Hormonal Causes – Balancing the hormones that control blood sugar is absolutely essential to preventing many types of headaches. Headaches are often nothing more than simply a low blood sugar reaction. When oestrogen levels are too high relative to progesterone, headaches associated with the menstrual cycle can occur.

Digestive Causes - Food allergy: weakened mucosal immunity, “leaky gut syndrome,” leads to molecules “leaking” into the bloodstream that are supposed to be contained in the digestive tract. Your immune system attacks these molecules and this process can trigger headaches. Many types of headaches, including migraines, can be caused by this type of immune reaction. Another very common cause of headaches is dehydration through under consumption of water and over consumption of caffeine and alcohol.

Detoxification Causes - The major organ of detoxification, the liver, is most active between the hours of 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. If the liver is overwhelmed with the task of detoxification it will often wake us between these hours. It has been noted anecdotally for many years that people with liver detoxification problems wake in the morning with headaches and also experience nightmares that disturb sleep.

Testing – It is usually possible to eliminate headaches purely through adopting appropriate eating and lifestyle habits. Sometimes, simple laboratory testing to identify imbalances in the three body systems may be required.