Best Foods for Migraines | Dr. Neal Barnard 

Amen 🙏

For my poor 33-yr old disabled daughter…Amen! She inherited them from me. Mine stopped at menopause! She has a few years to go before that time and needs help to relieve the pain and nausea. Cheese, chocolate, ice cream and most dairy foods soft drinks were my triggers. But once menopause happened, the headaches stopped!!! And I had an early menopause, fortunately. The headaches stopped as soon as menopause happened! I drink nothing but water now, avoiding any caffeine, since learning they may have triggered the migraines, . I can eat cheeses, dairy foods without any issues now. Worth the wait for menopause! Will try ginger in water on my daughter. We are desperate for help.

Amen and Amen

I asked God the same thing. I now have lost faith.

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Yes omg it’s the worst

Get off your phone it will do wonders.

@@allinrivers that’s what my aunt said

My painful stiff neck triggers my migraine. I don't sit on my phone or play with the computer all day.

Me

Where do you get this ginger juice you speak of? Exactly what is it?

What is the point of the almonds, how do they help?

@@halieransomact as natural asprin

I wish my head didn't hurt with migraines. Your lucky if u don't have pain

@@amandaboehm3812 I have 3 different types of migraine. I have head,pain with 1 but pain throughout my whole body with 2. My point is migraine is not a headache

Well yes migraones can have lots of symptoms but I will take those over pain any day. I usually have all symtoms and pain that can last up to 9 days. And yes a headache isn't a migraine . But headaches suck too . Any pain in head isn't fun at all. I wish I had no pain

Exactly my experience too!

actually too much potassium is the cause

Assume you cut out dairy?

Great video…a lot of good information. Thank you!

But increasing your risk for other diseases. Crazy how opposed ppl are to doing a well planned wfpb diet but will have rotten corpse on their table thinking it has some magic nutrients and not full of carncinogens.. Makes me proud that i wasn't bought up in such culture around the world where murdering and eating dead body parts of animals is looked at as an option to heal yourself.

I had the exact same reaction to bananas except that cooking them in things like banana nut bread does help me

I suffer also from the tyramine and ever since I eliminated some fruits and vegetables I have seen a major difference

Definitely helped me. I realized the banana ferments as it ripens. I do know fermented foods and veverages are migraine triggers for me. Thanks.

Oh wow

Bro. Kiwi, ripe, sweet , yellow and delicious destroyed me. I had no idea why. I didn't even eat the skins I actually had covid but it was alright, a little fever etc but no real painful pain. For 2 days didn't eat or drink and it flew by. Zero thirst importantly Decided to eat some fruit, found some kiwi. Had four pieces no skin. After that, super dry mouth, unquenchable thirst, normal migraine cycle. Someone said it could be histamine response. I didn't know sweet ripe fruit could do this. Ungodly thirst. Quite crazy

Wow I hope this helps me

I have been intermittent fasting for six months with clean keto foods. No more migraines and lost 40 lbs. Thank you Jesus 😊

Meat doesn’t affect my migraines but my friend finds meat or garlic or onion causes her migraines every time. I haven’t found my causes yet.

What's CGM?WFPB?

What's WFPB pls?

Try looking up using ginger for migraine...pray God bless u

@@kerriewithpurpose5722 I will thank you!

@@grapesofthevine1801 you are welcome...you should probably also go get a blood test for low iron levels post period ( when you are having an episode)..this usually causes migraines post period...while low estrogen causes migrains pre period...you may need supplementation for iron based on what a doctor finds.... God bless again!

I'm so glad I'm not alone, I have premenstrual migraines as well, always 10 days before it starts, every month like clockwork. And I'm like you, it's really hard to focus on my diet and whatnot, and even then my family isn't super rich so it can be hard to buy foods most consider healthy. :(

Thank you so much

You may be very sensitive to dairy. I stopped all ultra processed foods and was still getting migraines. When I stopped dairy, the migraines stopped

I’ve got ulcerative colitis- bowel disease. Since going vegan the bloating and chronic abdominal pain have virtually gone now. My husband has had migraine clusters for two snd a half years since getting Covid. I’ve reduced my husband’s meat intake drastically. Looking into anything and everything that might help. The weekly migraines have been life changing.

