{"id":2359,"date":"2016-04-07T14:03:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T14:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymigrainemiracle.com\/?p=2359"},"modified":"2016-04-07T18:21:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T18:21:34","slug":"ketogenic-diet-versus-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymigrainemiracle.com\/ketogenic-diet-versus-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketogenic Diet VERSUS Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2362 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mymigrainemiracle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ketogenic-Diet-1-300x251.png\" alt=\"Ketogenic Diet (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mymigrainemiracle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ketogenic-Diet-1-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mymigrainemiracle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ketogenic-Diet-1-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mymigrainemiracle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ketogenic-Diet-1.png 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Earlier this year, as outlined\u00a0in a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymigrainemiracle.com\/keto-chronicles-intro\/\" target=\"_blank\">recent post<\/a><\/strong>, I began the “Keto Experiments.”<\/p>\n<p>There are several questions I want to answer for myself through these, answers that I hope everyone will benefit from.<\/p>\n<p>One of those questions was just how much of an extra\u00a0boost in migraine protection does ketosis provide. What is the full scope of the Ketogenic Diet’s\u00a0power over the migraine Beast?<\/p>\n<p>To help answer this question, my plan was to expose myself to some of my most powerful migraine triggers while I was in ketosis, and let the chips fall.<\/p>\n<p>The plan was to do this in a <em>controlled<\/em> manner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mother Nature had other plans.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On March 1, as our family was winding down with our nightly bedtime routine, a bolt of lightning struck our home. All <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwipvYjd2vzLAhWJPCYKHUgLB2kQtwIIIzAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DmjCRUvX2D0E&usg=AFQjCNFZED1DcBGJRgSXlxGTttLw531ExQ&sig2=8i5sZz5CpKXxKvsI3vcfHg\" target=\"_blank\">1.21 gigawatts of it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I was playing an electric guitar at the time, inside the room that was struck.<\/p>\n<p>The guitar flew from my hands. A disturbing orange glow emanated from the ceiling overhead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our house was on fire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, our family (and pets) all made it out safely. But our home won’t be habitable for several months.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, the month of March brought on a host of stressors I hadn’t prepared for: escaping from a burning home, consoling scared children and wondering what emotional scars they’ll carry with them, disrupted routines, sleep schedules, eating habits, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, <strong>a perfect “storm” of migraine triggers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I braced myself for the inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>The migraine never came.<\/p>\n<p>In a past life, before I’d discovered neither the wisdom of ancestral living nor the power of ketosis, I can’t imagine that outcome.<\/p>\n<p>And while the “Keto Experiments” are still an ongoing project, I must say I’m more than a wee bit encouraged by the results thus far.<\/p>\n<p>Things have thankfully settled down a bit for our family now, and we’re getting back to familiar routines.<\/p>\n<p>We also now have our own kitchen to cook in, and I’m getting back to the “controlled” experiments.<\/p>\n<p>But, for now, for those of you keeping score, it is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>KETOGENIC DIET:\u00a01<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>RAGING HOUSE FIRE:\u00a00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">More to come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, as outlined\u00a0in a recent post, I began the “Keto Experiments.” There are several questions I want to answer for myself through these, answers that I hope everyone will benefit from. One of those questions was just how much of an extra\u00a0boost in migraine protection does ketosis provide. 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