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The Root Cause Medicine Podcast

Banish Migraines for Good: Neuro-Ophthalmology Tips

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast

Kate Kresge

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, 810564, Medicine

4.8581 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode of The Root Cause Medicine Podcast, we explore the importance of nutrition and lifestyle changes in managing migraines with Dr. Rudrani Banik. You’ll hear us discuss: 1. Dr. Banik's functional medicine approach to managing migraines 2. Migraine symptoms and causes 3. How to identify and eliminate trigger foods for migraine relief 4. The gut-brain connection in migraine management Dr. Rudrani Banik is a Board-certified Ophthalmologist and Neuro-Ophthalmologist with fellowship training and expertise in Functional Medicine. Skilled in ophthalmic surgery and Botox, she specializes in treating headaches and migraines. Dr. Banik is also the author of three books on eye health and nutrition: "Beyond Carrots: Best Foods for Eye Health A to Z," "Dr. Rani's Visionary Kitchen: Over 200 Recipes For Healthy Vision," and "Dr. Rani's Plant-Based Visionary Kitchen: Over 130 Plant-Based Recipes for Healthy Vision." Order tests through Rupa Health, the BEST place to order functional medicine lab tests from 30+ labs - https://www.rupahealth.com/reference-guide

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0:00.0

Today on the root cause medicine podcast.

0:03.4

I had like the worst diet in the world.

0:05.3

Dr. Kidd, I'd like cringe when I think about this.

0:07.5

I was living off of pizza and ice cream and diet cherry cook for years, years.

0:14.6

And I never once thought that, oh, maybe my diets contributing to my migraines.

0:20.5

I never once did it across my mind. None of my doctors ever asked me, what are you eating, how much stress is in your life, how much do you sleep, how much caffeine do you have? None of those questions ever came up. So when my colleague said, try an elimination diet, I said, you know what, I'll do whatever it takes. Well, hello there. I'm your host for today, Dr. Kate Kreski,

0:38.9

and today I'm interviewing Dr. Rudrani Banach. She is an incredible neuro-optimologist with over

0:44.9

20 years of experience. She's also certified in integrative and functional medicine.

0:49.4

She uses a natural approach to helping people prevent and reduce their migraine occurrences.

0:55.0

She's also a migraine sufferer herself. So her story is really powerful and inspirational if you are

1:00.4

currently having migraines. You can definitely do so many things to help reduce them. We're going to

1:05.3

dive into it today. Before we get started, though, I want to talk to you about something that

1:09.3

comes up pretty often on this podcast.

1:11.8

And that, of course, is lab testing. You see, testing is one essential way to understand the root cause of an illness.

1:18.5

If you're an integrative or functional medicine practitioner, chances are you're placing a ton of orders with a ton of different labs.

1:26.0

The root cause medicine podcast is created by Rupa Health.

1:29.3

Rupa is the best way to order, manage, and track results from over 30 different labs in one

1:35.3

single place for free.

1:37.3

Thank goodness.

1:38.3

No need to create and log into multiple portals ever again.

1:42.3

If you're a practitioner, make sure you go sign up at

1:44.7

RupaHealth.com to create your free account today. Now, let's start the show.

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