@@larajhilton I wish you good health

For me it was definitely the meat.

My migraine was also caused by milk, zero milky products keeps migraine away. BTW I got weird allergy which onsets from 30 min- to 5 days later, sooo hard to find out, because even test shown weird results, but finally I was diagnosed after more than 10 years, but now I am more anaphylactic to milk (casein, lactose,…) rather than only migrenous.

Yes me, too! Since I cut of nuts and avocado - no migraines at all

Well done! Avocado, broccoli, and spinach - a huge NO-NO for me.

@@drolga5071 Even if cooked?

@@MajorIllustration yes, even cooked

@@drolga5071 Wait no avocado!?!

How do you get protein?

@@kikik123kiki6, like every one on this planet, from the source - plants and microorganisms.

@God’sChildKk yummy beans, lentils, tofu, tempeh, and a bunch of veggies and fruits. Plants have protein:)

@@as_yet_unwritten please tell the plants?

@@kikik123kiki6 Protein is in every plant, just different kinds and in varying amounts. Check the website for Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, they are an excellent source of knowledge! www.pcrm.org/good-nutrition/plant-based-diets

I’ve been suffering from migraines also with my period and I tell you , you don’t want to live anymore after a few days. It is excruciating. BUT there is also evidence to suggest that anaemia is a cause of migraine and women who are anaemic and then get a period are even more prone to trigger a migraine. This is info that I’ve received recently and I got tested as extremely anaemic. In this case you need protein and vegan won’t do. Also an iron supplement. Something so simple.

​@@leaniemeintjesit turned out I was anemic, too, for the first time in my life, and after 7 months on a vegan diet. I love plant based eating but I had to include some animal foods I had almost zero ferritin, too, which was really scary. As a vegan I ate a variety of foods, each and every day lots of kale (I hate spinach) and other greens, and yet I was extremely depleted. My TSH went from 1.9 to 2.6 in just 7 months (all my life I was around 2 and not more than 2) and my skin started to get very dry especially on my elbows and knees; I was simply losing nutrients even though I ate A LOT and a variety of plant based products (clean, no junk). After a month of eating back SOME animal products (meat twice a week) my iron is back to normal and my TSH is very slowly changing, too. Ferritin is still where it was, i.e. close to zero, but I'm glad my body reacted to meat and my iron is now within normal range. I hope it will help with migraines as I went from 1 then 3 to 6 days with migraine per month and I seriously wanted to die. Oh, I did take B12 religiously I was very disciplined so I don't know what caused such depletion within just 7 months. Thank you for your very important comment!

This is exactly what happens to me. I can't even drink water or have anything to eat and it's non stop nausea with crippling pain... For up to 60 hrs 😢

I can 100% relate! Mine are also hormone related. My hormones are normal but were brought on to from the natural hormone changes mid 30's. Estrogen drops faster same with progesterone rising I believe. Since I have migraine with aura, birth control is not an option to help. Mine started in 2020 and couldn't get a tela visit mid to late 2020 causing my migranes to go into chronification. Once that happens it's really hard to go back migraine free. I have them all month long but the worst leading up to my cycle, during and the week after😭 I have Emgality to try and praying this helps! Told my nuero im at a fork in the road for something that helps or major counseling for depression. Tired of being in pain and sleeping my life away. Sorry to vent, just wanted to share my story and I appreciate you sharing yours. So sorry you suffer. I'm doing so much research of my own on hormones!

@@leannabedore yeah after twenty years and then becoming more frequent and intense ... And I mean... Debilitating to such a severe point... I honestly can't handle it anymore. I have a chronic daily but manageable migraine but will have the debilitating ones the day before menses and the first day of ovulation. Than on top of it I have suboccipital / cervicogenic migraines from neck issues. I wouldn't wish migraine on the devil.

