| | Bhikkhu Bodhi also suffers from painful, nearly debilitating headaches. A friend of mind who is a physician was able to get off of migraine medication in just a few months after adopting a diet in which he dropped nearly all carbs and sugar and started eating a lot more protein and fat. The basic notion is that grains--even the vaunted whole grains--are being consumed in proportions that our bodies have not evolved to handle, and that all of these carbs we're consuming all the time are increasing our insulin resistance, obesity and creating other problems. So this is a diet that is supposed to be more in line with what our hunter-gatherer forebears would have consumed. The book it's based on is called "Good Calories, Bad Calories." I'm going to give it a try, albeit with more of a vegetarian spin. I found it interesting that my friend was able to elminate his longstanding problem with migraines through these dietary changes. |