Have you ever considered the possibility that what you eat is actually causing or at least contributing to, your tinnitus? Surprising as it may be, it turns out that for at least some people, their ringing ears are due to food allergies. Let me explain.

A surprising number of people have both food allergies and tinnitus. Many of these people find that when they eliminate the food they are allergic to, their ringing ears get better. One theory for why this happens is that the food allergy causes chronic inflammation in the ear or auditory canal. And inflamation in this area can cause or worsen tinnitus.

What Foods Can Cause This?

Presumably any food that causes a negative reaction in your body could cause ringing in ears. But there are several common foods that are known to cause allergic reactions in many people and could be associated with your ringing ears. They include:

• Wheat
• Milk
• Eggs
• Peanuts
• Soy products

There's a very good chance that most, if not all of these foods are part of your diet. And since many food allergies are unrecognized, there's a reasonable chance that you are allergic to at least one of these. It's worth doing a little investigating to see if you might be affected.

What to Do

So how do you figure out if one of these foods is causing or worsening your tinnitus? It's actually pretty easy. Start keeping a log of the severity of your ringing in ears. Then choose one of these foods and cut it out of your diet for a few weeks. After a few weeks, take a look at your log and see if the symptoms were reduced when you cut out that food.

If your tinnitus symptoms seems to improve when you cut out a particular food, you may well be allergic to that food. Even if you're not allergic, that food seems to be somehow involved in your tinnitus, so do everything you can to eliminate it from your diet completely. Once you've done that, start the experiment again with another of the foods and see what happens.