Dietary Causes of Headaches

One of the most common things that people who suffer from headaches miss is the fact that certain foods or drinks may be contributing to their headaches. Some common items that may trigger headaches in people are chocolate, red wine and coffee. However, these are only a few of the many foods that may cause headaches. For many people it is difficult to determine if there is a dietary trigger that contributes to their headaches.
Most people do not realize that it is dietary triggers that are causing their headaches. The main reason for this is the fact that there is a delay which can be delayed for a few hours or even a few days. Often times your body will be influenced by the dietary trigger immediately because it takes the body a while to process the food.
Another reason why many people miss dietary triggers is that often times a trigger will not always bring on a headache. Sometimes you will notice that a headache is caused by a certain food and other times you will not get a headache at all. Most people think that a dietary trigger should cause a headache every time they consume that product, so when it doesn't bring on a headache every time they dismiss it as a possibility. However, this is not true. Dietary triggers will not necessarily always bring on a headache.
Often times these dietary triggers will only cause a headache if there are other factors present in your life. For example you may not have slept well the night before or you might be under a lot of stress. These are the times when eating something like chocolate will be most likely to bring on a headache. All of your triggers may be activated all at once which is what will end up eventually causing the headache.
There are other days when you may consume a dietary trigger such as chocolate but you do not get a headache. This is probably because you actually got a good night's sleep and are not feeling as stressed as on previous days. Many people will then dismiss the possibility of the chocolate being one of the causes of previous headaches. However, many people will only get headaches if there are a few triggers present. If you only have one trigger present such as your dietary trigger you actually have a lot of cushion room before you actually get a headache. This is why many people can still enjoy foods that may trigger headaches as long as they are consuming them when other triggers are not present.
There are many dietary triggers that will often times cause headaches in people. There are a variety of reasons that people do not recognize these triggers. One reason is because the headache will not appear until well after the food has been consumed. In addition many people dismiss the idea because they do not get a headache every time the dietary trigger is consumed. The dietary trigger generally only causes a headache if there are other triggers present such as an increased stress level or a lack of sleep.
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