30 years since they joined what used to be called Leisure World close to San Diego. This group … Continue reading

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