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Food Allergies, Sensitivities, and Migraine Triggers

August 2024, Episode 194: What is the difference between a food sensitivity, food allergy, and a migraine trigger? What are some of the best (and newest) ways to determine what foods could be making our migraine or other head pain…

MSG and Migraine: What’s the Real Connection?

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) has long been debated as a potential migraine trigger, but how much truth is behind this claim? In a recent HeadWise episode, Dr. Lindsay Weitzel sat down with headache specialist Dr. Fred Cohen to unpack the science,…

The Fasting Headache

As the Jewish high holidays approach, one becomes aware that some religious and traditional practices may pose a problem for people living with migraine disease and headache disorders. Fasting is often reported by patients and cited in medical textbooks as…