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July 11, 2007
a room with a moose
I was having headaches almost daily for the past couple of weeks, including frequent migraines. After reading a couple migraine books, I read about an elimination diet that is supposed to help determine which foods trigger migraines; the premise is that for 30 days, you only eat certain foods - ones that don't seem to be common migraine triggers (it's a very short list, trust me) - and after that, you start adding other foods back into your diet, introducing one every other day. I started doing this over the weekend, and this morning I noticed that I've been feeling pretty good since then. I've gotten in some cardio every morning so far this week, I've been sticking to the "can eat" list pretty closely (except for some small couscous confusion Saturday and Sunday - I thought regular couscous was okay, but noooo, it has to be WHOLE WHEAT couscous. Pfft.), and, sure, it could be a placebo effect, but I think I'm feeling better because of the food changes and exercise.
Posted by oracle at July 11, 2007 7:18 AM in eating / health / the fourth year