House Call Highlight: The Functional Medicine Approach To Ending Migraine with Dr. Todd LePine
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Dr. Mark Hyman
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🗓️ 21 June 2021
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House Call Highlight: The Functional Medicine Approach To Ending Migraine | This episode is sponsored by Rupa Health and InsideTracker
Migraines are a big problem for many people. These severe, nearly disabling headaches can occur anywhere from once a year to three to four times a week. They can last from hours to days. They are often associated with an aura, light sensitivity, nausea, vomiting, and severe throbbing pain on one or both sides of the head. And migraines can be caused by many different factors. This is where Functional Medicine comes in. Functional Medicine is medicine by cause; not by symptom. It helps us discover the underlying triggers of disease. And the root cause of your migraine may not be in your head at all. In fact, migraines can be caused by things ranging from food sensitivities and allergies to hormonal imbalances, vitamin deficiencies, and more.
In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Todd LePine to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to ending migraines. They explore how to identify and eliminate what might be causing your migraines and share specific patient migraine cases they have treated.
Dr. LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring the natural balance to both the mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders. Dr. LePine teaches around the world, and has given lectures to doctors and patients at American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG), the University of Miami Integrative Medicine Conference, The Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA, and is on the faculty for American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Dr. LePine is the head of the Scientific Advisory Board for Designs for Health and a consultant for Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory. He enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping, and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires, and is a fitness enthusiast.
This episode is sponsored by Rupa Health and InsideTracker.
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In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. LePine discuss:
- The conventional vs. Functional Medicine’s approach to preventing and treating migraines
- The most common types of migraines, including menstrual migraines
- The role of mitochondria in migraines, and the connection between migraines and seizures
- The connection between gut health and migraines
- How stress and lack of sleep can trigger migraines
- Eliminating gluten and foods to treat migraines
- Common nutrient deficiencies that can lead to migraines, including magnesium deficiency
- How histamine sensitivity can be related to migraines
- How your genetics can be a factor in driving migraines
Additional Resources:
Dr. Hyman’s 10 Day Reset
https://getfarmacy.com/products/10-day-reset
Dr. Hyman’s 10 Day Reset - Free Guide
5 Steps To Solve Your Migraines
https://drhyman.com/blog/2013/12/27/5-steps-solve-migraines/
How To End Migraines
https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/05/18/how-to-end-migraines/
Magnesium: Meet the Most Powerful Relaxation Mineral Available
https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/05/20/magnesium-the-most-powerful-relaxation-mineral-available/
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Kea Peruit, one of the producers of the doctor's pharmacy. If you or someone you love |
| 0:05.0 | suffers from migraines, I don't need to tell you how debilitating they can be. In fact, |
| 0:09.6 | they are one of the most common reasons people end up in the emergency room. When you're |
| 0:14.0 | experiencing a migraine, your primary focus is on how to make it stop. But as migraines are usually |
| 0:19.2 | a recurring issue, functional medicine really looks at what's causing the migraines in the first |
| 0:23.5 | place. Dr. Hyman sat down to talk about this with Dr. Todd Lapine. This is one of our all-time |
| 0:29.1 | most listened-to episodes from the House Call series, and we're re-airing it today to help spread |
| 0:33.7 | the word on ending migraines once and for all. Now on to the episode. Hey everyone, it's Dr. Mark. |
| 0:39.9 | Something I get more and more excited about every year is personalized medicine. When I began |
| 0:44.6 | practicing functional medicine over 20 years ago, it was clear to me we have to look at how unique |
| 0:48.8 | each body is. Now with the technology advancing in amazing ways, we can truly take that concept to |
| 0:54.5 | the next level. One of the tools I recently discovered that can help us all do that from home is |
| 0:59.4 | Inside Tracker. Founded in 2009 by TopScientist and Aging Genetics and Biometric Data from MIT, |
| 1:05.3 | Tuffs and Harvard, Inside Tracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other. |
| 1:10.8 | It's purpose-built to help you live a longer, more productive life. |
| 1:15.3 | Their cutting-edge technology analyzes your blood DNA and lifestyle to give you |
| 1:19.6 | highly personalized recommendations. Then using the app, you can track your progress every day. |
| 1:25.5 | Inside Tracker tells you what to do and why, so your health goals are clear and actionable and |
| 1:29.9 | most importantly, based on exactly what your body needs. My team took Inside Tracker for a spin |
| 1:36.0 | and really loved it. They discovered some important things about their health that led them to stop |
| 1:40.7 | procrastinating when it came to certain parts of their health. Like for example, |
| 1:44.1 | finally taking vitamin D supplements after seeing they were deficient or eating more iron rich |
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