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Simple Diets Cure
Migraine
In
an attempt to find the best way of eating to cure migraine,
scientists at the University of Cincinnati have just conducted a massive
literature review of 180 studies to find connections between diet and migraine.
They
published the results in two parts in the journal Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain.
Doctors
Vincent Martin and Brinder Vij explain that there are generally two approaches
to follow to cure migraine.
One
will do very little good; the other can completely eliminate your migraine. In
today’s post, we’ll reveal these two approaches to cure migraine and how to do
the good one…
·
You
can avoid specific types of food that trigger your migraines.
·
You
can construct a diet from the bottom up that, through its very composition,
prevents migraine attacks.
Chances
are good that you are currently doing the former. In this regard, the
scientists mention excessive caffeine, caffeine withdrawal, alcohol, MSG
(monosodium glutamate), and nitrates as potential causes of migraines.
To
avoid excessive caffeine
or caffeine withdrawal, simply keep your coffee consumption consistent from day
to day at no more than 400 mg or four cups of coffee.
MSG
and nitrates are harder to avoid.
You
will have to steer clear of processed foods like deli meats, bacon, and sausage
to sidestep nitrates, and canned foods, soup, sauces, ketchup, salad dressings,
and salty snacks to get around MSG.
But
the scientists actually believe the better way to prevent migraines is to
follow a diet whose composition combats these intense headaches.
There
are three such diets that the literature identifies as relatively effective.
·
A
low-fat diet that restricts your intake of fat to less than 20 percent of your
daily calorie intake.
·
A
diet that boosts your omega-3 fatty acid intake while restricting your omega-6
consumption.
·
A
low carbohydrate diet that restricts your intake of carbs even further than the
infamous Atkins diet does. This diet supposedly prevents the inflammation and oxidative damage that injure your brain, but
because your body produces potentially harmful ketone bodies in the absence of
carbohydrates, this is not a diet you should follow at home without careful
medical supervision.
The
first two of these are more promising, and the second one is relatively easy to
implement.
A
straightforward low-fat diet requires that you keep your intake of red meat,
sausage, processed meats, high-fat milk, butter, cheese, fish, vegetable oils,
nut and seed oils, nuts, seeds, soy beans, soy sauce, and all products that
contain these to a minimum. Even legumes contain a lot of fat.
On
this diet, you will eat mostly skinless chicken, fruit, vegetables, and whole
grains.
Sadly,
oil is responsible for a lot of the flavor in food, so this diet may be fairly
bland if you follow it strictly.
A
diet that allows plenty of omega-3 fatty acids while curbing your intake of
omega-6 might be easier.
This
rules out oils like soy bean, corn, cottonseed, grape seed, poppy seed,
safflower, sunflower, rice bran, peanut, and sesame.
If
you want to follow the diet extremely strictly, you will also have to avoid
almost all nuts and seeds, except flaxseed and chia seed.
It
requires that you eat plenty of fish, flaxseed, chia seed, legumes vegetables,
herbs, and fruit.
Watch
these 2 Videos –
As
always, try all of these to test which one works for your body.
This post is from The
Migraine and Headache Program, which was created by Christian Goodman. This
program first explains how you can cure headaches and then gives you a simple,
step-by-step approach to deal with it through easy exercises.
This program can free
you up from the costly drugs and supplements which can pose adverse side
effects. It enhances your brain’s oxygen level and gets rid of pain through
exercises. Most importantly, it permanently treats your migraine and other
types of headaches.
To find out more
about this program, click on How to Eliminate Both Migraine and Frequent Headaches.
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