The author is Andrew G. Levy and the topic is migraine headaches:
Even more remarkably, triggers seem to be culturally particular. French migraine researchers, testing a French population, found widespread complaints about white wine and chocolate. British researchers, testing their own countrymen and women, found red wine and cheese to be the more potent triggers. Such anomalies might point to flaws in the studies, but more likely, they point to something mysterious about the human temperament that migraine reveals. It's not the chemical in the wine that triggers the migraine generator, but something else inside the wine entirely, something in what the wine means to the drinker — something that might change by region, by individual, by culture, that simply obliterates the border between the somatic and the psychosomatic.
The subtitle is A Migraine Diary and you can buy this very interesting book here. Levy outlines his struggle with migraines, their possible roots, and what they reveal about the broader human condition. According to Levy, Asians and African-Americans are less prone to migraines and the differences may be partly genetic in origin.
While I have read other reviews of this book that find it similarly fascinating, I sincerely hope the quoted passage represents neither the author’s typical standard of scientific understanding nor a major focus of the book.
A similar book is Mad Travellers which explores how the doctors themselves are part of the problem (in this case the issue of “fugue”. It is interesting how stereotypes affect diagnosis by doctors (The author states “fugue” was diagnoised in the 19th century as an illness common to men, just as “hysteria” was an illness common to women).
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Linda Goodman’s, Tesla Purple Positive Energy Plates are now available in INDIA For $8.00 only + FREE SHIPPING [upto 30th june 2009]
Processed & Developed by VEDIC RESEARCH & INNOVATIONS, Uttranchal, these plates are designed for LIFE LONG USE on Human Animals & Plants. These are UNIVERSAL FREE ENERGY PRODUCTS [Pran] & are the only Natural Tools to provide protection from ELECTRO MAGNETIC RADIATION which results in all kinds of COMPUTER RELATED INJURIES, ie- Pain, Stress, Fatigue, Depression, Suicidal Tendencies, etc, etc.
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