Headaches, Migraines and High Blood Sugar

High Blood Sugar... that's comes from eating lots of carbs, not enough exercise, poor diet and/or insufficient insulin response.

The initial symptoms are usually a spacey unfocused state of mind after eating.  What often happens next is then Low Blood Sugar which comes from a surge of insulin (made by your pancreas) into you blood and then you feel sleepy, tired and lethargic... and stressed!

Then the headache comes...

How to stop this cycle?   Easiest ways:

• Eat some protein and good quality of oil with each meal...  simple, but most people are only eating carbohydrates at meals.
• Exercise more
• Eat small meals more often

Sounds good?  Let me know what you think!

Headache Relief 101

Where Do headaches 'Come From'?

There are dozens and dozens of causes for headaches

For Example:

• High Blood Sugar
• Low Blood Sugar
• High Blood Pressure
• Too little Sleep
• Too Much Sleep
• Too Little Food
• Too Much Food
• Food Sensitivities
• Additive Sensitivities
• Environmental Sensitivities
• Prescription Medicine Side Affects
• Chemo Therapy
• Radiation Therapy
• Poor Liver Function
• Poor Kidney Function
• Mental Strain
• Emotional Strain
• Over Worked
• Too Much Sun
• Not Enough Sun
• Too Little Iron
• Too Much Iron
• Alcohol
• Chocolate
• Menstrual Cycle
• Trauma
• Head Injury
• Whiplash
• TMJ (Jaw Disfunction)
• Squinting
• Sinus Problems
• Allergies
• Food Poisoning
• Candida Overgrowth
• And Many Other Causes!

Wow... so many possible causes.  That is why it is so hard for you and your health care providers to 'safely' eliminate headaches.  Generally the approach is "Take two aspirins and rest"!  Or Advil, Tylenol and other 'pain relievers'.

The approach for this "Headache Relief Today Blog" is to give you some tools to use when you have a headache and don't really need to see a Doctor or can't get in quickly or don't want to take any more pain relievers.

One of the foundations for the natural approach we use is Traditional Chinese Medicine.  It has a long and successful history of treatment of health and disease... there is a book written in Chinese by The Yellow Emperor  in 2650 BC mentioning 4 techniques: tongue, pulse diagnosis, acupuncture and massage. Acupuncture and acupressure use the same points just one you can do yourself without needles!

A number of the headache relief points we will show you are acupressure points.
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