Years ago I tempered my morning coffee by adding herbal coffee to the mixture. I figured the herbal stuff has got to be healthier than the regular & decaf coffee grounds I was using. It is caffeine-free, and even gluten-free (didn't know coffee had gluten). Even though I was cutting my caffeine intake way down, I was still getting a lot of headaches over time, and I started to notice I was feeling particularly headache-y after my morning brew. So, I checked the label of the herbal coffee. Ingredients: roasted carob, barley, chicory root, almonds, dates, natural coffee flavor, and figs. Yikes! This brew is chock full of foods on the "headache list;" foods that contain Tyramine and are known headache triggers. Sigh...I guess I'll have to go with herbal tea. But I have to be carefull there too. Many of the teas out there contain chicory & nuts. Citrus too is a trigger (which I'll get to in another blog post). That leaves mint tea as a safe option, so that's where I turned. Believe me, it takes a lot of determination (to not have a headache) to go to The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf or Starbuck's and only order herbal mint tea...
