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Foods Triggering Migraines

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• Re: Foods Triggering Migraines Michele 11:25:36 6/25/03 (0)
• Re: Foods Triggering Migraines (Archive.) Walt Stoll 08:09:03 6/25/03 (0)
• one of the worst geneva 22:03:09 6/24/03 (0)
• Re: Foods Triggering Migraines Ali 15:46:02 6/24/03 (0)
• Re: Foods Triggering Migraines Sugar 15:45:40 6/24/03 (0)
• quite a few ~CT 15:22:00 6/24/03 (0)

In Reply to: Foods Triggering Migraines posted by John on June 24, 2003 at 12:35:15:

Type this into a search engine:

headaches, migraines, vascular, food, triggers

You will get a few thousand hits. Coffee, cheese, wine, peanuts are a few that are common.

In Reply to: Foods Triggering Migraines posted by John on June 24, 2003 at 12:35:15:

Sugar, without a doubt triggers mine. When I cut sugar completely out I can have cheese and those other "bad" foods (bad, yeah, right). I can even tolerate a little red organic wine now that I have cut out sugar.

In Reply to: Foods Triggering Migraines posted by John on June 24, 2003 at 12:35:15:

A friend of mine figured out that oranges triggered migraines for
her.

In Reply to: Foods Triggering Migraines posted by John on June 24, 2003 at 12:35:15:

many migraine sufferers are sensitive to monosodium glutamate (also called MSG). When you start reading food labels you'll find it's used in many prepared foods --seasoned snacks like Doritos, Cheetos, many (but not all) canned soups, dips, seasoned packaged foods of all kinds.

My husband was miserable with migraines for years before learning of this connection. Other common foods can trigger migraines too, but MSG is one of the worst.

In Reply to: Foods Triggering Migraines posted by John on June 24, 2003 at 12:35:15:

Thanks,John.

Do not forget how to stop a migraine (or any vascular headache) in it's tracks. See the home page.

Walt

In Reply to: Foods Triggering Migraines posted by John on June 24, 2003 at 12:35:15:

There is a great book out that one of my clients told me about - it's called something like, "what md's don't tell you about migraines"...it's at barnes and nobles...
Hope that helps