[Normy]

There is more than meets the eye to the average avocado.

I think they are delicious! Slice in half, remove the pit [I have one growing in the yard], and then lightly salt. YUM!

-They are high in fat. 75% of the calories of an avacado come from fat, but it is monounsaturated, similar to olive oil. Fat's effect on the human body is primarily directed at the heart, and this sort of fat does little damage, so the fat content doesn't matter that much.

But there is another fairly common bad that comes from avocados, and many people don't know this: They can trigger migraine headaches. Most people think a "migraine" is simply a sore head that you get when you work extra hard. No, this is not the case at ALL!

Short course: A migraine headache isn't a hangover, and it isn't caused by stress. A migraine is a headache caused by your brain's blood vessels dilating wide open and then constricting extremely tight. This is caused by a food allergy, or [typically in women], hormone changes. In rare occasions, a brain tumor can cause this. If you have a migraine, typically you suddenly develop a blind spot in one eye, then in your peripheral vision, there is a line of flashing, spinning lights that develops. Then you get sick- you usually throw up, and this is followed by a pounding headache that will last a few hours. These aren't the only symptoms- some people lose hearing, some people cannot talk, or develop slurred speech for a while. Some people have none of these symptoms- they just develop a pounding, pounding headache for no reason. And they don't understand why....

Excessive consumption of avocado can cause a migraine headache. MSG [Accent flavor enhancer], soy products, red wine, cheese, and chocolate are other foods that can trigger this allergy. I can eat one avocado in a day and be fine, but if I eat two, I will probably have a migraine 24 hours later. That's the weird thing about these- the effect takes place a long time later.

I blame the manufacturers of aspirin and acetaminophen and other OTC pain relievers for this lack of knowledge of what migraines are. They advertise "migraine" relief while not actually telling you that the real solution to the problem is change of diet. They'd just rather you kept buying their pills. There are prescription pills that will stop one of these headaches IMMEDIATELY. They'd rather you NOT know about those drugs.....

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