HEADACHES

I am currently reading "Eat to Live" by Dr. Joel Fuhrman and I came across a very interesting section regarding headaches.  We always try to use drugs to relieve them which in turn, cause more headaches as the toxins from those drugs begin to flush out of our nervous systems.  

Here are 15 common triggers he listed:

Sweets
Fermented Foods
Pizza
Monosodium glutamate
Yeast
Dairy and Cheese
Chocolate
Smoked Meats
Nuts
Hydrolyzed Protein
Salted or pickled foods
Vinegar
Alcohol
Food Additives
Baked Goods

He treated migraines and severe headaches from a nutritional approach and that has shown that 90-95% of the patients were able to remain headache-free after the first three-month period.

Phase One Anti-Headache Diet-to be followed strictly for two weeks:

Breakfast:
Melon, apple or pear
Oatmeal and water, no sweetener
Yeast-free whole grain bread

Lunch:
Large green salad, with one teaspoon olive oil
One starchy grain or vegetable-corn, sweet potato, brown rice
Grapes, apple or pear

Dinner:
Large green salad with tomatoes, with one teaspoon olive oil
One steamed green vegetable-string beans, asparagus, artichokes, broccoli, zucchini
One starchy vegetable or grain-butternut or acorn squash, potato, millet, whole wheat pasta
Tomato Sauce (unsalted) permitted

After two weeks if you are headache free, you can add in other fruits and begin to add beans to the second phase.  Still avoid nuts for the first few weeks.

Hope you headache sufferers find some relief in this plan!