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8 Nutrition Hacks for Headaches

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2) Cut back on salt

Few things throw off electrolyte balance and increase blood pressure as much as excess salt — explains getting headaches so severe you can hear your heart pump.

Check the labels on everything for sodium content and stick to the American Heart Association’s guidelines of no more than 1500-2400 mg sodium.

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http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/HealthyEati...

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Nothing drains the life out of your day quite like being knocked down with a headache. The good news is there is a lot that nutrition can do to help decrease the intensity, duration and frequency for a person who gets headaches.

With nutrition in your corner, you can get back into the ring of life and knock out headaches with a mean, Rocky Balboa-strength right hook.

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