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Migraines and Me I was eleven when I got my first migraine. This is my story about migraines and me. CHAPTER 7 Congratulations to Genevre Sanderson for winning last month’s Deliciously Ella cookery book! I would love to see some photos and hear some feedback about how Genevre got on with the recipes! I am very jealous of all of these freebies you are all winning! As I have said before, after some allergy tests, I realised I actually have a gluten intolerance. Also I’m borderline to an onion, carrot and papaya intolerance too. Recently I went out to eat and ordered pizza bread with mozzarella cheese and caramelised onion (a little treat) and I was so excited because there was a gluten free option! Stupidly, I asked as I sat down what was gluten free and what wasn’t but forgot to mention when I ordered I would like the gluten free option! I woke up in agony the next morning and the only different thing I had eaten was the pizza bread. A little treat here and there is okay but I think with the amount of bread I ate (not gluten free) my body just couldn’t handle it. This was a horrible, but worthwhile, lesson for me, it made me realise that the tests I put myself through earlier this year have definitely helped with my health. If it wasn’t for the pain after eating the bread, I wouldn’t realise how serious my gluten intolerance actually is. I am realising how much recently people and places are more focused on becoming healthy. I think if I found this out five years ago it would be a struggle but recently more and more people have become aware of the amount of allergies/intolerances there are and how important it is for them to cater for these customers. A lot of people would use the excuse they don’t want to change their diet because it is too much like hard work, but not anymore, and I would like to try and prove this to everyone! This month there’s a chance for two of you to win something a little different. A company I found out about on Instagram called Flavor God have been kind enough to give us two lots of four seasonings for home cooking. These include: everything, garlic lovers, lemon & herb and everything spicy. It is a company from California; a very small company at the moment, and these products are currently not sold in supermarkets (available to purchase online only). As said on the website ‘My seasonings are vegan… nor do they contain sugars, refined sodium, fillers, or anti-caking agents which tend to be either synthetic or made with animal by-products… They are all GMO, Preservative and MSG free.’. Personally, I love them! My family use them all the time in cooking; our favourite is currently EVERYTHING. It adds such a tasty If you would like to contact me to speak about your experience with migraines you can email me at [email protected] 10 To advertise in Hiya Bucks text or call 07947 349134