LIQUOR TO AVOID. Beer, dry, red burgundy, all bourbons, gin, vodka, champagne.

LIQUOR YOU MAY HAVE. Rose wine, white wine (not Sauterne), brandy, cordials, scotch, and rum.

However, these foods will vary from individual to individual, and you should experiment to see which ones you are sensitive to. The best approach is to eliminate them all. When you have achieved a relatively migraine-free state, try adding them back into your diet every few weeks one at a time. If there is no increase in number or severity of your migraine headaches then last food you added to your diet probably was not an offender.

4. Plan and schedule your activities sensibly. Avoid over-crowded daily schedules. Spread activities through day and take a 10 or 15 minute break. This can do much to relieve tensions that may precipitate a migraine attack. 5. Relax, slow down, and let others do their share. RECOGNIZE YOUR SPECIAL “TRIGGER” SITUATIONS AND LEARN THE WARNING SIGNS THAT WILL HELP YOU HEAD OFF AN ATTACK

Take time to review situations you were in before your migraine attacks. You may be able to notice a pattern that will define “trigger” situations. Does your migraine start after shopping? After heavy housecleaning? Before a menstrual period? Holidays? During financial difficulties? If you discover a pattern of any sort, discuss it with your doctor. He may suggest ways to put a “safety” on trigger situations. Or may suggest that you take your medication before a known and unavoidable trigger situation takes place.

Working together, you and your physician will very likely be able to develop a program that will end or greatly decrease incapacitating, painful effects of migraine.

MIGRAINE can be treated successfully—when you cooperate fully with your physician

FOLLOW general health rules carefully, and avoid stresses that may cause a migraine attack.

Identify your special trigger situations and recognize your early symptoms of migraine.

Keep your medication with you at all times, and use it as your physician instructs. Do not exceed recommended dosage.

An 88 year old man consumed 20-30 eggs a DAY for more than 15 years, yet maintained normal blood cholesterol levels of 150 to 200.

Cholesterol occurs only in animal foods. Yet consumption of animal fat since 1909 actually decreased by 10 percent, whereas vegetable fat increased by over 200 percent. The increase of heart attacks has paralleled increased use of margarine, homogenized milk and processed foods such as sugar.

According to Judith DeCava, in her book, Cholesterol, Facts and Fantasies, in one study, almost half of patients had total cholesterol levels under 200, which is supposed to be safe. Yet half of this group had coronary heart disease. Of almost 1200 who did have heart disease, one third had cholesterol levels under 200. Dr. Michael DeBakey, famous heart surgeon, reports that 30 percent of patients who have a coronary bypass have “normal” cholesterol levels.”

The Real Culprit

Here’s what IS clearly linked to heart disease: sugar. Judith DeCava, in her excellent book, Cholesterol, Facts and Fantasies states,

“John Yukin analyzed refined sugar consumed by men with atherosclerosis. The men who had heart attacks ate almost twice as much sugar as those who not having heart attacks. In fact, in persons with coronary heart disease, degree of atherosclerosis was proportional to amount of refined sugar consumed.” (The Lancet 1964); 2 (7349):6-8.

As further evidence of this is fact that consumption of fat in Caribbean countries is very low, but use of sugar is very high. Cuba has one of highest levels of sugar use, and has a higher death rate from heart attacks in men between ages 55 and 64 than U.S.!

The Fox Guarding Hen House

So what’s perpetuating this campaign of misinformation? It’s money from drug companies who want you to buy their cholesterol reducing drugs (that have serious side affects) and from food industries that benefit from this scam.

Here are some examples. The American Medical Association’s Executive Vice-President, Dr. James Sammons, promised physicians in 1988 of their financial rewards by stating, “the AMA’s campaign against cholesterol will bring both old and new patients to you for necessary testing, counseling and care.”

One researcher who later became a director of National Institutes of Health bought stock in a pharmaceutical company just before announcing results of a study favorable to drug’s effects. The editor of AMA’s publication, Circulation, also received stock options on same drug company.

Jane Heimlich began doing extensive research on this cholesterol issue in 1989. In her book, What Your Doctor Won’t Tell You, she concludes,

“There is no question that cholesterol program…benefits three powerful groups in our society to tune of billions of dollars. These three are medical profession, pharmaceutical industry, and food companies.”