Could Your Gut Be Lowering Your Migraine Threshold?

Could what’s happening in your gut be affecting how vulnerable you are to migraines?In this episode of the Headache Doctor Podcast, Dr. Taves sits down with functional health practitioner Taylor Knese of Mod Health Co. to explore the connection between gut health, hormones, stress, inflammation, and migraine threshold.They break down how the gut communicates with the brain, why digestion and bowel movements can offer clues about your overall health, and how imbalances involving estrogen, histamine, stress, and the gut microbiome may contribute to a lower migraine threshold.You’ll learn:How the gut and brain communicate through the vagus nerveWhy gut health may influence inflammation and migraine thresholdThe connection between estrogen, histamine, and hormonal migrainesHow chronic stress can affect digestion and gut motilityWhat your bowel movements may reveal about your digestive healthWhy walking, sleep, chewing your food, and eating a diverse whole-food diet matterHow gut health fits into a bigger, whole-body approach to migrainesIf you’ve focused on your headaches but never considered your digestion, hormones, or gut health, this conversation may help you see another piece of the migraine puzzle.Special Offer from Mod Health Co: Use discount code DRTAVES with Mod Health Co. to receive the listener discount mentioned in this episode. 👉 Get your questions about gut health, hormones, migraine triggers, and improving your migraine threshold answered inside our FREE Virtual Headache & Migraine Community: https://www.skool.com/headache-freedom/about 👉Novera: Headache Center