| Taking an aspirin or a tranquilizer may provide | | | | sour buttermilk and oily foodstuffs should be |
| temporary relief, but it does not remove the | | | | avoided. Diet factor is of utmost importance in |
| cause, Moreover, the frequent use of | | | | treating headaches. Dr. David W. Buchholz believes |
| pain-relievers causes nervous debility, weakens | | | | that the single easiest headache-provoking factor |
| the heart and brings in other complications. The | | | | one can control is the diet. Thus, avoiding food |
| best remedy to prevent headaches is to build up | | | | culprits can be crucial in preventing headaches. He |
| physical resistance through proper nutrition, | | | | feels that headaches can be prevented by |
| exercise and constructive thinking. As a first step, | | | | identifying and avoiding foods that trigger |
| the patient should undertake short juice fast. | | | | headache. His advice is to avoid for one month all |
| During this period, fresh fruit and vegetable juices, | | | | foods most likely to trigger headaches and also |
| diluted with water on 50:50 basis, may be taken | | | | caffeine-containing medications and painkillers. If |
| six times daily. By taking the load off the | | | | the headaches subside or disappear, one can then |
| digestion, the patient will at once save nervous | | | | experiment by adding back a food item one at a |
| energy which can be utilized for more important | | | | time every three days or once a week. If a |
| purposes. The blood and lymph will also be | | | | headache occurs, one will then know the food |
| relieved of a great burden. After a short juice | | | | which is a headache trigger and should avoid it. Dr. |
| fast, the diet should be fixed in such a way as to | | | | Buchholz cautions that it may take 24 hours after |
| put the least possible strain on the digestion. | | | | consuming a food for a headache to show up. |
| Breakfast should consist of fruits, both fresh and | | | | After one determines which foods trigger |
| dried. Lunch should consist largely of protein foods. | | | | headaches, one can avoid them. However, he |
| Starchy foods such as whole wheat bread, | | | | recommends not adding caffeine back into the |
| cereals, rice, or potatoes should be taken at | | | | diet, if one has frequent headaches. |
| dinner along with raw salads. Spices, tomatoes, | | | | |