Your Brain: Why Menu Matters

What goes in your mouth can mess with your head. Know your ingredients and sensitivities; studies show that by avoiding some familiar trigger foods, you can decrease or even eliminate headache pain.

Common Triggers

• Alcohol
  
  
• Artificial flavors, colors, sweeteners
  
  
• Beef
  
  
• Chocolate
  
  
• Coffee
  
  
• Corn
  
  
• Eggs
  
  
• Food additives (e.g., MSG)
  
  
• Milk
  
  
• Preservatives (e.g., sodium nitrate)
  
  
• Oranges
  
  
• Soy foods
  
  
• Sugar
  
  
• Tea
  
  
• Wheat
  
  
• Yeast