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I'm Melanie Beasley and I'm a registered and licensed dietitian.

If you're listening to this podcast episode, it might be because you or loved one suffers from headaches or migraines and you're looking for solutions.

Whether it be an occasional nuisance headache or the debilitating migraine, those of us who experience these know how life-disrupting they can be.

And especially for us women who statistically experience

more frequent and more severe migraines than men. Lucky us. If this resonates with you, we invite

you to stay tuned because we have some information that could be life-changing. I'm here today

with my co-host, Brandy Burrow, who is also a registered

and licensed dietitian. Thanks for joining me today, Brandy. Well, thanks for having me, Mel,

and really happy to be here with you today. I'm excited about this topic. You can likely?

You know, occasionally, but I would not say that I'm prone to them. You know, I'll get headaches

occasionally, but I usually know what it's from. So I feel very blessed in that regard, for sure.

But so many of my clients suffer from severe headaches and migraines that I know it's a really

pervasive problem. So I'm excited to be doing this episode so that hopefully we can help people find relief

today. And as dietitians, it's our job to help you do the digging to figure out what your

symptoms are actually stemming from. So we really want to understand the underlying root cause

versus just treating that symptom. This headaches are going to be a symptom of

a larger problem. And this whole process takes a little bit of time and dedication, but it is

necessary to help people get relief from their headaches sustainably, something that's going to last.

And then they love us. And then they love us forever.

Being able to go about your day, pain free is really our ultimate goal. So first, I just wanted to go

over some ideas of what might cause a headache or a migraine. So let's take a minute to think

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