New to the Migraine World: Complete Elimination Diet
Hello, I am new to the migraine world, I have been doing the complete migraine elimination diet from Migraine.com for 5 weeks now. I have made a few mistakes but wondered if anyone has more info on slow cooking, especially chicken stock, why does this affect foods?
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, welcome to Migraine.com! We are thrilled to have you as a member of the community. How are you feeling today? You bring up a great point about the challenges and mistakes that we all make when trying to learn and understand our triggers, in addition to finding foods that work best! I am a huge snacker personally and have recently been cutting down a lot; I admire your commitment to your overall health. Looking forward to hearing from you soon, sending you healing hugs. -Lawrence (Migraine.com Team) I'm curious - what is the basic premise of this diet? My new neurologist recommended I eliminate as much sugar and white flour/rice from my diet as possible and I have actually seen a reduction in migraines!! Not gone, but definitely a lot better. Something is helping and I think it's a reduction of overall inflammation.
Hi MaryLorraine, thank you for your question! The purpose of an elimination diet is to try to answer the question: what foods are triggering or problematic for me? The idea is to eliminate a lot of foods that are often problematic for people and then add back one thing at a time to determine which are problematic for you specifically. This article gives some further introductory information you may find of interest! https://migraine.com/blog/whats-elimination-diet-manage-one/ It is always recommended that one consult with a doctor before beginning so that it is done correctly and safely. I hope this offers you some clarification. Wishing you a gentle day. ~Allyson (Migraine.com team)
It was very helpful and reduced the frequency and severity of my chronic migraines
Yes. I have tried migraine elimination diet and once I identified the foods that were triggering my migraine and eliminated them my migraines were reduced quite a bit. I am at the stage now where I am reintroducing foods that were once triggers.
Good for you for going through the process of an elimination diet to learn which foods were triggers for you. Do you mind me asking which foods you identified as triggers? I did this as well and found that dairy and gluten were triggers. After gaining that clarity through the reintroduction process, I backed away from those foods and continued avoiding them for years. Good luck! Warmly - Holly (team member)
