The Migraine Cookbook: More than 100 Healthy and Delicious Recipes for Migraine Sufferers (Paperback)

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Product Description

If you’re one of the millions who suffer from migraine, you probably know that avoiding your trigger foods can help ward off migraine pain. In The Migraine Cookbook, Michele Sharp brings together a over 100 carefully selected recipes—from appetizers and main dishes to comfort food favorites—that make eliminating migraine pain easier than ever before, without sacrificing any of the delicious taste or appeal. Each mouth-watering dish comes complete with information about the trigger-free quality of the recipe, kitchen pointers for preparation, and cooking and serving tips. With special sections that address the specifics of this disorder and provide key medical information and resource materials, The Migraine Cookbook offers education, empowerment, and relief to everyone living with migraine pain.

Each recipe indicates whether it’s free of these triggers:

Caffeine * Chocolate * Citrus fruits * Red wine * Aged Cheese * MSG * Nitrates * Aspartame * Nuts * Onions * Garlic * Yeast

About the Author

MICHELE SHARP is the director of development and communications for The Migraine Association of Canada and has volunteered or worked in the not-for-profit sector for most of her life. She works with migraine sufferers daily, helping to foster a greater understanding of the disorder through education, support, and empowerment. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press; 80th edition (April 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569245711
• ISBN-13: 978-1569245712
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #186,724 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed with content, December 8, 2004

By	Melany M. Chase (NJ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Although the recipes in the book look delicious, so many of them have ingredients that are migraine triggers. If you are trying to restrict all suspected triggers as I am, then you don't want to make things with ANY possible triggers in them. There were some good recipes, but there were a lot that I wouldn't use because they had some items considered triggers.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Almost every single recipe contains at least one trigger!, December 5, 2006

By	M. Eichelberger (Atlanta) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am following the 1-2-3 Migraine Prevention diet (book "Heal your Headache, Buchholz). My entire lifestyle has changed since I have been on this diet (but have cut my migraines almost 80%!)and it has been extremely challenging to cut out all the migraine dietary triggers, so when I found this Migraine Cookbook, I thought it was going to make things a lot easier. However, I don't think I can eat a single recipe in this book! The author even points many (not all) dietary triggers and still continues to use these ingredients in most/nearly all of her recipes. I am quite disappointed and do NOT recommend this book to others trying on this diet.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay if you really like to cook, January 3, 2007

By	Laura Hughes "no nonsense lady" (Champaign, IL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There are several recipes but you really have to motivated to cook, grocery shop etc. I want things more simple. I would save my money.