Overcoming common problems
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A large proportion of migraine sufferers find diet is a key factor for their migraine problems. Identifying and eliminating "trigger" foods proves very helpful. This book identifies prime suspects and explains how they work by using an exclusion diet specific to migraine. It then suggests a plan for substituting ingredients in the diet, coping with cravings, eating out and eating at other people's houses, including assertiveness skills to help sufferers avoid eating trigger foods out of politeness. The book looks at combining the migraine diet with weight loss diets and exercise regimes, as well as helping children to cope with diet restrictions. It suggests ways of eating a balanced diet to improve general health and well-being. It emphasizes the need to consult a doctor before embarking on any form of self-help nutritional therapy.
This is a guide about how to live happily with your body, whatever its shape or size. This is not a diet book, or an attempt to persuade the reader that "fat is fantastic" which people can find unrealistic. This book advises on how to make positive choices about the size that's natural and healthy for you. It suggests strategies that can be used to find a positive self-image and a better quality of life, and offers the optimism and energy to help change your life and assert the right to be big and happy.
This guide explains what migraine is and the different types that exist including classical and cluster headaches. This book helps to identify particular triggers to migraine attacks and how to arm against them. The effects of migraine on your life is examined, such as the reluctance to make plans and more general things such as depression or unhappiness. The treatments available from doctors is discussed together with an explanation of alternative remedies, and self-help treatments.