Perci (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} perci) wrote,@ 2008-10-05 07:38:00 |
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the coconut water cure
I'd been attributing my headaches--migraine and otherwise--to a variety of causes. I need more sleep, I should drink more water, I need a new glasses prescription, I'm suffering from my fall allergies, I had two glasses of wine yesterday, I've inherited my mother's headaches, etc.
Then I read this theory about lack of magnesium causing headaches. And apparently some ways to drain magnesium from your body include taking calcium supplements, working out, and drinking alcohol. Coincidentally, I take calcium supplements, which doctors tell women to do, and I ride my bike for an hour every morning unless it's raining. On weekends, when I tend to get worse headaches, I ride my bike for hours at a time, and sometimes I have a couple of drinks.
I was skeptical, but I figured, well, the worst thing you could get from upping your magnesium intake is, well, you know--I mean, I didn't look it up, but I assume that's what's in Milk of Magnesia.
So I looked for foods that are high in magnesium, which led me to coconut water. (Just to be clear, for anyone who might not already know about this: coconut water, not coconut milk.)
I had no idea coconut water is considered a natural sports drink, but it's freaky how fast I can cure a headache with this stuff. In fact, I've started to just drink it after a long bike ride or a dinner with wine--without waiting for a headache. On the side of the carton it says it'll even cure a hangover. I'm not willing to give myself a hangover in order to find out, but if you accidentally trash yourself, drink some coconut water and report back.
Warning: I don't think it tastes all that good, and you might not, either, so don't think I'm telling you about something I think you'd want to drink for pleasure. It's not gagworthy or anything; I don't even have to make a face when I drink it. It's just not, you know, the drink I'd relax in front of the TV with. They make it with added fruit juice, but that just adds calories and sugar, so I prefer to just drink the plain stuff. I dunno about you, but if I'm going to eat needless calories and sugar, they're going to be in carrot cake.
I'd been attributing my headaches--migraine and otherwise--to a variety of causes. I need more sleep, I should drink more water, I need a new glasses prescription, I'm suffering from my fall allergies, I had two glasses of wine yesterday, I've inherited my mother's headaches, etc.
Then I read this theory about lack of magnesium causing headaches. And apparently some ways to drain magnesium from your body include taking calcium supplements, working out, and drinking alcohol. Coincidentally, I take calcium supplements, which doctors tell women to do, and I ride my bike for an hour every morning unless it's raining. On weekends, when I tend to get worse headaches, I ride my bike for hours at a time, and sometimes I have a couple of drinks.
I was skeptical, but I figured, well, the worst thing you could get from upping your magnesium intake is, well, you know--I mean, I didn't look it up, but I assume that's what's in Milk of Magnesia.
So I looked for foods that are high in magnesium, which led me to coconut water. (Just to be clear, for anyone who might not already know about this: coconut water, not coconut milk.)
I had no idea coconut water is considered a natural sports drink, but it's freaky how fast I can cure a headache with this stuff. In fact, I've started to just drink it after a long bike ride or a dinner with wine--without waiting for a headache. On the side of the carton it says it'll even cure a hangover. I'm not willing to give myself a hangover in order to find out, but if you accidentally trash yourself, drink some coconut water and report back.
Warning: I don't think it tastes all that good, and you might not, either, so don't think I'm telling you about something I think you'd want to drink for pleasure. It's not gagworthy or anything; I don't even have to make a face when I drink it. It's just not, you know, the drink I'd relax in front of the TV with. They make it with added fruit juice, but that just adds calories and sugar, so I prefer to just drink the plain stuff. I dunno about you, but if I'm going to eat needless calories and sugar, they're going to be in carrot cake.
