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Howard L CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 52 Timonium, Maryland Gender:	Food triggers May 29^th, 2010 at 10:29am I know everyone is different, but I was wondering if certain foods or drinks tend to trigger attacks more then others.
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Food triggers Reply #1 - May 29^th, 2010 at 10:53am Booze = no no.
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Howard L CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 52 Timonium, Maryland Gender:	Re: Food triggers Reply #2 - May 29^th, 2010 at 10:58am I should have automatically excluded that Brew. I gave up trying to have a drink a couple of years back.....thanks
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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: Food triggers Reply #3 - May 29^th, 2010 at 11:29am I have not found any food to be triggers, however, letting myself get really hungry while in cycle is just as bad as drinking alcohol for me. Joe
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Re: Food triggers
Reply #4 - May 29^th, 2010 at 11:34am

We bat this question around here from time to time but nothing seems to stick except for alcohol, and that when you are in an active period.

The single exception to alcohol was a study out of Europe, some years ago, which identified distilled spirits and red wine as triggers--but not white wine. A couple of folks, here, have confirmed this has been their experience.

Much of the food material comes from the migraine crowd where, I gather, this may be more important.

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Howard L CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 52 Timonium, Maryland Gender:	Re: Food triggers Reply #5 - May 29^th, 2010 at 11:46am Thanks guys!!
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Re: Food triggers
Reply #6 - May 29^th, 2010 at 6:09pm

I'm allergic to some things and eating those are a trigger for me, but I'm certain the issue is the allergy & not the food per se. Sulfates (like on non organic grapes and wine, and certain antibiotics) and wheat (even in minute amounts like caramel coloring or modified food starch) are both triggers for me. Organic wine seems to be fine.

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AgentOrange Ex Member	Re: Food triggers Reply #7 - Jun 3^rd, 2010 at 11:51am chocolate! hostess cupcakes, candy bars but chocolate milk and icecream are okay for me but the hostess cupcakes are evil
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Re: Food triggers
Reply #8 - Jun 3^rd, 2010 at 11:54am

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chocolate!

hostess cupcakes, candy bars

but chocolate milk and icecream are okay for me

but the hostess cupcakes are evil

Don't necessarily assume that it's the chocolate in the cupcakes that triggers an attack. There's very little chocolate in a Hostess cupcake. There IS a whole lot of other crap.

But they are delicious, aren't they? Wink

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-johnny- CH.com Sponsor Offline theres no smoking on the dock Posts: 1642 fayette county ohio Gender:	Re: Food triggers Reply #9 - Jun 3^rd, 2010 at 12:03pm -MSGs (Chinese food) -nitrates (hot dogs sausage) -beer -chocolate
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Skull Buster CH.com Junior Offline WARNING: Easily amused Posts: 59 birmingham AL Gender:	Re: Food triggers Reply #10 - Jun 6^th, 2010 at 2:30am artificial sweeteners I "Think" caused one of mine a couple weeks ago. It was bad enough that I will never drink sweet n low while I'm in cycle again. And yes. one sip of beer for me is suicide
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Food triggers Reply #11 - Jun 6^th, 2010 at 8:20am Quote: artificial sweeteners I "Think" caused one of mine a couple weeks ago. This is why I can't drink sugar-free energy drinks while in cycle.
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maalstroom CH.com Old Timer Offline ''Dance to my tune''.... the hell I will! Posts: 491 the Netherlands Gender:	Re: Food triggers Reply #12 - Jun 6^th, 2010 at 12:42pm I find that when in cycle, I cannot touch any Middle Eastern food. Probably fue to the spices it contains. But that is a certain trigger to a mother of a hit every time.
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Chad CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 738 Emmaus, PA Gender:	Re: Food triggers Reply #13 - Jun 7^th, 2010 at 7:21am Alcohol, nicotine, nitrates, smelly perfume, petroleum products.
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Chad CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 738 Emmaus, PA Gender:	Re: Food triggers Reply #14 - Jun 7^th, 2010 at 7:22am Quote: chocolate! hostess cupcakes, candy bars but chocolate milk and icecream are okay for me but the hostess cupcakes are evil If you ever get to PA, try any of the Tastycakes. Bad as heck for you, but good
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davidj35 CH.com Veteran Offline 02 is my best friend Posts: 151 x0\|LaGrange\|USA\|\|0\|0\|NY,New_York Gender:	Re: Food triggers Reply #15 - Jun 9^th, 2010 at 3:34pm Really strong cheap perfume. I had to get up at a lunch the other day and move seats, my eye started twitching and my nose started running.
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Re: Food triggers
Reply #16 - Jun 16^th, 2010 at 2:08am

Guiseppi wrote on May 29^th, 2010 at 11:29am:

I have not found any food to be triggers, however, letting myself get really hungry while in cycle is just as bad as drinking alcohol for me.

Joe

This is true for me too! I firmly believe timing is everything whilst enduring and hopefully quelling another cycle. Sleeping, Eating and supplementing with melatonin and other vitamins are all things I try to do at the same time each day. And for me, this has helped immensely

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wimsey1 CH.com Alumnus Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 2457 MA Gender:	Re: Food triggers Reply #17 - Jun 16^th, 2010 at 8:41am I think food triggers are individualized to the clusterhead. For me, ice cream (almost always chocolate, but I think its the brain freeze that can kick one off) and licorice. Funny how these things work.
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