Dr. Angela Stanton has a doctorate in NeuroEcononomics from Claremont Graduate University and is fMRI certified with the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Harvard University. She also has an MS in Management Science and Engineering (Stanford University), MBA (University of California – Riverside) and BSc Mathematics (UCLA). Her doctoral research focused on understanding how human decision-making is influenced by neurotransmitter changes. She ran clinical trial experiments, gaining an appreciation of the role hormones play in emotional and physiological decisions. A lifelong migraine sufferer, in 2008 she took early retirement from her academic career and has become an avid researcher of migraines. Her efforts in understanding the cause of migraine have been assisted by thousands of migraine sufferers around the world. In 2014 she published the first, and in 2017 the second edition, of the book (Fighting The Migraine Epidemic: Complete Guide; How to Treat & Prevent Migraines Without Medicines) that established her as a leader in the field of migraine research based on nutritional and electrolyte management. She now teaches migraine sufferers and healthcare providers all over the world about how to abort and prevent migraines without any medicine. She is a lecturer at Nutrition Network, a leading accredited online education learning platform for CPD continuing education for healthcare professionals.

In this episode (PART 1 – Understanding Migraine), we discuss what migraine headache is, how it differs from other kinds of headache, its mechanisms as an ion channelopathy, the stages of its propagation and its relation to human evolution.

Watch PART 2 - how migraine can be controlled and/or avoided successfully without medicines especially using the low carbohydrate dietary approach coupled with electrolyte supplementation.

Dr. Angela Stanton is a doctorate in NeuroEcononomics from Claremont Graduate University and is fMRI certified with the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at the Harvard University. She also has an MS in Management Science and Engineering (Stanford Univeristy), MBA (University of California – Riverside) and BSc Mathematics (UCLA). Her doctoral research focused on understanding how human decision-making is influenced by neurotransmitter changes. She ran clinical trial experiments, gaining an appreciation of the role hormones play in emotional and physiological decisions. A lifelong migraine sufferer, in 2008 she took early retirement from her academic career and has become an avid researcher of migraines. Her efforts in understanding the cause of migraine have been assisted by thousands of migraine sufferers around the world. In 2014 she published the first, and in 2017 the second edition, of the book (Fighting The Migraine Epidemic: Complete Guide; How to Treat & Prevent Migraines Without Medicines) that established her as a leader in the field of migraine research based on nutritional and electrolyte management. She now teaches migraine sufferers and healthcare providers all over the world about how to abort and prevent migraines without any medicine. She is a lecturer at Nutrition Network, a leading accredited online education learning platform for CPD continuing education for healthcare professionals.

In this episode (PART 2 – How Low Carb Works for Migraine), we discuss how a diet lower in carbohydrates could mitigate the occurrence of migraine headaches, and what are the specific mechanisms involved in using the low carb diet and electrolyte supplementation for migraine headache control.

Watch PART 1  - what migraine headache is, how it differs from other headaches, how it propagates and evolves.

Does high insulin lead to more migraines? Dr. Ben Bikman and the Insulin IQ team examine the evidence showing why people who suffer from migraines may want to re-evaluate their nutrition and lifestyle to control insulin.

Listen to Dr Angela Stanton, author & scientist with a PhD in Neuroeconomics, explain how to prevent and treat migraines (short + long-term) without medications.

In today's interview, we get a chance to talk about why some people get migraines, whilst others don't.

Angela explains how the migraineur's brain is somewhat different to normal brains; it needs more energy and is more easily stimulated.

Genetics are important, but this does not mean everybody with the 'migraine brain' is doomed to suffer from migraines. Environmental factors and diet contribute a vital piece of the puzzle, because migraineurs are also different metabolically. By addressing the electrolyte imbalance, migraine pain can be resolved and kept at bay long-term.

If you know someone who is a migraine sufferer and is interested in how they can prevent and treat their migraines + learn how The Stanton Migraine Protocol can help them come off pain medication, this interview is for them.

I enjoyed this interview with Angela as she shared so much information to help explain why migraine sufferers experience the symptoms they do. By knowing the underlying mechanisms going on in the body it makes it that much easier to understand and recognise warning signs and remedy them; avoiding migraine episodes altogether. I loved the tips she shared about how we can use sodium, potassium and water instead of reaching for that painkiller!

(Nutrition with Judy) In this episode, Dr. Angela Stanton and I discuss: 

1. Dr. Angela Stanton Introduction

2. The difference between headaches and migraines

3. Carbs, slat, migraines

4. Recommended amounts of salt

5. Hypertension and salt

6. The role of salt in migraines

7. Salt in a carnivore diet

8. Balancing electrolytes

9. Taking medicine for migraines

(Nutrition with Judy) In this episode, Dr. Angela Stanton and I discuss: 

1. Coffee and headaches

2. The meaning of heightened senses

3. Eating foods with salt and carbs

4. Supplementing potassium

5. Supporting leg cramps

6. When to take magnesium

7. MSG and headaches

8. What kind of salt to use

9. Supplementation for migraines

10. Vitamin B deficiency

11. Carnivore diet today vs carnivore diet from 10,000 years ago

12. Where to find Angela

Elena Gross began suffering from migraines at the age of 15. She tried both pharmacological options and alternative treatments, but her migraines were only getting worse. Watch this video to find out how a ketogenic diet helped her!

It’s said that more than one billion individuals around the world suffer from migraines each year. A migraine isn’t your average headache. It’s often completely debilitating and may include sensitivity to light and sound, vomiting, severe pain, and other symptoms that can wreak havoc on quality of life. Despite being one of the most common neurological disorders on the planet with a high prevalence in (particularly female) young adults, many of those troubled by migraines do not receive effective care and continue to suffer.

Lack of tolerable and efficacious treatment options is exactly what led our most recent interview guest of The Metabolic Link, Dr. Elena Gross, to pursue her degree in neuroscience at the University of Oxford and her PhD in clinical research. Dr. Gross is on a mission to better understand this common disease and ultimately wants to improve clinical care with a metabolic approach to its management.

Dr. Gross is particularly passionate about the therapeutic benefits of ketosis and other nutritional interventions, the role of mitochondrial functioning and energy metabolism in brain health and neurological diseases, as well as increasing our health span via disease prevention. She’s also an inventor on four patents, founder and CEO of a company called Brain Ritual, and the creator of the Mastering Migraine Community. She went from suffering from chronic migraines herself to now leading the charge in research and educational outreach that explores the underlying thread of metabolism in migraine.

We are joined on the show today by Dr. Josh Turknett. Dr Turknett graduated from Emory University School of Medicine, did his residency in neurology at the University of Florida. He is the author of two books: The Migraine Miracle and Keto For Migraine. In this episode we discuss the evolutionary approach to the optimal human diet and ketosis, the multi-variable causes of chronic migraines and other diseases, the importance of the role of the microbiome in understanding migraines and ketosis, Epilepsy and Alzheimers, the impact of caffeine on someone suffering from migraines, the relationship between stress and migraines, and physician-entrepreneurship.