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Thank you for your response and all of your research. I agree that it is important to research what strains would be the most beneficial to you and will give you the health benefits that you are looking for and finding the strains that have the best combinations of strains to get you your desired results. (1) I also found the information from gastro.org very useful. Buying Probiotic supplements from brands that are well known and trusted is a good idea to help achieve maximum benefits, as well as looking for ones that have large amounts of bacterias in them. It is also important to store your probiotics correctly in order to make sure they stay alive so you can reap all the many great benefits they have to offer.

1.Chapman C, Gibson G, Rowland I. Health benefits of probiotics: are mixtures more effective than single strains? European Journal of Nutrition. January 2011;50(1):1-17.

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Migraines can be brought on by a many different reasons. Foods like chocolate, citrus fruits, cheese, alcohol, and oral contraceptives have been shown to bring about migraine and headache onset1. Women between the ages of 18 and 49 have been shown to experience the greatest amount of migraines out of any age groups2.
While consuming appropriate amounts of water has many great benefits to our health, drinking more water has not been shown as an effective treatment for migraines3. So there’s good reason that it hasn’t been working for you! There are other things that may be able to help you get rid of your migraines. Currently prescription drugs such as Sumatriptan(Imitrex) have been found to be the most common and effective ways for treating migraines within the United States. However, diet supplementation with high sources of riboflavin, magnesium, and coenzyme Q10 have shown signs to decrease the frequency of migraines and act as a preventative when they are consumed regularly in the diet4. Diets that include fish oil and olive oil, as well as low-fat diets were shown to decrease the amount of migraine days1. Diets high in creatine resulted in more migranes5.
It is important to remember that everyone is different, and have different triggers that induce migraines, remember that effective treatment plans will differ from person to person6. Find out what helps you the most and remember what works for someone else may not be the best treatment for you.

1.Pearfield R, Glover V, Littlewood J, Sandier M, Clifford R. The prevalence of diet induced migraine. Cephlagia 1984;4:179-183
2.Smitherman T, Burch R, Sheikh H, Loder E. The Prevalence, Impact, and Treatment of Migraine and Severe Headaches in the United States: A Review of Statistics From National Surveillance Studies. Headache: The Journal Of Head & Face Pain. March 2013;53(3):427-436.
3.Negoianu S, Goldfarb S. Just add water. JASN. June 2008;19(6):1041-1043.
4.Erbquth F, Himmerich H. Nutrition and Dietary supplementation in neurological diseases. Der Nervenarzt. December 2014;85(12):1501-11.
5. Lippi G, Mattiuzzi C, Cervellin G. C-reactive protein and migraine. Facts or speculations?. Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine [serial online]. September 2014;52(9):1265-1272
6. Cady R. Chronic Migraine in Women. Journal Of Family Practice. February 2014;63:S46-S51.

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