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My wife has chronic migraines, and we live in the US. We visited Europe last year for 3 weeks and she was migraine free. We figured it had to be the food, and

• linuxftw 4y ago
  It could be the food, it could be indoor air quality, it could be a beauty product, it could be pollen, any number of things. In any case, it might be related to histamines. If your wife has any troubles with an MTHFR mutation, this can cause issues with histamine buildup [1]. I don't endorse this site generally, just a quick reference for the histamine bits. One possible cause of this is taking folic acid (synthetic) rather than folate. This is commonly found in 'enriched' products like breads and cereals, even rice. Europe doesn't enrich products like the US does. This is to say nothing about different pesticides and additives the Europeans use vs the US. Anyway, try avoiding wheat and enriched foods and see if that makes any difference. My wife had a lot of these issues and others, and we've got her sorted out now. 1: https://joannekennedy.com.au/2020/01/03/mthfr-histamine-intolerance/ https://joannekennedy.com.au/2020/01/03/mthfr-histamine-into...