Migraine, headache, headache: who hasn't suffered from it? These are very common disorders that can be due to tension, stress, emotional problems, but also to poor nutrition. Some foods, in fact, due to the substances they contain, can trigger attacks or, once they have occurred, make them worse. Conversely, other foods, consumed regularly, can help you avoid them and manage them better. Let's see with the help of the nutritionist Valentina Schirò, what are the errors not to commit at the table to reduce the problem and face it better when it arises and the foods to be preferred in the daily menus to fight it.

Watch out for prolonged fasts

"In addition to being harmful to the line and to health, fasts can cause nutritional deficiencies that favor the problem. For example, when the body is short of vitamins such as those of group B (indispensable for metabolizing fats, proteins and carbohydrates and extracting energy) or minerals (such as magnesium, useful for the nervous system) it is easy to encounter this disorder Explains the nutritionist Valentina Schirò.

Reduce salt consumption

Excessive intake of salt or salty foods such as packaged snacks, in addition to being detrimental to the health of the heart and arteries and to the line, worsens the problem. "Sodium as well as sodium glutamate used in many industrial food products to enhance its flavor and indicated on the label with the letters E620 and E625, favors the appearance of attacks".

Avoid histamine

"This substance contained in alcoholic beverages, in wine, in mature cheeses, in fish and canned meat, can trigger a headache and worsen the symptoms."