A study published by the American Headache Society in December of 2015 evaluated all the major migraine triggers and found a distinct correlation. The study concluded that this relationship was likely the unifying principle behind nearly all migraine triggers. The common thread between all migraine triggers is called oxidative stress.
A few of the most common migraine keys that trigger migraines are: MSG. aspartame, nitrites, glutamate, dehydration, stress, pollution, weather, and allergens.
Oxidative stress is a universal migraine key. This is the beginning of an answer, a solution. This answer explains the links between all the migraine research that J Orozco evaluated in his book ‘Hemp for Migraine’. He found that all common migraine triggers were associated with inflammation. Inflammation is a result of oxidative stress. So oxidative stress is the underlying problem, a problem that has solutions, but not the one we been taught to believe!
Oxidative stress occurs when a molecule loses an electron and turns into free radical. Free radicals arise from things that hurt the human body. Electrons are supposed to be orbiting the nucleus in pairs, not alone.
These lonely guys are damaged goods and as soon as they see a healthy molecule with a happy electron-pair couple dancing around, the lonely guys get radical. The free radical steals one of the electrons from the healthy molecule. This turns out from healthy pair into damaged goods. The process spirals out of control until all the molecules are damaged goods and the entire cell dies.
Most antioxidants we use for the migraine healing have a limited capacity to make it to the brain throughout the body, that’s why they never really healed the problem!
The research on cannabinoids shows that they have the antioxidant capacity to make it to the brain and reduce total levels of oxidative stress with neuroprotective qualities.
A growing number of studies prove that CBD has antioxidant abilities. The antioxidant properties of both THC and CBD would explain why medical marijuana reduces migraine frequency and pain.
The universal migraine trigger, oxidative stress, is the reason most drugs fail migraine sufferers.
Unlike migraine medications, CBD in Hemp may go straight to the root problem and reduce oxidative stress. Antioxidants are the reason CBD may reduce migraine, while oxidative stress is the reason most medications end up making migraines worse.
