The Anti-Migraine Diet
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| Wed, 08-11-2004 - 10:15am |
Additivies/Spices: aspartame, meat tenderizer MSG, seasoned salt, soy sauce
Beverages: any alcoholic beverages, chocolate, cocoa, caffeine (which can also help relieve headache pain - go figure)
Breads: any bread or pastry made with yeast, breads or crackers containing cheese, products with chocolate or nuts
Dairy: buttermilk, chocolate milk, sour cream, cheeses and dishes made with cheese (like Italian dishes)
Desserts: any with chocolate, nuts, yeast or cheese
Fruts: figs, avocados, overripe bananas, papayas, raisins red plums
Meats, Fish, Poultry: any aged, canned, cured or processed product containing nitrates, nitrites, and/or tyramine - like anchovies, bologna, caviar, chicken livers, game, ham, hot dogs, lalami, sardines, sausage, pickled herring, salted dried fish
Veggies: Beans such as cannellini, chickpeas, fava, green, lima, navy, pinto and pole; olives, onions, pickles, raw garlic, sauerkraut, snow peas
...Yanno, this looks like the list that the medical world told us caused acne when we were all teenagers. It also includes plenty of things that give you extra protein, calcium and anti-oxidants. So long to whole grain breads - they have yeast. Scratch the avocadoes as a good source of the good fats. Better go back to using mayo in recipes rather than sour cream. Chocolate - here it is a bad guy again! I like reading stuff on health and nutrition, but it's easy to see that so much of it is theories and ideas, and why so much of it contradicts one another.
Anyway, thought I'd share. The article did provide a link on other triggers (stress, changes in sleep patterns) at the National Headache Foundation web site, at http://www.headaches.org . Might be worth checking out.

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I started getting migraines when I was 9, so I've had them for long time. Thankfully, I haven't had a full blown one in many years and get only the ocular ones, which are more of an inconvenience than a terrible pain like the full ones.
The biggest triggers for me are hormone changes, flashes of light, sometimes weather changes, and in the last five years or so any antibiotics in the tetracycline family.
Thanks for the info.
Rhonda
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