Hello, you're listening to the nutrition divis quick and dirty tips for eating well and feeling fabulous.

I'm your host, Monica Reinagle, and we're talking about headaches today.

Krista recently posted this question on the Nutrition Diva Facebook page, wondering whether there are any alternatives to

Tylenol or ibuprofen for headaches. I get terrible sinus and sometimes

migraine headaches she writes and I take way too much Tylenol and ibuprofen.

Now there are several heavy duty drugs that have been approved for the treatment of migraines

and chronic headaches, as well as the over-the-counter pain relievers such as the ones that Krista mentioned.

But many headaches sufferers would prefer to use drug-free approaches, and I don't blame them.

Prescription medications can be expensive, and many of them have serious safety risks.

Even those over-the-counter drugs can have unwelcome side effects.

So here are my best tips for relieving headache pain without drugs. Number one, caffeine. A moderate

dose of caffeine, such as the amount that you'd get in a cup of coffee, can help relieve a headache,

especially the type that causes throbbing or pounding.

And it does that by constricting the blood vessels that go to the head.

You can drink a caffeinated beverage, or you can take a caffeine pill such as no dose. If you do take your caffeine in pill form

be sure to drink plenty of fluids with it. Although caffeinated beverages aren't

dehydrating, caffeine pills can be. caffe are Caffeinated

caffeine pills can be.

Now as a bonus, caffeine also enhances the effectiveness

of those over-the-counter pain relievers

like aspirin or tylanol.

In fact, one popular headache remedy,

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