Integrate into a healthy diet some foods such as mushrooms can help prevent or reduce migraine attacks as well as additional symptoms that often accompany it, such as nausea and vomiting
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Migraines and headaches: 5 foods that can help prevent them
The pain of a migraine is often described as an intense throbbing or stabbing pain in one area of the head. According to the National Institutes of Health there is no absolute cure for migraine. Medications are used to prevent attacks or relieve symptoms during attacks.
There are some foods like aged cheeses, processed meats and alcohol that tend to trigger migraines in some people. Avoid trigger foods and focus on whole, natural foods in addition to adding some foods with components that have been associated with effects that prevent or reduce headaches can be of great help.
5 best foods and drinks to prevent migraine
1. Water
Photo: Lisa / Pexels Water is essential to stay hydrated. Dehydration is a common migraine trigger, you should make sure to drink water, especially in hot weather, after exercising or strenuous physical activity.
two. Coffee
Mayo Clinic agrees that in small amounts, caffeine alone can relieve migraine pain in its early stages or it can enhance the pain-relieving effect of acetaminophen (Tylenol or others) and aspirin. It also warns that drinking too much caffeine too often, over time you could get a withdrawal headache.
It is considered a moderate consumption and generally safe for healthy people up to 400 mg of caffeine. An 8-ounce cup of coffee holds approximately 96 mg of caffeine.
3. Pumpkin seeds
Pumpkin seeds are a source of magnesium. People with migraines sometimes have low levels of magnesium in their blood and other tissues.
Magnesium has been used safely and effectively in patients for migraine . Clinical studies with magnesium valproate show that it significantly reduces the frequency as well as the duration of painful episodes, as published in 1200 in the Medical Journal of the General Hospital of Mexico.
One ounce of pumpkin seeds contains 156 mg of magnesium, the 37% of recommended daily value. Other sources of magnesium are chia seeds, almonds, spinach, cashews and black beans.
4. Mushrooms
Portibello mushrooms provide riboflavin, also known as B2.
The NIH Office of Dietary Supplements notes that some studies indicate that Riboflavin supplements may help prevent migraines.
It is also noted that riboflavin supplements usually have very few side effects, therefore some doctors recommend trying it (under medical supervision) to avoid migraines.
5. Turmeric
It is considered that antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of turmeric they can offer relief from migraine pain or even prevent attacks. Most of the studies are done with curcumin, the active component of turmeric.
If you drink turmeric tea daily to prevent inflammation you should consider that the bioavailability of turmeric is low, it is poorly absorbed into the bloodstream. For this it requires the help of the component piperine present in black pepper.
Foods that can trigger migraines according to the National Headache Foundation:
Ripe cheeses; pickled or dried herring; chocolate; fermented, pickled or marinated foods; walnuts; peanut butter; sourdough bread, breads and crackers containing cheese or chocolate; beans and peas; foods that contain monosodium glutamate (MSG) such as soy sauce, meat tenderizers, seasoned salt; Pizza; more than 2 cups a day of tea, coffee, or cola; processed meats; and alcoholic beverages.
The mentioned foods do not necessarily trigger headaches in all people.
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