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Inflammation and headaches

Dehydration, sleep, blood sugar and stress are common triggers — here's the general picture.

This page is general education, not a diagnosis. If you're dealing with persistent or severe symptoms, please see a doctor — lifestyle tracking can be a useful complement to medical care, never a substitute for it.

Multiple possible triggers

Headaches and migraines have many potential triggers — dehydration, poor sleep, skipped meals and blood sugar swings, stress, and specific dietary triggers that vary significantly from person to person.

What's commonly associated with fewer headaches

Consistent sleep timing, adequate hydration, regular meal timing (avoiding long gaps that cause blood sugar dips), and stress management are commonly cited as helpful, general starting points — several of which map directly onto THE FAD's Sleep and Stress pillars.

Identifying your specific triggers

If you get frequent headaches or migraines, a dedicated headache diary — tracking specific foods, timing and other factors alongside episodes — is a more targeted tool than a general inflammation score for identifying your personal triggers.

Frequent, severe, or newly changed headaches deserve a doctor's evaluation — they can have causes well beyond diet and lifestyle.

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