Showing posts with label Lancet study. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lancet study. Show all posts

Thursday, December 27, 2012

How proper diet (Paleo diet) can help reduce migraines

Live healthy and long

From Dr. Mercola link

Migraine is a debilitating condition that affects more than 26 million Americans (how many Filipinos?  1/10 I know have migraines, mostly women)  Migraine usually coincide with menstrual cycles of women.

One of most common countemeasure is the Paleo diet - that does not contain wheat, grains, protein, milk and plenty of fruits.

Over l50 studies have shown connection between migraine and diet:

The commonest causes  as per Lancet study were:

wheat  -  78%

orange - 65%

eggs - 45%

tea and coffee - 40%

chocolate and milk -37% each

beef - 35%

cane sugar, yeast, corn - 33%

When 10 most common foods related to migraine were eliminated, there was 85% reduction in the occurence of headaches!

Some recommendation to minimize migraine headaches:

l.  Have gluten free diet;

2.  Go for organic foods,

3. Avoid sugar and artificial sweeteners;

4.  Avoid the 10 foods found by Lancet to be related to migraine;

5.  Eat raw and unprocessed food