Dried Beans & Lentils. All women need 10 extra grams of protein a day during pregnancy (for a total of at least 60 grams); beans and lentils are an excellent source, with about 15 grams per cup. They're also high in fiber, which helps to combat constipation. And 1 cup of cooked lentils meets half of your daily folate requirement.
Muscle strain is by far the leading cause of acute headaches. It is due to spasm or tightness of the muscles in the area and may also cause pain to radiate or be referred to other points. Headaches due to muscle strain are also known as tension-type headaches and the forehead is one of the common sites.
Tension and Other Muscle-Contraction HeadachesâSymptoms and Diagnosis. 1  Tension: Ninety percent of all headaches are tension headaches. They are brought on by stressful events and involve the tightening or tensing of facial and neck muscles. 2  Chronic: Chronic muscle-contraction headache may last for weeks or months. The pain is often described as a tight band around the head or a feeling that the head and neck are in a cast. It feels like somebody is tightening a giant vise around my head, says one patient. Pain is steady, and usually felt on both sides of the head. Chronic muscle-contraction headaches can cause sore scalpsâeven combing one's hair can be painful.