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YOU'RE GIVING ME A MIGRAINE.
NOW MOST OF US HAVE HEARD OF THAT
BEFORE, BUT FOR MANY MIGRAINE SUFFERERS, THEY'RE NOT TALKING
ABOUT A PERSON CAUSING THE HEADACHE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY
TALKING ABOUT CAUSES FIND IN SO CALLED MIGRAINE TRIGGERS.
BIG DIFFERENCE.
JOINING US TO DISCUSS THIS AND FOOD ALLERGIES
IN GENERAL IS NUTRITIONIST VICTORIA BRODSKY OF CONTENT
CHECKED INCORPORATED.
IT'S A COMPANY OFFERING PIECE OF MIND
BY PUTTING KNOWLEDGE OF HARMFUL FOOD INGREDIENTS, LITERALLY, IN
THE PALM OF YOUR HAND.
WELCOME BACK.
THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
OF COURSE.
I'M REALLY GLAD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING BECAUSE
I KNOW QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT SUFFER FROM MIGRAINES.
AND YOU KNOW IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM
A HEADACHE.
UMMHMMM.
SOME PEOPLE CAN'T EVEN GET OUT OF BED FOR THAT MATTER.
YES.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT MIGRAINES, MAYBE WHAT CAUSES THEM AND WHY
PEOPLE ARE JUST SO PARALYZED.
SO WHAT EXACTLY CAUSES A MIGRAINE, THERE'S STILL ALOT
UNKNOWN.
SURE.
WE DO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THE BLOOD VESSELS CONSTRICT AND THE
PAIN IS THERE.
UMM WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS
LIKE HORMONES AND STRESS AND CERTAIN FOODS THAT CAN ACTUALLY
TRIGGER THOSE PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES THAT WILL YOU KNOW
CAUSE THAT MIGRAINE.
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE FOODS THAT CAN BE
TRIGGERS.
SOME OF THE BIG ONES ARE CHOCOLATE, RED WINE, BUT THERE'S
ALSO ANY KIND OF FERMENTED FOOD...
HMMM.
ANY KIND OF FOOD THAT'S EXCESS IN SALT.
UMMM THERE'S ALSO DRIED FRUITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THINGS WITH SULFIDES IN THEM.
SO THERE'S ALOT OF INGREDIENTS THAT
PEOPLE MAY NOT EVEN REALIZE CAN BE A MIGRAINE TRIGGER.
I KNOW AND I KNOW ABOUT THE WINE AND CHOCOLATE BUT ALOT OF PEOPLE
LIKE YOU SAID DON'T KNOW.
AND WHAT I LOVE IS YOU'VE CREATED AN
APP THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE AND KIND OF GUIDE THEM.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT APP AND WHAT YOU'VE
DONE WITH IT.
ABSOLUTELY.
SO THIS APP IS WONDERFUL.
BASICALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE HAVE TAKEN ALL THESE
PRODUCTS THAT WE EITHER GET INFORMATION FROM THE
MANUFACTURER OR CONSUMERS CAN ACTUALLY ADD THE PRODUCT TO THE
APP UMM BY SCANNING IT WITH THE BAR CODE.
SO BASICALLY WHAT IT IS IT'S A SCANNER.
YOU SCAN THE BAR CODE FOR A FOOD PRODUCT AND
IT'LL TELL WETHER OR NOT ONE OF THOSE INGREDIENTS IS A MIGRAINE
TRIGGER...
YOUR KIDDING.
OR A HAS TRACES OF A MIGRAINE TRIGGER EXACTLY.
SHOW ME HOW IT WORKS.
OK.
SO LET'S SAY I'M IN THE SUPER MARKET, I'M A MIGRAINE SUFFERER
AND I WANT TO BUY, WHAT, CHOCOLATE?
YES.
OR LET'S DO THIS CHOCOLATE RIGHT HERE.
YES, SO HERE YOU GO.
YOU JUST OPEN UP THE APP.
IT'S A SCANNER.
SO BASICALLY ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST HOLD THE CAMERA ON YOUR
PHONE UP TO THE BAR CODE AND THEN HERE, IT WILL TELL YOU
RIGHT AWAY.
IT HAS ALL THE INFORMATION, IT'S GOT A PICTURE
OF IT.
YOU KNOW IT'S RIGHT THERE.
AND LOOK WHAT IT SAYS.
