Food allergies and migraine. [Lancet. 1979] – PubMed Result
60 migraine patients completed elimination diets after a 5-day period of withdrawal from their normal diet. 52 (87%) of these patients had been using oral contraceptive steroids, tobacco, and/or ergotamine for an average of 3 years, 22 years, and 7.4 years respectively. The commonest foods causing reactions were wheat (78%), orange (65%), eggs (45%), tea and coffee (40% each), chocolate and milk (37%) each), beef (35%), and corn, cane sugar, and yeast (33% each). When an average of ten common foods were avoided there was a dramatic fall in the number of headaches per month, 85% of patients becoming headache-free. The 25% of patients with hypertension became normotensive. Chemicals in the home environment can make this testing difficult for outpatients. Both immunological and non-immunological mechanisms may play a part in the pathogenesis of migraine caused by food intolerance.
Grant EC Lancet. 1979 May 5;1(8123):966-9.
Look at those figures – it’s staggering, and yet doctors continue to pass out medications instead of helping patients identify what is triggering their headaches. Unbelievable.
I just found out I am allergic to sugar cane. I have been suffering with CHRONIC migraines for years. All they want to do is put me on more meds, which none of them work, except Imitrex shots after the fact. I went to a Doctor affiliated with BodyLogicMD and he has slowly but surely been getting to the core of the problem, instead of just adding more meds. I highly recommend this group to anyone who is suffering with a chronic illness, that has “no” answers.
Terri, it’s great to meet you. You’re the first person I’ve met who also has this diagnosis. What exactly are they doing with you to help you other than the dietary change?