Foods That Help Migraines with Dr. Neal Barnard
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 1 June 2021
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Certain foods can cause migraines in some people, while other foods can prevent or even treat them.
Dr. Neal Barnard joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to discuss research on the foods that have been shown to reduce pain from migraines and those that are the most common triggers for the intense headaches. If you've ever suffered from a migraine you're going to want to hear this!
Plus, Chuck is joined by "Plant Fit Meg" who shares her astonishing journey back to health. She is a cancer survivor who stopped yo-yo dieting, lost 80 pounds, overcame chronic pain, and now has more energy than ever! The secret to her success? She says everything changed when her diet did!
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Migraine Help
Safe Food List: http://bit.ly/MigraineFoods
Study: http://bit.ly/StudyMigraines
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Plant Fit Meg
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Chuck Carroll
IG: @ChuckCarrollWLC
Twitter: @ChuckCarrollWLC
Facebook: http://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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Barnard Medical Center Telemedicine
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Physicians Committee
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| 0:00.0 | The power that really came up is foods themselves, |
| 0:03.8 | and that's what we did. |
| 0:04.6 | We brought in 42 people. |
| 0:06.2 | They all had migraines. |
| 0:07.2 | They all had these pounding headaches. |
| 0:08.9 | And we asked half of them to do nothing |
| 0:11.8 | for the time being. |
| 0:12.8 | We gave them actually a placebo. |
| 0:14.7 | But the others made a diet change. |
| 0:16.7 | And what we did was we eliminated the problem foods. |
| 0:21.4 | And what we noticed is that the migraines dramatically reduced. |
| 0:26.4 | And I will never forget we had a lost student |
| 0:30.0 | who was one of the research subjects. |
| 0:31.5 | She contacted me years later and said, |
| 0:32.9 | you know what? |
| 0:34.4 | Haven't had a migraine sense. |
| 0:35.7 | What's the most important thing to do? |
| 0:40.7 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast. |
| 0:42.6 | Brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:44.9 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:47.8 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us. |
| 0:52.6 | This is episode 44 of season four. |
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