No More Headaches No More Migraines [Paperback]

Zuzana Bic (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 15, 1999

Drawing on clinical and research data, Zuzana Bic shows readers how to fight chronic headaches without enduring the side effects of medications. She describes different types of headaches, outlines their causes, and details her revolutionary approach to quashing them through diet modification, exercise, and stress reduction.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This husband-and-wife team (Zuzana, a California-based doctor; Francis, a professor at UC-Irvine) believe that all headaches, even migraines, can be prevented or diminished in frequency and severity by changes in lifestyle. The authors outline the different types of headaches, as well as the underlying diseases of which headaches are often symptoms, and the physiological processes that occur during a headache. Based on Zuzana's studies at Loma Linda University's School of Public Health in California, the authors contend that high levels of fat or sugar in the blood, as well as physical inactivity and stress, create a biochemical imbalance that triggers headaches. Rather than focusing on removing headache triggers, the Bics emphasize the positive in their headache prevention program: eat a diet low in fat and sugar, with an emphasis on natural foods; exercise regularly; and manage your stress. With the use of charts the authors condense their argument to its basics, showing how diet, stress and a sedentary lifestyle cause biochemical changes. Simply written, the book is a useful introduction to how headaches work and how they might be managed. Their program, however, may seem too simplified and too general for longtime headache sufferers. (Dec.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 134 pages
• Publisher: Avery; 1st edition (June 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895299240
• ISBN-13: 978-0895299246
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #779,454 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #31 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Disorders & Diseases > Headaches

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It really works, September 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: No More Headaches No More Migraines (Paperback)

This is a very comprehensive book on headache prevention that ties togheter all the different lifestyle factors like food/nutrition, physical activity, and stress. And what is even better as that every tip and every strategy given by the authors to achieve a gradual lifesytyle modification actually works in practice.

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My doctor was wrong!, September 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: No More Headaches No More Migraines (Paperback)

My doctor always told me that nutrition had nothing to do with headaches. Was he wrong! I modified my diet as recommended in the book - less fat, less sugar, more complex carbos, etc. Two weeks later my headaches were gone; After all these years of suffering needlessly. I just could not believe the improvement. I am free ...

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It is a good book,it appeals to reader's intellegence ., September 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: No More Headaches No More Migraines (Paperback)

"No more headaches, no more migraines" is a good reading not only for those who suffer headaches. The book is an honest one and it doesn't promise an instant cure.It is an appeal to a reader's intellegence.I like the style this book is written in. It is a modest one, it let the solid argumentation speak for itself