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Is there any food that can help get rid of headaches?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    It depends on the type of or cause of headache.

    There are certainly types of foods that tend to bring on and make a headache worse. Caffeine can cause a headache if you drink a lot. It can also help a headache if it's not something you drink too much of. Chocolate, fatty and sugary foods, and spicy foods can bring on headaches.

    Peppermint tea is known as a headache remedy. Red meat (especially a steak) can often relieve a headache especially if the headache is a migraine. Leafy greens are often helpful. Stay away from simple carbohydrates.

    For migraines, vitamin B2 is often suggested. My neurologist has me on 400mg daily along with my other medications. Foods high in B2 (riboflavin) are milk, eggs, cheese, broccoli, spinach, chicken, beef, almonds, and asparagus. Those might be ones to try too if the headaches are migraines. But I wouldn't expect the results to be immediate.

  • 1 decade ago

    I'm not too sure about getting rid of one, but there are foods that you can stop eating to prevent one from starting. Some of these are salty foods like chips and greasy ones like fries too. You'll need to keep a log to find out the culprits that cause them, but getting rid of the headaches will be worth it. Cheese is another one allot of females find cause them. In fact most of these are for females as woman are famous for them too. You also might watch the time of month as some might be caused by your period. Please try and be patient. Good luck and God Bless

    Source(s): nursing experience
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    depends on cause of headache, tension headaches/migraines:, caffeine helps, as in coffee, espressos and Excedrin Migraine, ice pack or heat, low blood sugar,hunger-- OJ works fastest, then need to eat protein. there are several causes of headaches. sinus, flu, colds, eye strain , lack of sleep, stress...

  • 1 decade ago

    they don't get rid of headaches, but reese's cups sure do make me feel better.

    i don't know what's in it, but some organic stores have a sachet of herbs that relieve headache.

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