Dr. Elena Gross - Solving the Migraine Mystery

Dr. Elena Gross is a neuroscientist with a PhD in clinical research ( specifically Ketosis in migraine prevention) She’s the CEO & founder at KetoSwiss.

We talk about:

• Elena’s story
• Migraines running in the family
• Current limitations to migraine treatments
• Solving the migraine mystery
• The theory of migraines being an energy deficit in the brain
• Anti-convulsant drugs for migraine and their intolerable side effects
• Discovering the ketogenic / low carb / paleo diet and exogenous ketones for treatment
• Keto Swiss coming into being
• The vague definition of what migraine actually is
• How exogenous ketones can provide an excellent way to test therapeutic ketones
• The DiRECT trial pros and cons
• The expense and difficulty of well constructed nutrition trials
• My migraine background
• Various migraine triggers
• Unregulated perfumes as a trigger
• Supplementation
• Mitochondria, again!
• Blood sugar stability
• Reactive hyperinsulinemia
• Migraine as evolutionary adaptation
• Insulin resistance in the brain - Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, migraine
• How doctors are coming to Elena for advice

Elena can be found at:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ElenaCGross

Website - https://www.keto.swiss/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-elena-gross-6518bb2/

Ally can be found at:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleocanteen

Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleoally

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/paleocanteen

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/AllyHouston