SORRY THIS PRODUCT TRIGGERS MIGRAINES.
YES.
SO THAT IS ONE I OR ANYBODY THAT SUFFERS MUST STAY AWAY FROM.
EXACTLY.
TELL ME WHAT ELSE IT SHOWS.
SO IT ALSO SHOWS IN BIG BIG VISIBLE LETTERS THE INGREDIENT
LIST SO THAT YOU CAN SAY, OK WILL WHAT IN HERE MAY CAUSE A
MIGRAINE.
SO CHOCOLATE IS DEFINITELY A MIGRAINE TRIGGER IN
AND OF ITSELF.
SO WHAT'S COOL ABOUT THE APP IS THAT IT SHOWS
ALTERNATIVES.
SO SIMILAR PRODUCTS THAT DON'T CONTAIN A
MIGRAINE TRIGGER.
OH THAT'S PERFECT.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE CHOCOLATE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST MIGRAINE
TRIGGERS IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE ALSO AS A NUTRITIONIST, I WOULD THINK THAT
IF YOUR ABLE TO DO THIS, YOU CAN ALSO FIND MORE VALUE IN MAYBE
WHAT FOODS YOUR GETTING AS WELL.
ABSOLUTELY.
SO THE HUGE LIST OF MIGRAINE TRIGGERS
THAT WE HAVE THERE'S ALOT OF INGREDIENTS THAT I MEAN ANY
NUTRITIONIST WOULD WANT YOU TO AVOID.
UM EXCESS SALT, EXCESS SUGAR, UM THINGS THAT CHEMICAL
NAMES THAT ARE PRESERVATIVES, SUGAR ALTERNATIVES AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
SO DEFINITELY IT'S A GREAT START TO SOMEONE WHO WANTS
TO AVOID SOME OF THESE FOODS CAUSE ALOT OF THE FOODS THAT ARE
MARKED AS A MIGRAINE TRIGGER ARE ACTUALLY PROCESS JUNK FOOD.
OF COURSE YOU WANT TO AVOID THAT.
WHAT ABOUT, VICTORIA, SOME NEW PRODUCTS THAT HIT THE MARKET AND
YOU KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT THERE AND YOU WANT TO TRY IT THAT DAY.
ARE YOU UP TO DATE?
DEFINITELY.
WE ARE DEFINITELY AS UP TO DATE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
IF WE DO HAVE THE MANUFACTURER INFORMATION ON THE SHELF THAT
INFORMATION WILL BE RIGHT THERE IN THE PALM OF YOUR HANDS.
IF WE DON'T, THE USER CAN ACTUALLY ADD
THE PRODUCT MANUALLY BY SCANNING THE PRODUCT, IT WILL SAY I'M
SORRY THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT EXIST AND THEY CAN PRESS A GREEN
BUTTON, BIG GREEN BUTTON THAT SAYS ADD THE PRODUCT.
IT'LL GO STRAIGHT TO OUR DATABASE FOR
ANALYZATION.
AND YOU'LL DO THE WORK FOR THEM.
EXACTLY.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT THIS COULD BE CHANGING LIVES AND
PEOPLES LIVES.
I MEAN HAVE YOU HEARD THAT FROM SOMEONE THAT YOU
KNOW?
ABSOLUTELY, I DEFINITELY HAVE A COUPLE FAMILY MEMBERS AS WELL AS
MYSELF WHO I WE HAD NO IDEA THAT CERTAIN FOODS AND CERTAIN
INGREDIENTS WILL ACTUALLY TRIGGER A MIGRAINE.
IT'S VERY EDUCATIONAL AND IT'S ALSO VERY
HELPFUL CAUSE IT'S SAVES TIME IN THE GROCERY STORE AND IT SAVES
YOU A BIG HEADACHE.
(LAUGHTER) AND YOU KNOW WHAT, IT COULD SAVE
YOUR FROM POPPING THAT PILL ALSO.
ABSOLUTELY.
AND AVOID TAKING THE MEDICATION BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T AWARE WHAT
WAS CAUSING IT.
ABSOLUTELY.
ALRIGHT FOR OUR VIEWERS WHO'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS
FABULOUS APP WHERE DO THEY GO?
CONTENTCHECKED.COM AND WE ARE ALSO ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA SITES,
FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM.
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ED.
CORRECT.
PAST TENSE.
YES.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION.
GREAT.
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ALLERGIES.
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