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mathieulives CH.com Junior Offline Posts: 57 San Francisco, CA Gender:	Food List Dec 13^th, 2008 at 11:21pm I know the basics: alcohol, tobacco, nitrates, nuts, dairy - but is there a comprehensive list of foods to avoid? Thx.
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Rolomatic Ex Member	Re: Food List Reply #1 - Dec 13^th, 2008 at 11:55pm Well I would say tofu would be top on the list. MSG and strawberries for me. I started a triggers thread and there are a lot of good responses there. Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or Roland.
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Re: Food List
Reply #2 - Dec 14^th, 2008 at 12:57am

Triggers tend to be really individual. Like stress. For some as soon as they relax they get hit, they always try to stay stressed to avoid hits. For me, sustained stress is a trigger! 30 years of these and my only known triggers, while on cycle, are alcohol, getting really really hungry, significant disruptions of my sleep cycles, and sustained stress.

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MJ CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 1205 x1\|\|USA\|usa\|299\|85\|MN Gender:	Re: Food List Reply #3 - Dec 14^th, 2008 at 1:00am Tobacco, nuts, dairy are no problem for me. Nitrates are questionable. Grapefruit and grapefruit juice are a problem for me. There is no comprehensive food list for CH. what affects one doesnt affect another and the next time what one thought affects them doesnt. Most of us are pretty certain one thing or another sets us off though.
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MJ CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 1205 x1\|\|USA\|usa\|299\|85\|MN Gender:	Re: Food List Reply #4 - Dec 14^th, 2008 at 1:03am Guiseppi wrote on Dec 14^th, 2008 at 12:57am: alcohol, getting really really hungry, significant disruptions of my sleep cycles, . Guiseppi That too. Stress though is a great abortive for me.
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Linda_Howell CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Do not feed the Moderators Posts: 11927 Santa Maria, Ca. Gender:	Re: Food List Reply #5 - Dec 14^th, 2008 at 1:05am Chronic for more than 21 years. Never had any food trigger me.
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Re: Food List
Reply #6 - Dec 14^th, 2008 at 4:42pm

As Guiseppi said, triggers seem very individual and there is no set standard.
I hear a lot about cheese and MSG being major triggers, but neither cheese nor for instance Chinese foods have ever brought forth or worsened a hit for me.
I can tell you however which are certain to me, maybe it is of any help for you: Lebanese, Israelian, Egyptian, Turkish such as Döner Kebab, Shoarma, Gyros and many many more of those otherwise wonderful dishes (I loves me some Middle Eastern food).

Besides food there is strong odours as dissolvents/perfumes/deodorants, any alcohol, daylight/sun. But those are mine, shouldn't mean they are yours too.
Try to find out which are, and maybe post it here so someone else might be helped.

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Re: Food List
Reply #7 - Jan 1^st, 2009 at 12:53am

Hey, MSG in Chinese food definitely did it for me. HOWEVER, not all Chinese resturants use MSG in their food, so perhaps you had Chinese Food from a resturant that didn't use it. I've been able to ask resturants if they use it in their food and in most cases they know exactly what I'm talking about.

Oh one other thing, it's not just Chinese food, you just have to ask around. My last cluster was in May of 2008 and it wasn't until I went to my doctor and told him that I always got a headache after eating Chinese Food from this one resturant and he immediately yelled MSG!!! So I cut out MSG (or high doses of it) and I've been fine since. Let me know if monitoring your MSG intake give you any luck.

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Re: Food List
Reply #8 - Jan 1^st, 2009 at 10:15am

The best way to find out your food triggers, if there are any, is to eat normally and keep a headache/diet diary. If you're constantly afraid that some kind of food might bring about an attack, that stress might contribute to you getting an attack.

Like it has been said before, food triggers are very specific for each one of us. The migraine food list is very unnecessarily restrictive and it's pointless to avoid all of those, in my opinion.

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Re: Food List
Reply #9 - Jan 1^st, 2009 at 11:23pm

I think triggers are overrated. They don't CAUSE a hit for me, but perhaps bring it on sooner. But how can you really tell, eh?

Chinese food seems to be a stressor for me.

So do a few beers, especially if imbibed at a noisy, smoky bar.

Coffee seems to be an postponer, and will usually get me through a workday. It is not unusual to get a hit as the caffiene wears off, but I'm home and can deal with the beast.

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