Occasionally I suffer from migraines when I’m stressed or don’t get enough sleep; today has been one of those unfortunate days. I am not one to immediately turn to pills to cure something that might have a more natural from. I was searching the internet and found several people talking about how magnesium can help with migraines. Although it is not a definite cure, I was up for it.
I read the many people who suffer from migraines have low levels of magnesium which is an essential nutrient for many of our body’s functions. By no means am I a nutritionist or doctor, but I read with a specific ratio of magnesium and calcium there is a way to reduce the frequency of migraines. Instead of trying to concoct a formula I turned to foods that are naturally high in magnesium like: almonds, cashews, dates, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, dark chocolate…and the list goes on.
Ingredients-
• 1 cup of seeds, nuts, or bran…what have you prefer or have at home
• ¼ cup of dates
• 2 tbsp. tahini
• 2 tbsp. molasses
• 2 tbsp. cocoa powder
Instructions-
• Put the 1 cup of preferred seed, nut and/or bran into a food processor and process until it is the texture of sand. Put the processed mixture into a bowl and set aside.
• Place the dates into the processor and pulse until chopped. Add tahini, molasses, and seed or nut mixture and process until well mixed. (It should have a consistency to make a ball out of the blend, if not add more molasses or tahini)
• Make little bite sized balls with your hands and roll in cocoa powder. Enjoy your magnesium packed power bite sized ball.
I think they actually taste really good and have migraine fighting foods that hopefully will help my migraines from coming again.
Do you have a natural remedy to fight migraines? I would love to find out!
Go Green and Stay Keen,
Julie
I read the many people who suffer from migraines have low levels of magnesium which is an essential nutrient for many of our body’s functions. By no means am I a nutritionist or doctor, but I read with a specific ratio of magnesium and calcium there is a way to reduce the frequency of migraines. Instead of trying to concoct a formula I turned to foods that are naturally high in magnesium like: almonds, cashews, dates, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, dark chocolate…and the list goes on.
Although that list of foods high in magnesium sounds great, I thought I could one up just eating the nuts or seeds plain. I modified one of my recipes to incorporate magnesium rich ingredients into yummy no-bake bites. Here is what I came up with:
Ingredients-
• 1 cup of seeds, nuts, or bran…what have you prefer or have at home
• ¼ cup of dates
• 2 tbsp. tahini
• 2 tbsp. molasses
• 2 tbsp. cocoa powder
Instructions-
• Put the 1 cup of preferred seed, nut and/or bran into a food processor and process until it is the texture of sand. Put the processed mixture into a bowl and set aside.
• Place the dates into the processor and pulse until chopped. Add tahini, molasses, and seed or nut mixture and process until well mixed. (It should have a consistency to make a ball out of the blend, if not add more molasses or tahini)
• Make little bite sized balls with your hands and roll in cocoa powder. Enjoy your magnesium packed power bite sized ball.
I think they actually taste really good and have migraine fighting foods that hopefully will help my migraines from coming again.
Do you have a natural remedy to fight migraines? I would love to find out!
Go Green and Stay Keen,
Julie
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