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Most people wrote said that their migraines improved after going GF. However,
some note that there was no change and others that theirs got worse. Here is
some of the literature that respondents cite--in all cases the literature
indicates that going GF does help some patients with migraines--but not all.

Thanks for all your responses.

There is a book, Dangerous Grains, by James Braly and Ron Hoggan, that
has a small section talking about what they believe is a gluten-migraine
connection.  They also discuss the use og ergotamine as a migraine
treatment.  Ergot is derived from a mold grown on rye.  Evidently there
may be a connection between gluten and hallucinations, schizophrenia,
epilepsy, autism, etc., in a way that is currently poorly understood.
But the same neurotransmitters that are affected by ergot and migraines
are also affected by LSD, etc.


I am doing my dissertation on CD and there are several articles that mention
neurological symptoms. Migraines is one of the listed conditions. If your
migraines are caused by CD, the GFD may eliminate them altogether. (it did
for
me)  Here are the suggested articles--it was noted that those of us without a
medical background should use a medical dictionary to read thesete

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Curr Opin Neurol 2002 Oct;15(5):519-23
The neurology of gluten sensitivity: separating the wheat from the chaff.

Wills AJ, Unsworth DJ.

Department of Neurology, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
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Headache 1998 Sep;38(8):627-8

Migraine and coeliac disease.

Serratrice J, Disdier P, de Roux C, Christides C, Weiller PJ.

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Rev Neurol 2001 Feb 16-28;32(4):301-9

[The prevalence of headache in a population of patients with coeliac disease]

[Article in Spanish]

Roche Herrero MC, Arcas Martinez J, Martinez-Bermejo A, Lopez Martin V,
Polanco I, Tendero Gormaz A, Fernandez Jaen A.

Servicio de Neurologia Infantil; Hospital Infantil La Paz, Madrid, 28046,
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Z Gastroenterol 1991 Jan;29(1):31-5


[Non-tropical sprue and chronic inflammatory rectal stenosis in a patient
with
abuse of ergotamine-containing suppositories]

[Article in German]

Himmelreich G, Riess H, Kretschmer R, Hopf U.

Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitatsklinikum Rudolf Virchow,
Standort Charlottenburg, Freie Universitat, Berlin.

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Cephalalgia 1987 Jun;7(2):125-9


Bilateral cerebral occipital calcifications and migraine-like headache.

Battistella PA, Mattesi P, Casara GL, Carollo C, Condini A, Allegri F, Rigon
F.
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There was a study done in Great Britain, that was published in the journal
Neurology in February of 2001 reporting relief from migraine with a
gluten-free diet.


Helen

Boston

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