Most headache sufferers do not consider what are the possible causes of their headaches.
They take a few pills and hope it goes away.
Possibly, we might even use the headache as an excuse for all the other negative things that goes on in our lives, rather than looking at it the other way around.
What about if we considered what we eat? Do you like cheese? Cheese is a well known cause of headache, especially aged cheese.
In addition, if you work and take sandwiches for lunch, deli lunch meats are an especially bad offender.
If we combine the two, lunch meat and aged cheese, we have a recipe for a really bad afternoon headache.
This is especially true if you skipped breakfast, as many of us do.
There are far too many possible food triggers to mention in this post, so the best course of action is to make notes and write down everything that you eat for a few weeks.
Ideally, this will be included in your headache journal.
It is important to keep a journal indicating the severity of the headache, the time of day, what you consumed that day and any stressful events that might have occurred.
This is the only way to know for sure what your likely triggers are.
When I get a particularly bad headache, I try to think back to the events of the day: Did I skip breakfast, did I sleep in, and most importantly, what did I eat.
The journal will make this process much easier.
As you recognize what your food triggers are, you can eliminate them from your diet.
After a while, once your headaches subside, you can gradually reintroduce foods back into your diet.
As long as the headaches don't come back, then you know that a particular food is okay for you to eat.