Diet Care for Headache

Headache is one of the common medical complaints experienced by most of the people at some point of their life. Headache can be a sign of stress, either physical or mental. Skipping meals and fasting can trigger it. The first step in the nutritional management of diet-triggered headaches is eating a well-balanced diet. It is especially important to eat three meals a day with a snack at night or 6 small meals spread through out the day. You should include a good protein source at each meal/snack (i.e. milk, meat, fish) and should avoid eating high sugar foods by themselves, especially when excessively hungry. These actions will help to prevent the “hunger headache.”

Diet Chart For Headache

Early Morning

Ginger tea

Breakfast

Veg upma / Veg Dalia / Veg Vermicelli (Sewian) / Veg poha / Veg Idli / Besan pancake (gram flour) / Stuffed Chapatti / Chapatti with Veg or dal / Curd + 1 Eggs white portion

Mid-Morning

Fruit / Coconut water / Salad / Ginger tea / Herbal tea

Lunch

Mix chapatti / Plain chapatti / Veg pulao / Boiled rice / Vegetable with Dal

Evening

Herbal tea / Green tea / Roasted Chana / Rice flakes snack

Pre-Dinner

Home-Made Soup / Chamomile Tea

Dinner

Mix chapatti / Plain chapatti / Vegetable with Dal