Let's talk about the seven triggers of a headache. Now what's the difference between a headache and a migraine headache. migraine headache is more severe and often has other associated symptoms like nausea, blurred vision, seeing spots, sensitive to bright lights, sore sounds, vomiting, or having some type of aura about 30 minutes before the headache some type of sensation giving you a clue that there is a migraine coming on. But a general headache is a more mild version of a migraine.
So number one stress can trigger your headache. And that can be from any type of stress, but it is the number one cause of headaches, and it tightens up the muscles in the back part of your neck.
Number two, your diet, you could have a food allergy and believe it or not, that's very, very common, especially for headaches that are delayed. Because let's say for example, the food allergy reaction is occurring lower and your gastrointestinal tract which takes a few hours to get there. And as soon as it hits it, it creates a reaction and there are all sorts of nerves in your gut that send signals right up to the brain through the vagus nerve so it could be delayed. Now the typical allergies would be like peanut allergies, gluten allergies, the protein and milk casein. And there's 1000s of other ones. Too much caffeine can trigger a headache, artificial sweeteners, alcohol in the form of something called a hangover, a red wine, and white wine has sulfates, which can then trigger a headache.
Chocolate has certain compounds that can trigger a headache. And this G usually in the form of modified food starch can trigger a headache. I know for myself, if I notice a headache, let's say I'm going to bed them like why do I have a headache or I'm waking up with a headache. I will reflect back on what I ate. And it could be like I went out to a restaurant and they had some hidden chemicals or MSG and I will get a headache. cured meats have nitrates which can trigger headaches, age cheese's pickled foods, fermented foods have a certain protein that occurs with aging, it's called Tyra mean, and that can trigger a headache. It's in blue cheese, it's in feta cheese, it's in Parmesan cheese.
Or number three, your environment. Let's say you have a seasonal allergy, which affects the sinuses that can give you a headache, or even a change in weather it can give you a headache, because the body is having a hard time adapting. And some people even get headaches right before it rains because the barometric pressure changes in before hormones. that time of the month, all of a sudden you get a headache, too much estrogen. For this, you want to take something called dim or a concentrated cruciferous type product to help lower estrogen You can also take some seek help as well. A lot of the solutions for the things that I talked about. I'll put links down below for more information.
And number five lack of sleep, that will definitely create a headache, usually tightness in the spine in your upper back. You'll feel like a throbbing sensation if you don't get enough sleep.
Number six. And this is really common a problem with your gallbladder or the liver or the ducks that drain from the liver to the gallbladder. If those ducks become blocked with some sludge, because you don't have enough bile salts, that pressure will backup and that will usually cause headaches on the right side of your head. The headaches are on the left side. It could be sludge blocking some of the ducks in the pancreatic area, which is related. I'll put two article down below for more information on what to do about that. But this is very, very common. Now. If you have a gut issue, let's say You have some inflammation in the last part of your small intestine, from years of antibiotics or whatever, and you eat a certain food, what can happen, especially if you have a leaky gut, is that by the time that food hits that point in your digestive tract, that can trigger a spasm in your gut, which can then make you feel kind of nauseous and even give you a headache that relates to what I talked about here. And so this is why if someone gets a headache, it's very important to ask them, What did you eat, not necessarily just before you got the headache, but maybe several hours before you can track it down. There's something that you're eating that's irritating to gut. All right.
And number seven, certain medications can give you headaches. Now, there's something called rebound headaches. Normally, when people take aspirin, they get rid of a headache, but sometimes they can actually trigger a headache after goes away, especially when we're dealing with aspirin, acetaminophen, sleeping pills, ibuprofen. And so if you're taking some of these for a headache, why not find out the root cause of the headache, get that corrected? So the need for that becomes a lot less. Alright, thanks for watching.
