Dear Janet,
I have been suffering from migraine. I was only 18 years old when it
started and until I was 39  I normally had 1 to 2 attacks every WEEK- - and
was very ill, and had to take care about all you metion about eating.
When I reached my climateric very early (39 years old) I was happy, because
my migraine disappered from month to month. Today I`m 59 years old and can
eat bananos drinking coffee, I like very much to have a cup of coffee and
one or two or maybe more!!
cigarets.
It happens maybe once or twice time a month I have what I`m calling
"normal" headache, and I don`t need to take tablets - or only a very mild
one.
Thank you so much for all your great information.
Your friend
Sonia


NEVER GIVE UP

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> Fra: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]>
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> Emne: NEWS: Migraine: Foods Containing Tannin May Trigger Migraine
> Dato: 12. november 1997 14:05
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> Foods Containing Tannin May Trigger Migraine
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> WESTPORT (Reuters) -- Tannin appears to be one of the substances that can
> trigger migraine, a Canadian physician reports in the September issue of
> the journal Headache.
>
> "There have been many reports of food triggers for migraine attacks, but
> there seems to be no mention of tannins in general or of apple juice in
> particular," Dr. Michael Mather of Toronto notes. However, his experience
> with two patients whose migraine attacks appeared to be triggered by
tannin
> consumption leads him to believe these substances should be added to the
list.
>
> Both patients were adult women, one with frequent migraine, the other
with
> "almost continuous migraines for most of her life." The first patient
> reported the onset of a migraine shortly after she consumed two glasses
of
> cloudy apple juice. Following discussion of this episode, the patient
> agreed to avoid foods containing tannins such as apple juice, coffee,
tea,
> and red wine. Shortly thereafter, her migraines stopped.
>
> The second woman, who found it necessary to take potent analgesics almost
> continuously began a tannin-free diet. After she began the diet, the
woman
> did not have a migraine attack for 10 days, and the overall frequency of
> migraine was reduced to once a month.
>
> Mather suspects that tannin acts by mechanisms unrelated to allergens,
> which can make them difficult to identify as migraine triggers. He
> concludes that there is an association between migraine and tannin
> consumption, and believes this relationship merits further investigation.
>
>
> SOURCE: Headache (1997;37:529)
> [1997, Reuters Health eLine]
> <http://www.medscape.com/reuters/tue/t1110-5f.html>
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> janet [log in to unmask]