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
