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I'm not a doctor and I know nothing about medicine. In fact, I have been a patient all my life.

I'm just a person who sought a solution to a disabling problem, chronic migraine (headache that occurs 15 or more days a month and lasts 4 or more hours each time), when medical science could not offer me more solution than analgesics to the mitigation of symptoms. As I did not settle for that, I searched for myself for years, decades, knowing that I would be lost between conventional and alternative therapies as it happened.

I did not rule out any help from where it came from. I advanced slowly giving blind sticks. At certain times I spent more time and energy (and resources, it is impossible to know how much I spent trying to alleviate and solve my migraines), at other times I gave up and endured my migraine condition as something irremediable.

In this book I share my experiences without pretending to be intrusive in a profession that I admire as is medicine. In it I think out loud and write about the conclusions that I have reached at this moment in my life, although I could be wrong.

No nutritional plan should be followed without first consulting a professional. If you suffer from any alteration that requires assistance, you should consult a good health professional or reference nutritionist.

This book is my personal testimony, and it contains my particular opinions, which may be erroneous. Even so I share them because they have served me when everything else did not. I do not pretend to tell people what to do or not to do, what to eat or not to eat.

I always tell people to listen to their body, since this one talks to us with the symptoms and they look for help like I have done. And above all that they inform themselves of sources that they respect. The body is wise and its only function is to keep us healthy, in its reactions there is a range of answers that we must learn to interpret.

The references you make, as the author of this book, to different products must be considered in informative terms and should not be interpreted as endorsement or recommendation of said products, either by me as the author or the publisher.

I admire the doctors for their work and I think they are true heroes and heroines for doing a lot with little. Doctors and health care lovingly took care of my parents when they died in the hospital and only for that reason I will be eternally grateful. We will all end up in your hands, and I trust your experience and I appreciate your care with love.

I also believe that while medicines can be invaluable at any given time, the only thing that can heal us is our own body. Even allowing us to help, it is good not to forget that the body knows and does all the healing work. Receiving help from professionals, and benefiting from advances in medical technology, is a privilege and a necessity.

If someone reading this book makes decisions about your diet, supplementation, or takes some of my statements as an instruction, I must remind you that what happens is your full responsibility.

The material presented in this book is for informational purposes only and in no way replaces the recommendations and care of your doctor. Its content is very simplified since it is not a treaty or a scientific study. Sorry if I do not go into any topic of interest, in return I will provide you with bibliography at the end of the work that helped me.

You will hear me talk about a chemical "nutritional war", and that is how I feel it. What we play is health and life, and consumers have everything to lose. The titles of the episodes recall the titles of the films in the Star Wars saga. I take this license and freedom to establish the simile of which we are involved in a war, which besides being planetary, is fought at any dining room or kitchen table.

As with other regimens of weight loss or control, my nutritional decisions described in this book should be taken as a very personal testimony, not as a piece of advice. If someone decides to follow them, do so after learning very well and consulting a professional to make sure they are appropriate to their individual circumstances.

Nutrition needs vary from person to person, depending on age, sex, health status and diet.

The author and publisher are not responsible for any adverse effects that may occur as a result of the use or application of the information contained in this book.