Re: RC: People diet for endurance

[tallcarabs@juno.com]

No chocolate!! Horrors! <g>  I usually start my day with water.  I drink
a lot of water on a usual day (about 100 oz), but on ride days I tend to
drink that much just during the ride!  Breakfast is usually a chocolate
power bar.  Guess I'll have to try some other flavors and see if that
helps any.  What do you mean by Biofeedback?

Rae
Tall C Arabians - SE TX

On Sat, 22 Sep 2001 13:44:15 -0400 "Carolyn Burgess"
<carolyn_burgess@hotmail.com> writes:
> Rae:
> 
> As a former migraine sufferer, here's some suggestions about getting 
> rid of 
> the headaches.  Since you don't get them on "pleasure" rides, on on 
> "competitive" rides, they are probably stress related. Do you get 
> them any 
> other times other than on endurance rides?  Here are a couple of 
> suggestions.  Since they are probably stress related, try to relax 
> before 
> the ride, treat it as a pleasure ride.  Biofeedback can help too.  
> But the 
> biggest thing is that while it is stress related, it is triggered by 
> food or 
> chemical sensitivities.  Big no no foods for migraine sufferers are: 
> 
> caffeine, wheat, corn, chocolate, nutrasweet, milk and other dairy 
> products. 
>   There are others, but those are the biggies.  Do you start your 
> mornings 
> with a cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate?  You can't do that 
> unless you 
> drink an herbal tea.  I would steer clear of decaffeinated tea or 
> coffee, 
> you can sometimes have a problem with those.  Drink plenty of water, 
> as this 
> is a flushing vehicle and can sometimes "flush" the offending 
> chemical out 
> of your system.  Try eating a bland diet before and during a ride 
> and see if 
> you still get a headache.  If not, then add one food at a time until 
> you get 
> one, then you will start to build a list of offending foods.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Carolyn Burgesss