If Benadryl works for you then you have a histamine issue. I have the same thing so I have reduced histamine foods and histamine releasing foods. If you look up a low histamine diet this will help you so much. You have to give up a lot of foods but so worth it to be rid of these debilitating migraines.

@@precocioussceptic4967 I have histamine issues too and the weird thing I have found is that the vast majority of animal products are high histamine but so many people with histamine issues include them anyway. For the most part, my histamine issues are solved just by being plant based. So I think the protocol Dr. Barnard is recommending could still work, even if it's a histamine thing

@@smudge8882 I'd prefer to be omnivore with fresh veggies, fruit, meat and dairy. Avoiding all the things I mentioned does the trick for me.

@@precocioussceptic4967I have been doctoring for migraines for 30 years, I am 45 yrs old. I’ve seen a couple dozen docs and not once has anyone told me I have a histamine issue. I always tell them how Benadryl helps me. This is a huge eye opener for me. I’ve got chronic debilitating migraines 15+ per month. I eat healthy, no sugar, no processed foods, no dairy, no wheat. So far it hasn’t changed my migraines. I’m going to research histamine issues now. Thank you!!

That's why I'm here. Covid resulted in new, frequent migraines. Left side. Same happened for my partner yet for him it started after his shots. For me, it started after the infection itself. Very weather driven. Rain coming guarantees a bad one. Trying to eradicate food triggers.

Watch Dr. Eric berg video - using more salt - Himalayan under tongue - read the comments

Super. Thx for this info.

@@annwilliams6438 Your welcome. Wanted to clarify I specifically increased green vegetables, legumes and beans.

Tnx for this info I suffered that pain when my neck pain it's start to pain my head

@@HeySenthil did you eat alot raw or cooked with the plant based?

@@angelonearth242 Cooked.

Must be estrogen dominance in her case I suppose just as it is in mine.

He mentioned MSG and soy sauce has MSG.

I used to take that as well but switching to a WFPB diet helped greatly. Eggs and dairy are my biggest trigger foods because when I was only vegetarian and still ate those 2 categories I suffered. Give it a try!

Cutting out all meat and dairy helped my ulcerative colitis dramatically. No more chronic abdominal pain or bloating.

Overexertion! I have that too. I went to the gym after long period not going due to covid lockdown and it was tired every week when I went to the gym. Then the 4th time on 4th week, I was down with severe migraine and knock me out for almost a week.

@m0L3ify what plant family are you allergic to?

@@damiettes7140 The apple family, latex (except fresh avocado before they turn brown,) most legumes, most real grains (not faux grains like quinoa,) nuts, seeds, some in the plum family, all daisy family, and a few other miscellaneous items. Also gluten because I'm Celiac. I'm sure there's a few I forgot there, but that's the gist of it. Bananas, apples, peanuts, and gluten are the worst for me. Basically: mostly everything that's popular. But I'm still plant-based! Four years and counting. :)

@@m0L3ify I have a lot of issues with grains and legumes too! If you don't mind my asking, what do you eat? I can eat beans if I cook them in a certain way, and I've been pretty heavily reliant on potatoes

@@smudge8882 lllll

Really? Did you have to change your diet? Could you share a little bit about coffee use?

Oh my God! It's varies with different people. It is sugar to you, and salt to somebody else.

I’m sooo happy for you

@@californiaspring3136 ... i get them from both sugar and salt .

Ginger!

Wow. Were you a heavy coffee drinker? I still get migraines but they seem to be related to pressure changes. I only drink one coffee a day. I wonder if that is the culpret.

