Trichy Nutrition Food Ingredients Cheat Sheet

Learn which common food ingredients could be making your hair pulling worse.

If you're living with Trichotillomania or another body-focused repetitive behaviour (BFRB), the foods you eat may be influencing your urges more than you realise. This practical 2-page Food Ingredients Cheat Sheet highlights some of the most common ingredients found in packaged foods that may contribute to increased hair pulling, anxiety, mood changes, restlessness, headaches, poor sleep and other symptoms.

Created by Clinical Nutritionist Laura Schulz, this easy-to-use guide helps you identify ingredients such as MSG, artificial food dyes, preservatives, added sugars, caffeine, alcohol and processed white foods, along with tips for reading food labels and recognising hidden ingredient names. It also includes guidance on keeping a simple food and symptom diary so you can begin identifying your own personal food triggers.

Inside you'll discover:

• Hidden food additives that may increase urges to pull

• Common names for MSG, preservatives and artificial food dyes

• Foods that may contribute to anxiety, irritability, headaches and poor sleep

• Practical tips for reducing exposure to common dietary triggers

• A simple strategy to track food, symptoms and hair pulling patterns

This cheat sheet is the perfect starting point for anyone wanting to better understand the connection between nutrition, gut health and Trichotillomania. While food is rarely the only cause of hair pulling, identifying and reducing common triggers can be an important step towards reducing the frequency and intensity of urges as part of a comprehensive recovery plan.