ANTI-HEADACHE TECHNIQUE #4-A: A NATURAL MUSCLE RELAXANT THAT MAY PREVENT MIGRAINE
After reading the results of two university studies made during the mid-1980s, thousands of women migraine sufferers have diminished their migraine symptoms by taking daily magnesium supplements.
In the first study, at East Tennessee State University, 500 selected women with migraine were each asked to take 100 or 200 mg of magnesium in supplement form daily. For some, relief came within hours. Most felt much better in just a few days. Some women, who had had splitting headaches for two straight weeks, quickly became symptom-free. Overall, seven out of ten women had no migraines for as long as they continued taking the magnesium.
In a similar study reported from Case Western Reserve, headaches stopped in 80 percent of sufferers after they had taken 200 mg of supplemental magnesium for two or three weeks. In another case, a Chicago woman who had suffered migraine attacks several times weekly for over ten years, had had to take increasing amounts of drugs to control her pain. Agony and depression were wrecking her life. Yet after taking 200 mg of supplemental magnesium daily for four weeks, her headaches had almost completely disappeared.
Other studies have shown that four out of every five Americans are deficient in magnesium reserves, especially those who drink soda or alcoholic beverages. Many drugs also bind with magnesium and prevent its absorption.
Magnesium supplements in 200 mg tablets are readily available in any health food store. An intake of 200 mg a day is considered riskless by most nutritionists. However, if you have any kidney or other health problems, or are under medical treatment or taking medication, you should consult your physician before taking supplemental magnesium.
Alternatively, you can increase your dietary uptake of magnesium by eating more magnesium-rich foods such as avocados, soybeans, black-eyed peas, almonds, cashews, Brazil nuts and other types of beans and peas.
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