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For “Heal Your Headache” Fans!

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Heal Your Headache: The 1-2-3 Program for Taking Charge of Your Headaches by Dr. David Buchholz is one of the most popular books on migraine treatment. For over 15 years it has helped many migraine patients fight their headaches.

The Dizzy Cook

Because the book has been around so long, you may not be aware of some of the “fans” that are out there. And if you don’t know about the Dizzy Cook, you’re certainly missing out.

Yes, the Dizzy Cook is a person – Alicia Wolf, who, as you might guess, has chronic vestibular migraine. Having great success with the Heal Your Headache system, she decided to provide resources for others who are in the same boat. And so, out came The Dizzy Cook: Managing Migraine with More Than 90 Comforting Recipes and Lifestyle Tips, available in paperback, hardcover, and eBook. Add this book to Dr. Buchholz’ work and you’ll have a lot of resources and updated tips – and, of course, my favourite, more recipes!

I love a cook book I can hold in my hand, although I use eBooks as well. But there are also resources on Alicia’s website. A sampling of fun and colourful recipes, to start with. Lots of tips for people with migraine, and especially vestibular migraine (of course). And some clever products, such as “Kiss the Dizzy Cook” aprons, and an MSG kitchen towel (MSG stands for Migraine Super Goddess, of course!).

But, for those who know they need to eat better, but can never remember how to cook an egg, Alicia even provides group or one-on-one consultations to help you plan a meal or learn some cooking tricks.

So anyone with migraine, especially if you are a fan of Heal Your Headache, and especially especially if you suffer from vestibular migraine, needs to check out The Dizzy Cook, and grab a copy of Alicia’s cookbook here.

Migraine Free Diet, Red Wine, and a Cookbook Giveaway!

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Is a migraine free diet really possible?  As with many things related to migraine, the answer is yes and no!

The good news is that many people actually have found their very own migraine free diet.  That means that they have tracked down a food or some foods or a type of food that seemed to be triggering the majority (or all) of their migraine attacks.  When they cut it/them from their diet, they found that their migraine attacks drastically decreased or disappeared.

The problem is that everyone is different.  One person may find that bananas trigger migraine attacks, another may have no problem with them (or even find that their healthier with more bananas!).

Recently a study was done on a typical migraine trigger – red wine.  The study chose people who believed that red wine had triggered attacks in the past.

Migraine free diets and red wine

Each participant drank a half a bottle of a different type of red wine at least four days apart.

The result?  A few didn’t have a single attack (12%).  About half had attacks on at least two occasions.

Why didn’t more attacks occur?  For one thing, few triggers are going to cause problems all the time.  It’s probably more a matter of going over the line – too many triggers adding up.

But in this case, researchers also found that some red wines were worse than others.  Prime offenders?  Tannat and Malbec wines – possibly because of the higher tannin content. (see below for more on tannins)

This just illustrates again how tricky it can be to find a truly migraine free diet.

However, here are some migraine diets and other tips that have helped people in the past.  Take a look, then see below for information on the cookbook giveaway!

Now, what you’ve all been waiting for!  I know many of you have some great migraine-fighting recipes.  Now’s your chance to help migraineurs around the world – share your recipe!  It’s easy!

Just find a recipe that at the very least avoids the most common migraine triggers.  Make it healthy, easy and fun!  And share it with us here – Share your Migraine-Fighting Recipe!

If you want to get really fancy, you can even upload a picture or two of the finished product!

If you’ve shared a really great recipe, you might just find yourself the owner of a free migraine cookbook!

Once we have 10-20 recipes, I’ll take a look for one that really stands out from the crowd.

And who knows?  If the recipes keep coming in, I might just give away some more cookbooks!

So go ahead – check out the details here!

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