Migraine Relief & Potential Nutrient Deficiencies: A Parent's Concern

Question
My twenty year old son with history of migrains is having one tonight. Excedrin for migrains didn't help. He says his head feels like it will explode. I took his temp=96.0. What do you think?
He has had migrains since 8 th grade.

Answer
In my experience, he sounds like many of my patients who used to have migraines but no longer have them. He appears to have a multi-nutrient deficiency, and omega-6 plant oil toxicity due to our western food supply causing these as long as he has a negative head CT scan and is cleared by his doctor.  The sign of magnesium oxide deficiency is less than 3 bowel movements each day without laxatives or fiber. If there is more than 3 movements each day then they need to stop all gluten in their diet.

Ask your doctor but this is what I use for my patients:
1) Fish oil 2000mg (600 mg EPA/DHA) before each meal and at bedtime
2) High Potency B complex, (B-100) before each meal
3) Magnesium oxide 250 mg before each meal and at bedtime
4) Calcium carbonate with Vit D at dinner and bedtime
5) Vit C 500 mg before each meal
6) Vit E 400 IU twice a day
7) Cinnamon 1/4 tsp in food before each meal if over weight


See the following articles to understand what is missing in your diet to cause this:
1. To better understand the changes in agriculture and food supply affecting you see
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/81/2/341?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTF...

2.  To better understand what is missing in your western food supply see http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/23/6/669

3.  To better understand how your health is affected by the current excess Omega 6:3 ratio is see http://efaeducation.nih.gov/

4. To better understand the effect of cinnamon on lipids, obesity, and diabetes see
http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/20/4/327?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RES...

5. To better understand the effect of magnesium oxide on your health see
http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/24/3/166?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RES...

6. To better understand the need for vitamin supplementation see
http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/19/5/613?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RES...