Can a good diet benefit migraine and regular headache ?
with Andreas Klein
Migraines are often triggered by something . In a study by Kelman ( 2007 ) patients listed 15 frequent migraine triggers . Clearly , the majority of these are diet-lifestyle-related factors , which means we can do something about them .
Seven of 15 factors can be directly or indirectly influenced by diet . Food , not eating and alcohol intake are dietary choices . Sleep disturbances ( think zinc insufficiency ), neck-pain , stressperception , and hormonal factors can be influenced to varying degrees by diet .
Four factors : smoking , exercise , sexual activity and sleeping late are clearly lifestyle-choices . Only four factors : weather , perfumes / odours , lights , and heat are environmental , yet these too could be controlled or avoided .
To illustrate the powerful effect of
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“ After years of severe back pain I ’ m now enjoying golf , fully pain free and even started brick-laying again !” John Hasler , Glenmore Park diet on migraine and headache symptoms , let ’ s review the case of a 39-year-old woman who attended the clinic suffering 2.5 days of migraine-headaches , plus 4.5 days of non-migraine headaches weekly .
She was struggling to work and regularly taking Maxalt ( rizatriptan ), Nurofen , Valium , and aspirin , along with Migraine Care ( a nutritional supplement ) to deal with symptoms .
The patient consumed alcohol regularly , had considerable gastrointestinal issues , and extremely painful and tight muscles , yet was fit and exercised vigorously daily .
Note : although exercise can reduce migraine frequency , intensity , and duration , in a cruel twist , exercise can promote non-migraine headaches , and increase symptoms of muscle-pain and tightness , especially if diet is inadequate . The patient wanted to undertake only dietary change and didn ’ t want any deeper remedial therapy ( although this would have been beneficial ) as she was particularly sensitive to any type of pain . This case is an good example of the large influence simple diet-lifestyle changes ‘ by themselves ’ can have on headache and migraine symptoms .
We analysed the patient ’ s current dietary pattern through diet diary , identified shortcomings , then prescribed a healthy eating pattern , plus key dietary supplements . The patient agreed to abstain from alcohol , and moderated exercise to reasonable levels .
At a follow up appointment after five months on the new dietary protocol , the patient indicated that she had suffered no migraines and just one regular headache and required no medications at any time in the previous month . Her muscle pain and tightness had improved significantly as had her gastrointestinal symptoms .
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