Are There Any Foods That Could Trigger Migraine?

A wide variety of foods, drugs, environmental cues, and personal events are known to trigger migraines. It is not known how most triggers set off the events of migraine, nor why individual migraine sufferers are affected by particular triggers but not others.

Common food triggers include:

cheese
alcohol
caffeine products, and caffeine withdrawal
chocolate
intensely sweet foods
dairy products
fermented or pickled foods
citrus fruits
nuts
processed foods, especially those containing nitrites, sulfites, or monosodium glutamate (msg)

Environmental and event-related triggers include:

stress or time pressure
menstrual periods, menopause
sleep changes or disturbances, oversleeping
prolonged overexertion or uncomfortable posture
hunger or fasting
odors, smoke, or perfume
strong glare or flashing lights

If you're a migraine sufferer, here's a list of suggested foods to avoid but not all of these foods trigger headaches in all migraine..

--ripened cheeses (cheddar)
--chocolate
--Anything fermented, pickled or marinated
--Nuts, peanut butter
--Foods containing monosodium glutamate (MSG); soy sauce
--raisins, papayas, avocados
--Pizza
--Excessive amount of tea, coffee, or cola beverages (no more than 2 cups daily)
--Chicken liver
--Of course, Alcoholic beverages and smoking if you have with this habits..

Not all of these foods trigger migraines ok..But they are the more common according to many nutritionists..

Both my mother and i suffer from them . My mothers trigger is the smell of oranges, she can eat them and drink the juice as long as she doesnt smell them .My trigger is cheese and orange drinks such as fanta, orange mineral water etc, by the time ive finished the glass i have one guaranteed .Red and yellow drinks are fine,just the orange ones for some reason .

eat raw cabbage with saladm my brother got relief from this.if you can drink cabbage juice is also very nice.Take it as a medicine.

Caffeine can considerably add to the cause of migraines. I've read on a discussion that pizza had caused a migraine. So lots of grease and fat can definitely be a factor. I get a lot of migraines too, of course one is hitting me at the moment. If you want, you could try and keep track of everything that you eat every day. This way you may be able to pin point the cause judging by your food intake.

Hi rochelle
I'm sorry to hear this for migraines could be most nagging of pains! You will have to find out your own triggering food. For its relative and people having migraine have a shoot up due to variant food intake. So it large varies from person to person. My friend have severe bouts of migraine on eating cheese, butter, oily stuffs mostly and also some strong dloral perfumes do not work for him. My mom has severe headcahe on going out in sun, that could be another trigerring factor.

So, you should find out yours and try to avoid those categorically. Take care hon.

Good luck!

You take care.

Hi rochelleRN,


I am sorry you suffer from this awful migraine because I get migraines too. I think sometimes it maybe caused my cheese and red wine, it depends on the type of cheese, but if not I think you best bet is to go to your doctor though plays a part in getting a migraine because my husband stress me out sometimes and thats when I get a migraine.


Tamara

The best way for you to find out which foods may be triggering your migraines is to keep a diary of what you eat, and when you get migraines. If you do this for a month, you will get a pretty good idea of what foods may be triggering your migraines. Different foods are triggers for different people, so you need to learn which are triggers for you.