OH gets migraines triggered by blood sugar spikes and dips. He snacks on unsalted nuts - usually pistachios and macadamias. But it's a bit tricky. Peanuts are definitely a migraine trigger, so it has to be tree nuts. Fairly sure brazils are a trigger and the jury is out on cashews and walnuts at the moment.
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@NorthernJoe … Cereal bars, cereals, rice cakes and white bread etc do that to me … low blood sugar, feeling a bit giddy and trembly. All my adult life.
I’ve been checked for pre diabetes etc a couple of times and it isn’t that.
Stick to the crisps. My brother the potato farmer will be very grateful. 😊
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I'm kind of not feeling myself today. I nearly got a migraine this morning. I'm on edge because of it.
I know why. I eat breakfast at 5:45am then two packs of s&v walkers crisps. Then at 1pm sandwiches.
I ran out of crisps and decided to cut back. So I ate two nature valley cereal bars. At 10am. By 11am I was shaking because of low blood sugar. I felt the migraine coming on so ate a quarter of my sandwiches rather quickly to try and stave it off.
So basically cereal bars are too high in simple sugars that they trigger the low blood sugar. Which for me can trigger migraines. However when I don't have anything I eat some of my cheese sandwich which leaves less for lunch but I'm OK with that despite getting low in the afternoon
That leads me to wonder what I can eat as an easy and very quick snack. Preferably healthy or not completely unhealthy. I've got a savoury taste over a sweet taste. I don't like apples, oranges or fruit for snacks. Crisps are going up in price. Cereal bars are out. Chocolate bars out too as I'll see a sugar low afterwards. It's a pain how I go from OK to empty in minutes and empty to migraineous in minutes later. A sharp cutoff and I bet others know how bad migraines can be.
Wouldn't it be so much better if we didn't need to eat just eat when we fancy something. No hunger or malnutrition just freedom from food. That way we could splash out occasionally to eat fancy food when out and about, for fun or leisure not survival.
Weird right? IGMC
You want to try being like me....... I never feel hungry any more. I have not felt hungry since I had my chemotherapy 4 years ago. It sounds good, not feeling hungry, but I only realised that I had gone just over 25 hours without food when I started to get light headed.
Northern Joe, not a fan of bananas? They’re supposed to be very good for between meals, but I think you said not fruit. I find oatcakes very handy when I want a low sugar slow energy release snack.
I was 6 months old, bananas had just come off rationing and I was given one as a special treat. I spat it out in disgust. Nothing since has persuaded me to change my mind.
I'm kind of not feeling myself today. I nearly got a migraine this morning. I'm on edge because of it.
I know why. I eat breakfast at 5:45am then two packs of s&v walkers crisps. Then at 1pm sandwiches.
I ran out of crisps and decided to cut back. So I ate two nature valley cereal bars. At 10am. By 11am I was shaking because of low blood sugar. I felt the migraine coming on so ate a quarter of my sandwiches rather quickly to try and stave it off.
So basically cereal bars are too high in simple sugars that they trigger the low blood sugar. Which for me can trigger migraines. However when I don't have anything I eat some of my cheese sandwich which leaves less for lunch but I'm OK with that despite getting low in the afternoon
That leads me to wonder what I can eat as an easy and very quick snack. Preferably healthy or not completely unhealthy. I've got a savoury taste over a sweet taste. I don't like apples, oranges or fruit for snacks. Crisps are going up in price. Cereal bars are out. Chocolate bars out too as I'll see a sugar low afterwards. It's a pain how I go from OK to empty in minutes and empty to migraineous in minutes later. A sharp cutoff and I bet others know how bad migraines can be.
Wouldn't it be so much better if we didn't need to eat just eat when we fancy something. No hunger or malnutrition just freedom from food. That way we could splash out occasionally to eat fancy food when out and about, for fun or leisure not survival.
Weird right? IGMC
You want to try being like me....... I never feel hungry any more. I have not felt hungry since I had my chemotherapy 4 years ago. It sounds good, not feeling hungry, but I only realised that I had gone just over 25 hours without food when I started to get light headed.
OMG! I hope it worked well in the intended purpose and you're clear or in remission or whatever it's called. I'm sure hunger is something you can learn to live with and a side effect you'd rather have than not have chemo. Gee I hope that's not insensitive way of putting it. I guess one solution is regular eating times.
BTW I've done a day and a half without food. Just coffee. I think I must have been depressed for most of those hours then snapped out of it. I think I stop eating when down or stressed. Now I get migraines without regular food or not enough. I go from energy to empty in minutes because of food or insufficient food/ wrong food. Empty usually leads to migraine. Similarly I have to be careful what I have in that situation or just before that situation gets bad. Very refined sugars can end the feeling but I then get another low later on unless I get something else in me. Orange juice and water with a pinch of salt is good but milk is best. It helps getting fuel in and hydrates quickly. Dehydration is another trigger I think. Peanuts, redskins and plain without roasting, salt or oil. They are great for keeping topped up IMHO. Cheese too. However not good foods being high in saturated fats. I don't like other plain nuts you can get. Oatcakes can be OK too. None of this is easy food to prepare or get easily. Crisps are just so easy.
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BTW I've done a day and a half without food. Just coffee. I think I must have been depressed for most of those hours then snapped out of it. I think I stop eating when down or stressed. Now I get migraines without regular food or not enough. I go from energy to empty in minutes because of food or insufficient food/ wrong food. Empty usually leads to migraine. Similarly I have to be careful what I have in that situation or just before that situation gets bad. Very refined sugars can end the feeling but I then get another low later on unless I get something else in me. Orange juice and water with a pinch of salt is good but milk is best. It helps getting fuel in and hydrates quickly. Dehydration is another trigger I think. Peanuts, redskins and plain without roasting, salt or oil. They are great for keeping topped up IMHO. Cheese too. However not good foods being high in saturated fats. I don't like other plain nuts you can get. Oatcakes can be OK too. None of this is easy food to prepare or get easily. Crisps are just so easy.