The Headache Prevention Cookbook: Eating Right to Prevent Migraines and Other Headaches
- ISBN13: 9780395967164
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
If you’re one of the 50 million Americans who suffer from headaches, you can eliminate the pain entirely just by changing the way you eat. A headache sufferer himself, Dr. David Marks treats thousands of patients a year at his internationally known headache clinic. The recipes in this book can help you ward off headaches while ensuring that you eat well in the bargain.Amazon.com Review
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The Headache Prevention Cookbook: Eating Right to Prevent Migraines and Other Headaches
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Filed under: Migraine Headache Relief
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My husband is trying to eliminate tyramines and other migraine triggers. I was hoping to find a cookbook that would help us create meals that tasted good, were healthy and safe.
This cookbook misses the mark on several fronts. The worst thing is that it takes a very conservative approach to what is safe to eat. Most recipes included items that we had concluded were not safe or were borderline (determined from researching several different reliable sources). In the initial stages of testing out whether or not tyramines are triggers it is especially important to have an inclusive list and not make exceptions.
The second factor were the recipes themselves. There was very little here that would allow you to make an actual meal and no guidelines on how you would do that.
Third, as another poster pointed out, the recipes are not generally healthy, high in fats and low in vegetables and fruits. This could be compensated for if the rest of the meal were healthy, but without any guidelines it would be difficult to do.
I am hoping to find another cookbook but in the meantime I have been adapting recipes with quite a bit of success. Maybe I’ll write a cookbook when I’m done!
Rating: 2 / 5
Like most headache sufferers, I’d do anything to get rid of my migranes.
While I knew that food had a big impact on headaches, I didn’t know much about it. This book provides all the answers including which foods to eat and which to avoid. Then the book offers “headache-free” recipes which is a must if you like to eat many of the “banned” foods.
The recipes I’ve tried so far have been outstanding and relatively easy to make. I can honestly say that, at least for now, I look forward to making something new every night.
It was comforting for me that the book was written by two medical doctors including Dr. David Marks, a Yale educated headache specialist. I find that most non-medical solutions to medical problems come from nutritionists who lack the professional training and education of a doctor.
While I don’t believe food is the only source of headaches, understanding the food-headache relationship is important. The results speak for themselves…since reading this book, I’ve definitly had fewer and less severe headaches.
Rating: 5 / 5
I had headaches almost daily for about 30 years and FINALLY did something about it. Between this book and the “1-2-3 Program” book, I’ve eliminated about 98% of my headaches – headaches I thought were incurable.
With almost any headache prevention book, you will be told to go on an elimination diet to rid yourself of foods that can trigger headaches. This book has many recipes for folks like us (you’re reading this because you have headaches, right?)
For a life with significantly reduced pain, the price of this book is negligible. Buy it, you won’t regret it.
Rating: 5 / 5
Dr. Marks, a Migraine specialist and his wife, a pediatrician and wonderful cook, make quite a team with this book. Normally elimination diets to determine Migraine triggers are grueling, but they have made it much easier. This is FAR MORE than a cook book. Dr. Marks offers expert insight into Migraine disease and coping with it. Thank you, Dr. Marks!
Rating: 5 / 5
I’m betting that the recipes in this book are tasty. They are full of fat, salt, and sugar. I had expected more from a couple of physicians. Part of getting rid of my headaches has been learning about proper nutrition. I’ve been learning to cook healthy foods. This book was a major step backwards for me, so I returned my copy. I would suggest finding Dr. Mark’s list of foods to avoid, which can be found online, and just avoid those foods. Personally, I’ve avoided those foods, but significantly reducing my daily sodium intake was much more effective in reducing my daily headaches. Joel Fuhrman, M.D. says that sodium is very bad for headaches. He is the author of Eat To Live and is a board-certified family physician who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. Eat To Live is a must-have book about health and nutrition, in my opinion.
Rating: 1 / 5