Stress, nutrition and migraine
Have you ever got headache after eating a certain food? Food allergy can indeed trigger migraine that is associated with stress. Normally our intestine tract reacts to food that causes allergy but for the people with migraine, it is the brain that produces reaction. The foods that can produce migraine include cheese and milk, chocolate, red wine, coconut, wheat, cola drink, coffee and tea, cane sugar, orange and grape. Some non-migraine headaches are caused by food additives like monosodium glutamat, a certain taste enhancer typically used in Chinese food.
How can we determine whether our headache is caused by a certain food? The logical approach is the method of elimination. Essentially, we eliminate all the food that we suspect trigger the migraine from our diet. Then after two weeks, we add the suspected food one by one back to our diet and observe the side effect. Note that the food must be added gradually and the process should be supervised by a doctor.
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