@@karennesbitt9655 It could be contributing. If your body is sensitive to caffeine and depends on that one cup a day, it's quite possible that even a small amount will trigger a migraine. It will almost certainly trigger one if you stop drinking that cup cold turkey. If you want to quit, just make it as usual every day but be sure to make the same amount in the same mug at the same strength every day. On the first day, remove one teaspoon of coffee from your mug after you have made it but before you put in milk or whatever. The next day, remove two teaspoons, and so on. You might even need to remain two days on the same 'dose' before you reduce again. (Don't simply add less water each day, as that will make the solution more concentrated. You make it, and only then remove a little.) That way, you should be able to quit it without triggering anything nasty. I'm sure you already know this but black, green (including matcha), white and maté tea also contain forms of caffeine that have the same effect on the body, as do guarana and chocolate, and sodas and foods with added caffeine. Quitting caffeine and dairy products are hands down the best things I ever did to get rid of (or minimise) migraine. If I had to choose one, it would be caffeine. For some people, sugar acts in a similar way. Dark chocolate is also a big migraine trigger for me, as is raw cacao in bar form. The powder doesn't seem to be too bad but I rarely use it - just in the occasional dessert - and would not make a habit of it.

@@Equinox1.5 Thanks. I do enjoy 1 cup of coffee everyday. But I really don't think it is coffee or I would get migraines regularly. They seem to only ocur with a pressure system change. I just wonder what is going on inside me with the pressure change.

@@karennesbitt9655 Barometric pressure is a common migraine trigger (it used to trigger migraine for me - I could tell if it was a heavy day before opening the curtains if my head felt a certain way) but I don't know how it works. This is just me but since I quit caffeine, barometric pressure doesn't bother me anymore and I live in a country where the weather is constantly changing, from one hour to the next sometimes. I still drink coffee but it's a good local decaf filter coffee I found in a deli nearby that is organic and Swiss Water Decaffeinated without chemicals. It tastes just like the real thing. Again, this is just me but in my experience, migraine is like a jigsaw. If certain triggers come together at once, I get an attack. If one is missing, I don't. I think we're all different, though. The pain of migraine - apart from the pain! - is that we each need to work out what triggers it and it seems to be very different for different people. A friend of mine finds her migraine is triggered by light, whereas light doesn't bother me at all unless I am in the throes of an attack. I hope you find a way to ease the barometric attacks. It's a hard one because we can't control the weather. That's why I think 'easing the burden' on the body in other ways (e.g. quitting caffeine and other potentially problematic foods and drinks) might lessen the ability of barometric pressure to trigger an attack.

@@Equinox1.5 Very interesting comment. I will definitely start journaling again and see if I can figure it out. You may be right, the right combinations and boom, migraine. I just haven't pieced it together. Thank you for that.

Were you diagnosed with hemiplegic migraines? My 20 yo daughter was taken to the ER yesterday and given a CT scan and MRI to rule out stroke due to tingling and numbness moving through one side of her body, slurred speech, not finding words, vomiting, intense migraine pain. So now we are trying to figure out where to go from here

@@ginac7235 I'm sorry to hear she had to go through that yesterday.. But yeah that's exactly what I had too.. I was also rushed to the ER with the ambulance.. My whole right side was numb and I couldn't speek for a few minutes but by the time I was in hospital I was fine, just had very bad headaches.. After that I had a months of daily headaches and now I am almost back to normal. All the best for your daughter 💜

@@Hannahhink Glad to hear you are doing better!

Me too at 32 found out I have a Dutch Migraine gene causes stroke like symptoms

@@ginac7235 i was diagnosed with hemiplegic migraine whenI was 12. The day after an attack im like functioning at 30%. I cant remember words, people think im drunk. Its single most debilitating thing in my life. Ive cried, screamed, even self harmed during an attack. Its so frustrating when people think its a bad headache. Its the worst feeling ive ever experienced. At my worst I was getting them several times a week, now I get them once or twice a month. If it happens I am out of action for 6-8 hours + barely functional the following day.

God bless you

How has the journey gone so far?

I have been taking a natural supplement called 5-HTP which boosts serotonin in the brain. I have found this to provide relief from the chronic daily migraines I have been experiencing for several years.

I'm so curious about the carb thing. What is it about it that needed to be cut in many cases while it is surely on table every meal of many cultures?

@Milica Skenderovic, Mag. Pharm.Thank you! Just conscious that my personal experience shouldn't be read as a challenge to a controlled, multi participant study!

