Comments on: Is your oestrogen to blame for your headaches? https://www.natkringoudis.com/is-your-oestrogen-to-blame-for-your-headaches/ Mon, 01 Feb 2016 10:45:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Nat Kringoudis https://www.natkringoudis.com/is-your-oestrogen-to-blame-for-your-headaches/#comment-802 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 10:45:34 +0000 http://www.natkringoudis.com/?p=12456#comment-802 In reply to Leanne Ambrogio.

There is always a reason – it’s just looking hard enough to find the answers. Well done x

]]> By: Nat Kringoudis https://www.natkringoudis.com/is-your-oestrogen-to-blame-for-your-headaches/#comment-801 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 10:44:56 +0000 http://www.natkringoudis.com/?p=12456#comment-801 In reply to Nicole.

Nicole – my cleanse (Cleanse Yourself) is a 5 day cleanse – a little bit like a gentle reset. We also have a breastfeeding section making it fabulous for feeding mothers! Check it out in the product section of my site. Sending love x

]]> By: Nicole https://www.natkringoudis.com/is-your-oestrogen-to-blame-for-your-headaches/#comment-800 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 12:22:57 +0000 http://www.natkringoudis.com/?p=12456#comment-800 This article couldn’t come at a better time!! I have always been oestrogen dominant but I know it’s getting bad when I get severe anxiety. So I’m trying to detox my body, particularly my liver which is at high levels but a bit concerned in how to do this the right way, as I’m currently breastfeeding. I started taking a few supplements (molybdenum, esstroscence & magnesium) but for the past 2 days it’s given me migrains which is making it hard to breast feed my 12 week old baby. I’m also concerned while detoxing if it will go through my milk supply & unsettle my bubs. My head is in such a fog. I’m not sure if I’m doing the right thing or not.

]]> By: Leanne Ambrogio https://www.natkringoudis.com/is-your-oestrogen-to-blame-for-your-headaches/#comment-799 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:22:36 +0000 http://www.natkringoudis.com/?p=12456#comment-799 Perfect timing to be reading this Nat as I have today had an intense headache which I get every month in the week leading up to my period. I am so careful with my diet and go out of my way to avoid chemicals and my stress levels are pretty low at the moment so I just get frustrated with not knowing which way to go next – what else I can try to alleviate them as they stop me from doing so much. My eldest daughter is 11 and she has started getting them once a month also even though her period hasn’t started yet. Wish I could just pinpoint a little more on what my major triggers are. Thanks again for a great article – I have last week purchased your Debunking PCOS so I will find time this week to go through it all – with 3 daughters I am determined to help them through all the issues that hormones can bring to life! Leanne

]]> By: Nat Kringoudis https://www.natkringoudis.com/is-your-oestrogen-to-blame-for-your-headaches/#comment-798 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:54:17 +0000 http://www.natkringoudis.com/?p=12456#comment-798 In reply to Sheena kodituwakku.

I’m in Victoria. There’s just so much we can do via diet and lifestyle. x

]]> By: Nat Kringoudis https://www.natkringoudis.com/is-your-oestrogen-to-blame-for-your-headaches/#comment-797 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:53:49 +0000 http://www.natkringoudis.com/?p=12456#comment-797 In reply to Kelli.

I’d love to help further! It’s really tricky for me to give sound advice without seeing you (or your daughter) in person but you have some good tip to implement above as a good start. x

]]> By: Nat Kringoudis https://www.natkringoudis.com/is-your-oestrogen-to-blame-for-your-headaches/#comment-796 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:52:52 +0000 http://www.natkringoudis.com/?p=12456#comment-796 In reply to Bec.

Good on you for looking to your health further and working things out. I do offer skips – in fact if you look above, I included a link for you to see. x

]]> By: Kelli https://www.natkringoudis.com/is-your-oestrogen-to-blame-for-your-headaches/#comment-795 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:18:26 +0000 http://www.natkringoudis.com/?p=12456#comment-795 Hi nat. Thanks for your article. I have had migraines for the past 30 odd years. Mine have decreased significantly since having kids but now and then get some doozies! I get auras, paralysis down one side of my body and intense pain. I had one last week where i couldn’t speak! I think mine is hormonal especially if i eat something bad such as msg etc a few days before my period. Unfortunately my 11 year old daughter is also getting migraines. Whilst she hasnt started her period yet, is there anything we can do for her, other than monitoring when she gets them? I think I might have to arrange a time for us to both come in for a chat. Sorry for the lengthy post. Thanks for listening!

]]> By: Bec https://www.natkringoudis.com/is-your-oestrogen-to-blame-for-your-headaches/#comment-794 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 02:46:16 +0000 http://www.natkringoudis.com/?p=12456#comment-794 Hi Nat,
Great article and good to see all the information laid out as such.
This is absolutely me (& my brothers, mother and pretty much everyone on my mother’s side of the family!).
Have had the exact same experience with auras – racing home before I lose all vision, feeling like someone has take a photograph with the fllash on a hundred times over.

I found my migraines signfiicantly reduced with good diet, sleep, a balanced amount of exercise and regular Chiro/massage appts every 4-6wks (to help with you guessed it, C2-4!).

I’ve since delved deeper into the world of natural food chemicals after the birth of my daughter who was an extremely restless baby and I started to realise food was most likely the culprit. I’ve got a brother who was affected by foods (A.D.D) so I was somewhat familiar with it all. We went down the road of the Elimination Diet and failsafe eating for my daughter. We now control her amine and salicylate intake (low amines, mod salicylates & high salicylates occasionally. This means a happy baby who sleeps ten times better and doesn’t display fiidgeting, obsessive behaviour.

When we went through the elimination I did it also as I was breastfeeding her at the time. What I discovered was how much diet affects me also (& everyone to varying degrees!).
I already knew that chemicals- perfumes, deodorants, cleansing products etc could trigger a headache/migraine for me, especially if I’m feeling “headachey”. I also knew that certain foods – like wine, cheeses, chocolates etc could trigger headache/migraine – now I know that those foods and “etc” are foods high in amines and I’m best avoiding them. I still do eat them but I also now know that if I’m coming to that time of the month or stressed and likely to get a headache, to avoid those high amine foods (as well as perfumes etc).

My dietian likened it to a cup and when your cup is filling with daily stress, muscular stress from exercise, some strong perfume or foods that may affect you is enough to make your “cup” overflow and Viola… Migraine … Or anxiety… Or whatever symptom you experience.

Do you offer skype consults Nat?

Ps. This page keeps switching letters around so my email is not entering correctly. The “i” and the “f” need to be switched !

]]> By: Sheena kodituwakku https://www.natkringoudis.com/is-your-oestrogen-to-blame-for-your-headaches/#comment-793 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 01:36:52 +0000 http://www.natkringoudis.com/?p=12456#comment-793 Thank you so much this was so relevant to me and has given me greater understanding as I have been a sufferer of migraines since I was 12 now I have other hormonal issues pcos and high risk of ovarian cancer due to my mum passing away from this last year. Have been told by gyno ro change diet to minimize oestragen but now reading this all the pieces fit thanks from the bottom of my heart! What state are you in??

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