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Migraines and tannins
It may seem at first impossible to change your diet. The thing to keep in mind is that it CAN be done. You can change your diet. You may think it's not worth it to try, but if you find that a tannin-free diet does help you overcome your health problems, it is worth it. And you'll soon find you can eat quite well on a tannin-free diet.
If I can do it, so can you. I used to eat junk food and fast food, but I've changed my habits. And all it is, for the most part, is a change in habits. Some people say that they don't have time to make their own dinners. I say I don't have time to take a shower everyday, but I do it because I know my life is much better with a daily shower. I don't have time to brush my teeth, but I do it because it sure makes life easier. Same with preparing meals. Although there are many other things I need to do in life (I work full-time, in case you're wondering), I know that preparing good, nutritious, tannin-free meals is worth the time and energy it takes.
I've been asked what I eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. There is a page on this site of foods not containing tannins. Still, people have asked for more guidance. One of the most important elements of my lunches and dinners is a mixed salad. I make up a huge bowl of salad every other day and serve my husband and myself salad at least twice a day.
Here are some typical meals for me:
Breakfast: I generally only eat fruits at breakfast - Oranges, apples (Fuji, because the skin is quite pale and the taste is wonderful), pears, grapefruit, cantaloupe, honeydew melon, pineapple.
Mid-morning snacks: Triscuits, Carr's Water Crackers (plain), naked peanuts (the skins are high in tannins), Ak-Mak, other crackers or snacks without tannins (always check for malted barley flour which is high in tannins)
Lunch: Left-overs from dinner heated up in the microwave (see dinner below) and always a salad.
Dinner:
Pasta or rice with olive oil and any combination of the following:
mushrooms, broccoli, garlic, carrots, zucchini, cauliflower.
Pasta with tomato sauce (with mushrooms, red or green peppers, garlic,
hot peppers).
Pasta with olive oil, shrimp, lemon, garlic and mushrooms.
Pasta or rice with olive oil, mussels and garlic.
Pasta with canned clam sauce (quick and easy).
Pasta with olive oil and Parmesan cheese.
Rice with olive oil, shrimp and garlic.
Potatoes with garlic, mushrooms and kale (all mashed together!)
Potatoes with tomatoes and cheese.
Potato and kale soup. Potato and broccoli soup. Potato and leek
soup. Potato and cheese soup. All these soups are good with
barley-free bread and salad.
Salad (twice a day): Lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, green peppers, red peppers, cucumbers, celery.
Evening snacks: Potato chips, crackers.
Last updated Tuesday, January 08, 2002