Too much fat in even a vegan keto diet.... digestive and inflammatory issues for a lot of people. Your trigger was probably sugar.... so as soon as you stopped eating processed foods you got rid of the processed sugars.

​@@annwilliams6438 Yes, your body will tell you if you're overdoing the fat. But as I understand it, not all fats are inflammatory. While omega 6 (found in excess in processed seed oils) promotes inflammation, omega 3 counters it, so it's wise to lean on sources of omega 3 every day. Other fats and oils might be neutral on that score, if I'm not mistaken. Though sugar might have been my migraine trigger, carbohydrates generally kept me wanting to snack, and unable to skip a meal. So, while sacrificing potatoes and wholegrains might not be strictly necessary to avoid migraine, I feel more able to mobilize body fat into energy when I'm not topping up carbs on a regular basis.

you just described my total diet;{

Also, avocado, broccoli, and spinach - a huge NO-NO for me.

@@drolga5071 Why?

@@californiawildlife3332 those foods give me a migraine 😔

@@drolga5071 Very interesting. Super food is not super for some people.

Last year Sep I had half a glass of red wine. The next day I had a migraine from the depths of hell. I haven't had a sip of wine ever since.

The wine for me. I tried drinking it in college. I thought my head would explode. Never a buzz. Just a pain so powerful I just knew I would need to be hospitalized. Didn't take long to realize fermented foods and drinks are powerful triggers for me.

I'm the same

If it absolutely cannot be explained otherwise then yes. Exclude excessive light/sunlight, food intolerance and/or gut issues, excessive caffeine intake or caffeine withdrawal symptom. If all of these don't explain it then yes. For me I learned I react to most vegetables due to gut issues once I went plant based. Tricky to find out the exact trigger since the offending food might trigger a migraine up to 72 hours after I ate it! Not sure this is the case for you, but better to keep a diary of what you eat, if cooked /raw, which spices you add, etc. I ain't kidding.... I react to even the smallest amount of spices! Sometimes the smallest stuff might cause the problem and migraine can last 24h at least.

Me tooo just tday . ..I stay with fruit morning til 11anyway if I can ..def no dairy n wheat n meat and walk in nature

Karen, I also suffer with barometric pressure migraines, as well as several other types of headaches. I just bought these to try: www.weatherx.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwyZmEBhCpARIsALIzmnIqBVfPrqyM9sgayp9Tkh4XOTGk03d8NcatW4qHXmIO-3vTQ9c2AjgaAl89EALw_wcB I am hoping they help, but I'm also going to look at foods. I've been WFPB food a year, but I consume quite a bit of wheat, tomatoes, onions, apples and bananas. Lots of potential triggers to self experiment with! Best wishes!

You are probably more likely to have problem with air pressure drops if you have a lot of chronic inflammation. Figure out what triggers inflammation for you.

Same thing for me. I've seen videos like this months ago but still thinking about it cause strong wind especially is my main trigger. 🤔

Strong winds is an indicator of changes in the atmospheric pressure.Some of us are sensitive to it.

Almost same thing for me. However,I feel like I'm detached from the world when I get the migraine and long ago I thought I'm the only one and people think that I'm exaggerating.. But seriously, this migraine is causing me so many problems in day to day life and yeaah, I feel like I've developed a serious sensitivity to lights comparing to when I first had it as a kid.

​@@baguera21Are you getting the auras also? How often? Any medication you taking

lol

Wow can I relate to your last sentence I'm hating life with daily headaches. 30+ years of this sh..

@Milica Skenderovic, Mag. Pharm. okay! Checking it out

Any feedback ..?

They might be hormonal. Neck related, sinus, not only food related.

Some of the healthiest food!

If you eat potatoes with their skins still on you will get enough protein. Also try quinoa.

I think soy products cause headaches for me...not migraines, thankfully...but I’m trying to figure it out. I had liquid aminos on popcorn last night and today a bad headache. It stinks. I’m also whole food plantbased.