Interesting indeed. Oh science, how cool you are. I have never suffered from headaches from red wine, my issues are usually histamine reactions to white wines from certain regions because I am allergic to literally 30+ things- but an allergy pill and more water help me with those issues. Stinks though that some people have such bad headaches.
Ugh, that sucks. Have you ever looked into allergy shots? I was an allergy sufferer in my teens, and it was a revelation how much better shots were in mitigating those than allergy pills. I even lost my sesitivity/reaction to most of them thanks to essentially getting weekly vaccines for a couple of years!
Once you get used to the routine of going and getting them done each week (or however often they give them to you, things may have changed since I got them) you ultimately spend a lot less time thinking about your allergies and actively dealing with your allergies than not making the time to get the shots. So I am definitely a proponent for them!
As someone who suffers from migraines and absolutely gets red wine headaches after a single glass of red wine, I just thought I was a wimp! But maybe, according to science, I'm not! (Or maybe I still am but who knows??)
You're a mutant of some kind (mutant ALDH gene carrier), where a little quercetin goes a long way, but not necessarily a wimp! Now science just needs to figure out migranes on the whole, not just alcohol related ones. Maybe it's whenever there's a significant chemical imbalance in the body some people will always suffer that as a migrane?
My migraines seem to be related to barometric pressure shifts so the day before a big storm, I'll feel like my skull is trying to secede from the union. Too much alcohol also triggers migraines (as opposed to hangovers or dehydration headaches, it's just straight up migrainetown) and also too much socializing can trigger a migraine. I guess my brain is allergic to people or something.
Ha! So literal pressure (barometric) and metaphorical pressure (peer/social). And no precious booze to help you deal with either! I’d say “big hugs” but that’s yet another kind of literal pressure and they’d probably just give you a migraine :P
We go to our (Sonoma county) Grocery Outlet store for CHEAP reds - and I generally keep it to one glass. Not too many headaches. OK so it’s 2 glasses on occasion, and OUCH. Lately, with marathon training, it’s no glass of red, that seems to work!
Interesting indeed. Oh science, how cool you are. I have never suffered from headaches from red wine, my issues are usually histamine reactions to white wines from certain regions because I am allergic to literally 30+ things- but an allergy pill and more water help me with those issues. Stinks though that some people have such bad headaches.
Ugh, that sucks. Have you ever looked into allergy shots? I was an allergy sufferer in my teens, and it was a revelation how much better shots were in mitigating those than allergy pills. I even lost my sesitivity/reaction to most of them thanks to essentially getting weekly vaccines for a couple of years!
They have been recommending the shots for years to me. I most likely will cave soon as the last two weeks have been insane for my allergies!
Once you get used to the routine of going and getting them done each week (or however often they give them to you, things may have changed since I got them) you ultimately spend a lot less time thinking about your allergies and actively dealing with your allergies than not making the time to get the shots. So I am definitely a proponent for them!
As someone who suffers from migraines and absolutely gets red wine headaches after a single glass of red wine, I just thought I was a wimp! But maybe, according to science, I'm not! (Or maybe I still am but who knows??)
You're a mutant of some kind (mutant ALDH gene carrier), where a little quercetin goes a long way, but not necessarily a wimp! Now science just needs to figure out migranes on the whole, not just alcohol related ones. Maybe it's whenever there's a significant chemical imbalance in the body some people will always suffer that as a migrane?
My migraines seem to be related to barometric pressure shifts so the day before a big storm, I'll feel like my skull is trying to secede from the union. Too much alcohol also triggers migraines (as opposed to hangovers or dehydration headaches, it's just straight up migrainetown) and also too much socializing can trigger a migraine. I guess my brain is allergic to people or something.
Ha! So literal pressure (barometric) and metaphorical pressure (peer/social). And no precious booze to help you deal with either! I’d say “big hugs” but that’s yet another kind of literal pressure and they’d probably just give you a migraine :P
I do get headaches from red wine, so this was very interesting!
We go to our (Sonoma county) Grocery Outlet store for CHEAP reds - and I generally keep it to one glass. Not too many headaches. OK so it’s 2 glasses on occasion, and OUCH. Lately, with marathon training, it’s no glass of red, that seems to work!