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Mitochondria, pain and supplements

A recent study in journal Pain by Drs. Joseph and Levine suggests that mitochondria play an important role in pain mechanisms.
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Absorption of minerals, vitamins and drugs

The fact that you swallow a pill, be it a supplement or medication, does not mean that this pill will get absorbed into your body.

Many people have absorption difficulties, which can be due to:

1) genetic factors, such as seen with the absorption of magnesium,
2) gastro-intestinal disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, or frequent diarrhea,
3) pills which are poorly formulated or have a thick coating, and
4) low gastric acidity, which is often caused by antacids or an illness.
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Alpha Lipoic Acid for Headaches

Both riboflavin (vitamin B2) and co-enzyme Q10 (CoQ10) have been shown to prevent headaches in a single double-blind study. Both vitamins are involved in the energy production by mitochondria, which act  like energy stations within each cell. 
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Ginger for headache nausea

Ginger has been used for its medicinal qualities in China for centuries, in the treatment of pain, inflammation, and nausea. 
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Alpha lipoic acid and headaches

According to a study by Belgian scientists daily dose of 600 mg of alpha lipoic acid (also known as thioctic acid) was significantly better than placebo in reducing the frequency of headache attacks, headache days and pain severity.
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Benefits of vitamin D

As I mentioned in a previous post, vitamin D deficiency is often found in patients with headaches (as well as in those with neuralgia).  Chronic pain patients with low vitamin D levels were also found to have poor exercise tolerance, making their rehabilitation more difficult.  Now, there is strong evidence from two independent studies, which involved over one thousand people, that those with low vitamin D levels were twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, other types of dementia, and strokes. 
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Dr. Oz promotes magnesium for headaches

Dr. Oz : “Like Alexander Mauskop, I believe that magnesium can help—it relaxes arteries and muscles in the body, both of which can help with headaches”. This statement in the latest issue of O, The Oprah Magazine is not very surprising coming from a cardiac surgeon – magnesium is routinely used after open heart surgery.
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Vitamin D and headaches

Vitamin D deficiency has become a very popular topic in lay and professional literature, and deservedly so. Vitamin D is important not only for bone health, but for normal functioning of many organs. Its deficiency appears to be much more common than it was previously suspected. Dr. Steve Wheeler has found vitamin D deficiency in 42% of 55 patients with chronic headaches. He presented these findings at the recent meeting of the American Headache Society.
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