Some Foods that Trigger Migraine Headaches

Another friend suffered with migraines so bad she said she would have to hit the bed with them. Know what the culprit was? What most of us love to snack on,cheese.

Another friend just told me she couldn't eat chocolate. And it doesn't take a whole meal to give you a headache either. She said she started to eat a bag of chocolate M&MS, and before she finished her head was hurting. Coincidence, or is chocolate one of the foods that trigger migraine headaches?

And still yet another.

You know that for years Aspartame has never been linked to anything healthy, although some diet soda buffs will religiously dispute that their drinks couldn't be linked to their headaches and migraines.

Although it's never been proved that aspartame has given anyone a headache, the FDA has received so many reports from consumers that made the connection that it can't be ignored.

Since you won't find anything in this site that will tell you to do one thing that may give you a headache, we couldn't tell you in good faith that diet drinks won't harm you. As the sign says, your sweet enough.

Let us emphasizes here that with over three hundred reasons why you can get a headache, foods that trigger migraine headache may be low on the token pole.

But can you as a migraine headache sufferer take that chance?

This is a simple cost efficient way to find out if your eating foods that trigger migraine headaches. Heck, it really doesn't cost you a dime, but it could cost you your pain if this may be the big IT.

Not all are going to benefit from eliminating foods from their diet, and you know that.

But around twenty percent of migraine sufferers have sensitivity to a specific food, or foods that trigger migraine headaches.

That's twenty out of every hundred migraine sufferers that could have migraine relief by "shall we say" taking the bull by the horns. Are you one out of that twenty? Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Most of the foods and beverages by themselves are all right to consume, but its the substances that are put in them that can give/trigger your headache/migraine.

And the foods that I am going to give you have a sufficient quantity of these substances to trigger your headaches if you have a sensitivity to them, and have a proven track record of triggering migraines and headaches.

These substances are aspartame, tyramine, monosodium glutamate, alcohol, and phenylethylamine. Even hard to pronounce, aren't they?

We'll break this down into groups so as not to confuse you. If you eat these foods, or drink one of these beverages, give this some thought.

Here are foods that trigger migraine headaches.

Beverages: LIMIT coffee, tea, or caffeine sodas to two cups a day. AVOID: Hot chocolate, chocolate milk, buttermilk, alcoholic beverages, wine, ale, beer, and diet soda containing aspartame.

Meat: AVOID: Bologna, sausage, pepperoni, frankfurters "weenies" , chicken livers, pork, and any aged, canned, cured, or processed meats. Also, meats containing nitrates, meats prepared with tenderizers, yeast extracts, pickled herring, and marinated meats.

Bread: AVOID: Homemade yeast breads (yummy), fresh coffee cake, doughnuts, sourdough bread, and any bread that contains peanuts, chocolate, or other items on the avoid list.

Moving on to the fruit on the foods that trigger migraine headaches list are:

LIMIT: Bananas to 1/2 a day, and oranges, lemon, lime, pineapple, grapes, and grapefruits to 1/2 cup a day. AVOID: Raisins, papaya, red plums, canned figs, avocado, and passion fruit.

Going on to vegetables:

AVOID: Italian broad beans, fava and lima beans, onions, sauerkraut, and pea pods.

Desserts to AVOID: Desserts with chocolate or fresh yeast raised desserts.

Also AVOID: These miscellaneous foods that have these substances in them. Peanuts, peanut butter, chocolate, soy sauce, frozen dinners, (all eat these) canned soups, flavored salts, soup cubs, brewer's yeast, aspartame, meat tenderizers, and any foods that contain (MSG) monosodium glutamate.

It may be a time consuming job to find some foods without these substances. But some stand out.

We hope that by following the foods that trigger migraine headaches, and keeping a close eye out you may strike gold.

Let's go for a pain free day. All the best

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