Food Intolerances Trigger Migraines, Headaches

YORK, United KingdomNew findings from the University of York suggest food intolerances may trigger migraines and headaches, and the removal of culprit foods from a persons diet may significantly improve the symptoms.

Using an IgG antibodies test from food allergy researcher YorkTest, university researchers sampled 5,000 food intolerance sufferers over three months; 76% showed moderate to high improvement in migraine symptoms and 86% showed moderate to high improvement in headaches.

This robust survey, the largest of its kind, gives a clear indication of the benefits that dietary change can make on some of the most common health conditions such as migraine," said Geoffrey Hardman of the University of York, co-author of the study.

The YorkTest First Step food intolerance test provides a positive or negative result as to whether a person is food sensitive. Following the First Step, if the result is positive the person can upgrade to the comprehensive laboratory analysis and aftercare to identify exactly what the problem foods are so they can start to be eliminated from the diet. The YorkTest includes a finger-prick blood collection kit with detailed instructions on how to take the test so its easy to use and straightforward. The results, which are based on the presence and amounts of food-specific IgG antibodies, are analyzed by scientists at YorkTest Laboratories who can accurately identify which foods are causing the food intolerance.

The results will give a breakdown of which of the 113 individual foods from cows milk to yeast, tea to tomatoes, wheat to walnuts, egg yolk to mustard seeds, gluten, tuna, beef, lamb and lentils are causing the food intolerance and give advice on which foods to avoid, those that are borderline and foods that are fine to continue consuming.