This Is What Your Headache Is Trying to Tell You About Your Diet
AMD’s Vice Preseident, Dr. Michael Teixido shared his insight on migraine and food triggers with MarthaStewart.com
“A great deal of attention has been paid to food triggers because unlike the other categories of triggers, we have complete control over the foods we eat,” says Dr. Michael Teixido, the co-founder and vice president of the Association of Migraine Disorders. While Dr. Teixido—who is an ear, nose, and throat physician with a sub-specialization in neurotology (neurology and neurosurgery of ear ailments)—says that there are hundreds of potential food triggers for migraines, in general, they typically fall into two categories: complex chemical byproducts of food aging and fermentation and foods with chemicals similar to neurotransmitters our brains use.”