ls Your Diet Causing Your Headaches?

Fortunately,there has been an explosion in the amount of knowledge about the role of nutrition and health, including headaches, in the past decade. But why is the relationship between headaches and diet not yet universally recognized? As with any newer information, how can a person judge whether it's Fact ur Fiction?

One test of the validity of a health claim is to check the scientifics studies that back up the claim. Therefore, it is important to know the reputations of the scientistisl who conducted the study and wherher the study is published in a reputable scientific journal. These journals do not pubIish a study unless it has been reviewed and passed by other researchers.

Medical breakthroughs are broadcast and published in both the scientific and popular media and press.The rernainder of this chapter report reputable studies regarding the connection between headaches and nutrition from both types of publications. Their sources are also given so you can read the original reports.

Investigating Migraines and their Causes

According to Taher's Medical Dictionary, rnrgraine is defined as an attack of headache usually accompanied by disordered vision and gastrointestinal upset... and may be the result of vision of the cranial ( brain ) arteries... and may be precipitated by allergic hypersensitivity or emotional disturbances.

This 1985 definition is broader than many previous reference that found no relationship between headache and allergic hypersensitivity. Emotional or physical disturbances. causing stress, had been widely accepted as a cause of headache: most practitioners now accept that hereditary is also an important factor.

Still, “headache can be triggered by what you eat." says john Brainarel. M.D., in the 1979 book. Control of Migraine. Five years later, another medical doctor, William j. Stump. contributed to a headache cookbook in which the main emphasis was on diet and the role food played in causing headaches.

Neil Solomon. MD., a former Los Angeles Times health columnist, advised in I990 that headaches might be helped by diagnosis and treatment involving food, chemical, mold, and yeast allergies for hypersensitivities. In one of his colums. Dr. Solomon pointed out the individuality of headache sufferers; men and women respond differently to the same drug ( or food ) so “it is possible a different medication or diet would be prescribed for each." Airplane food, in particular, earned Dr. Solornon's caution: "If you are subject to food induced headache attacks, it would also be
a good idea for you to bring along some food of your own on air travel trips. The in-flight Food ordinary contain a number of additivies for flavor and these chemicals can precipitate a headache".

ln 1988, Enviromental Nutrition, a professional newsletter of diet, nutrition, and health. printed an article titled. 'Can Migraines be managed Through Diet? Foods that May Be to Blame". It reported that while the exact causes of  headaches rernain unclear. at large number of experts believe that certain cornponents of the diet may trigger headache. "Food additivies and sorne naturally-occuring substances in food could be the culprits .... "

Anorher rnedical practitioner. Loraine Stern. in the popular magazine Women's Day, wrote in the rnagazine's Medical Facts Guide that certain foods may contribute to  migraines most notably foods containing the chemical tyramine, which is present in many types of cheese, especialIy ripe cheese such as Camembert, Cheddar and Blue cheese.

This book is good to find out correlation between migraine headaches symptoms and diet, If you have a diet program but headache too so recommended to read this book. * Note : This article is copyrighted material and only use to promotion purpose of this book