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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 ---------- > Fra: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> > Til: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> > Emne: NEWS: Migraine: Foods Containing Tannin May Trigger Migraine > Dato: 12. november 1997 14:05 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Foods Containing Tannin May Trigger Migraine > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > janet [log in to unmask]