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Our planet, Earth is an important abode for every living being including plants and animals. Earth belongs to everyone. Humans are the superior living beings, but they are also the ones destroying nature and earth with their excessive deeds and misdeeds.  Climate change and global warming are also the consequence of wrong human activities in excess. Industrial revolution of the 19th century paved the way for this downhill process of environmental deterioration. It has reached a stage where excessive temperatures are giving rise to glacier and ice cap melting, sea water level rising, ecosystem disruption, weather crisis, and high rates of infections and allergies.  Also, read Dementia and its risks and management  Effective steps need to be taken promptly and on a large scale to mitigate this climate crisis and in the meantime, measures to adapt to the rising temperatures also are required to be started.  However, in all this, some people make such vague statements th...
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9 headache-causing drinks in patients with migraine!

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 Headaches are common but come with different frequencies. In some with migrainous headaches, it is more frequent. In them, certain foods can also cause them. But often, they tend to forget that there are also certain liquids that can trigger these headaches. Which are these fluids or drinks that people with migraine should be careful about?

1. Alcohol and alcoholic beverages

The notorious among these alcohols is the red wine. It has three times more power than beer to trigger the headache. The other alcohols that can cause it are beers, white wine, whiskey, champagne, Scotch, liqueur etc. These drinks have sulfites, tyramine, histamines in them that cause these attacks. Alcoholic drinks also exert a diuretic effect on the body. This leads to dehydration and dehydration or fluid loss causes headache.The quantity consumed also matters more than the kind of drink. Also, highly processed wines are more hurtful. Low input wines use native yeast that add very little SO2 and  sulfites into it. They are therefore safer. 

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2. Sparkling waters

These can also trigger headaches in some people.

3. Chocolate drinks

Cocoa has caffeine in it. This precipitates a migraine attack. Therefore drinks with added chocolate can also cause problems in such people. 

4. Frozen liquids

When frozen liquids or very chilled liquids are consumed rapidly, they cause headaches. This is especially so after a strenuous exercise of when body is in an overheated state.

5. Caffeinated beverages such as tea or coffee or cola

The caffeine in these cause headaches in some.

6. Cultured daily product Buttermilk

These can also be the root cause of headaches in some sensitive people. 

7. Drinks with artificial sweeteners

Drinks with added artificial sweeteners especially aspartame can lead to migraine attack. 

Also, read 10 colorful tea types 

8. Canned soups

These can cause headaches in some people.

9. Soups made of meat extracts or bouillon with MSG as preservative. MSG can cause a migraine attack. Hence soups containing it are bad for such people. 

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