Avoiding some of the common food and drink triggers
may help prevent migraine attacks, especially during times of increased
vulnerability. If you are experiencing frequent migraine attacks or
other migraine triggers, such as stress or menstruation, then
controlling migraine food and drink triggers can sometimes help you
avoid or decrease the severity of an attack.
Beverages
Carob, chocolate, or cocoa Diet drinks (all contain aspartame) Energy drinks Flavored coffee/creamers Lemon/lime sodas Liqueurs Malt beverages Sherry Sports drinks with fruit triggers Tea—all varieties Wine or beer (including those that are alcohol-free)
Breads and cereals
All containing butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), yeast extracts, or other additives Croutons (unless additive-free) Doughnuts (unless additive-free) Sour dough breads Stuffing mixes
Dairy products
Desserts
Fruit
Meats and fish
Any meat or fish that contains tenderizer, soy sauce, soy products, nitrates, or yeast extracts. Anchovies Caviar Corned beef Dried game meat Dried or canned ham Dried/salted fish Hot dogs Liver Meat extracts Packaged meats Pepperoni or salami Pickled herring Sardines Sausage (fermented, containing nitrates and/or nitrites) Snails Tuna containing vegetable broth Cured, fermented, pickled, or processed, smoked meats
Nuts and seeds and their oils
All nuts Caraway seeds/oil Flax seeds/oil Peanut butter Peanuts/oil Poppy seeds/oil Pumpkin seeds/oil Sesame seeds/oil Sunflower seeds/oil
Sauces, soups, and gravies
All bouillon cubes and soups All broth (except homemade) All canned and bottled gravies All canned and bottled soups All bottled sauces with monosodium glutamate Sauces such as sweet and sour, worcestershire, soy, and teriyaki sauce Ramen noodles Wine vinegar
Vegetables
Food additives
Aspartame Autolyzed yeast Beef flavoring Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) Buylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) Carrageenan Caseinate Corn starch or modified corn starch Flavor(s) or flavoring(s) Gelatin Glutamate or glutamic acid Guar gum Hydrolyzed plant protein (HPP) Hydrolyzed soy protein Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) Kombu extract Malt: barley/extract/flavoring Maltoxdextran Modified food starch Monosodium glutamate (MSG) Natural flavoring Seasoned salts (unless contain spices without additives) Soy or soy products Soy lecithin Sulfites Smoke flavoring Seasoning(s)/salts Tenderizer Whey or whey protein Vegetable oil with soy Yeast extract
Packaged food
Prepackaged food
usually contains additives but not always. Check mints, toothpaste,
sugarless gum, and any food with “sugarless” on the label, medications,
and all diet and “low” fat foods for aspartame. Additives are often
found in make-up, lipstick, and lotions as well.
The following packaged food may contain additives:Commercial salad dressings and mayonnaise Flavored potato chips Frozen foods (lunch or dinner entrees) Health bars and drinks Multivitamins Packaged or frozen meals Pizza (commercial) Pickled, preserved, or marinated food Protein powders (unless rice or egg protein only) Weight loss powders Weight loss prepared foods and supplements Bottled sauces (with aspartame, MSG, soy)
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