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migraine triggers

1% Thursday: Caffeine Levels

by James on 12 May 2011

Many doctors will tell you to cut the caffeine when looking for migraine triggers.  But did you know some doctors see things a little differently? I’m not suggesting you ignore your doctor – cutting caffeine is a great thing to try.  But there’s something else you might want to try – that is, levelling your [...]

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Top 7 ways to stop Weekend Headache

by James on 5 April 2010

Are those all-too-common weekend headaches holding you back, just when you’re ready to cut loose and enjoy yourself?  It’s time to fight back! If you’re prone to tension-type headaches, or migraine attacks, it’s likely that your weekend headache is simply another attack.  But then again, it can be an attack that’s more powerful than normal [...]

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Migraine triggers: The Onion

by James on 27 September 2008

If onion is a trigger for you, how in the world do you stay away from it? Recently I was flipping through an ethnic cookbook, and found that almost every recipe contained onion.  For many people, onion contributes to that next migraine attack.  If you want to cook but are being confronted by an onion [...]

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Food intolerance

by James on 27 February 2006

The common wisdom when it comes to finding your food triggers is to try eliminating one or two from your diet, one at a time.  But with so many possible triggers, and some so hard to eliminate, this can be a challenging prospect.  What if you could get a simple test that immediately identified which [...]

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What your triggers may be telling you…

by James on 16 November 2005

As if you still had any doubt, your triggers may confirm whether you have migraine or a tension headache.  Clinical Psychiatry News came up with a list of what triggers seemed to cause what type of attack.  Tension and migraine have some in common.  For example, if you’re not getting enough sleep, or if you [...]

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