As part of my weight loss, I was already on a track to stop eating as much refined sugar. I found that when I cut down on carbs, I got fewer migraines. I now

As part of my weight loss, I was already on a track to stop eating as much refined sugar. I found that when I cut down on carbs, I got fewer migraines. I now find that when I eat refined sugars, I'm pretty much guaranteed to get a migraine soon after. Naturally, I've stopped. I still eat carbs. Probably more than is wise, even. But I absolutely avoid cake, ice cream, candy, and anything else with refined sugar. Yes, it was hard even after I realized the migraine thing, but I've been off it long enough (6 months?) that I no longer crave it like I use to. I put Stevia on my cereal (instead of the sugar I used to put on it) and it's good enough. Other than that, I basically avoid sweets. (Oh, I do drink Diet Mt Dew. So there's that.) And I'm happier for it, in the end. I don't gain weight from it, I don't feel compelled to eat crappy cheap-ass cake from grocery stores at birthday parties, and (of course) I get fewer and less-severe migraines. I heartily recommend getting off sugar long-term.