You may ask, what does soup have to do with Migraines or any other type of headaches?
Well take a read...
Dehydration is a major cause of headaches, so instead of popping a pill the next time your head hurts, consider reaching for water-rich foods, like watermelon. Other foods with high water content include berries, cucumber, melon, soups, oatmeal, tomatoes and lettuce but these are for regular headaches.
But that's not all...
Like I said what does soup have to do with Migraines?
Well this may explain why several different spicy soup may help. Both hot soup and hot gumbo with chili peppers seem to work to control migraines,capsaicin, the compound that gives hot peppers their kick, seem to work wonders. In all my soups I add chili flakes, presumably because of their effects on those TRP (transient receptor potential) channels...Eating some spicy soup at the first hint of a migraine headache can stimulate TRP channels in the neurons and reverse the pain cascade.
It may seem strange to use chili peppers to combat migraines, but I find this remedy to work if used at the first sign of a headache unfortunately for me I was at work when I got the attack.
It may not work for everyone, but it works for me.
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