Use More Salt to Fix Migraines

Could consuming more salt help with your migraines? Here’s what you should know.

DATA:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4836999/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27216139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5567577/

Timestamps
0:00 Salt and migraines
0:10 Hyponatremia
0:50 Why you may want to consume salt for migraines
2:05 What you could do for migraines
3:05 Causes of sodium deficiency

Today we’re going to talk about why you may want to increase your salt if you have migraines. There is a condition called hyponatremia, where a person has low salt in their blood.

Normally, your blood should be salty. Most of the sodium should be outside of the cell, and then there’s potassium inside of the cell. The sodium and potassium together form an electrical charge, which gives you almost like a battery in your cells. This then creates a voltage in your nervous system to activate muscles and allows the nervous system to work correctly. One of the top symptoms of hyponatremia is headaches and migraines.

But, the big reason you may want to consume more salt if you have migraines is that people who suffer from migraines have a mutation in the potassium channels in their cells—they’re stuck open. If you have a problem with that channel that’s stuck open in the brain, you can get excited nerves. This can create a lot of electrical problems in the brain.

Some studies indicate that migraine headaches may lessen when you increase sodium. This may happen because if you have open potassium channels in the brain that are giving you too much potassium in the brain, you may have a huge imbalance of sodium and potassium. Increasing sodium may help balance out this ratio.

• Right before your headache, you may want to start consuming more salt. The recommended amount is 2300mg, but you may want to do something like 4600mg.

Sodium deficiency causes that go beyond not enough salt in the diet:
• Addison’s disease
• High carb diets
• Diarrhea
• Vomiting
• Diuretics
• Drinking lots of water
• Blood loss (heavy periods)
• Excessive sweating
• Major burns

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Thanks for watching! I hope this helps you better understand why you may want to consume more salt for your migraines.