Migraine Diet?!
Question: I am 21, black, 128lbs, and I have had migraines as long as I can remember. After several trips to the ER this month I was referred to a neurologist who put me on a preventative and gave me an Rx for 800mg of ibuprofen. I want to change my diet to prevent migraines. I am cutting out tea, coffee, chocolate, and having 2 cocktails a month at the most. Also I don't smoke. I have read long list of foods to avoid. So what should I eat?
Answers: I am 21, black, 128lbs, and I have had migraines as long as I can remember. After several trips to the ER this month I was referred to a neurologist who put me on a preventative and gave me an Rx for 800mg of ibuprofen. I want to change my diet to prevent migraines. I am cutting out tea, coffee, chocolate, and having 2 cocktails a month at the most. Also I don't smoke. I have read long list of foods to avoid. So what should I eat?
I'd recommend eating a whole food diet as much as possible. Whole foods are foods that haven't been processed. Apples are whole foods, applesauce in a can is not. There are plenty of nutrition websites that can help you choose your food carefully. Avoid caffeine at all costs, because caffeine causes the blood vessels in the brain to contract, which helps bring on a migrane. Actually, I'd cut out all alcohol. Your body doesn't need it, but if your list doesn't rule out white wine, maybe a glass of that, but stay away from mixers and beer.
Controlling migrane headaches means a lifestyle change. Good luck!
Cheese
Chocolate
Citrus fruits
Hot dogs
Monosodium glutamate
Aspartame
Fatty foods
Ice cream
Caffeine withdrawal
Alcoholic drinks, especially red wine and beer
Bananas
--apparently all those things cause migraines, so you should eat less of these things
Hi BootyFull
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More ideas here
http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/headach...
Best of health to you
You've already had some good input on what to avoid - it is a lifestyle change - lower your stress levels (walking is great - so is a dog). Before you hit the big time meds try feverfew, ginger tea and a magnesium pill.
Drink at least five 8oz glasses of water daily.
I see people run from one heavy duty medication to another in search of something - often that's not the answer.