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Migraine Trigger Foods By Joy Bauer, M.S., R.D., C.D.N. - Posted Wed, Apr 11, 2007, 10:16 am PDT

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  • 16. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Apr 12, 2007, 10:16 am PDT

    I get migrans alot and i have told my friends that they are caused from dirrerent foods and they just lauphed at me. this page helped alot.

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  • 17. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Apr 12, 2007, 10:31 am PDT

    Being around too many happy people or too many negative people give me a migraine.

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  • 18. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Apr 12, 2007, 10:52 am PDT

    is hydrolyzed vegetable protein the sam or similar to texturized vegetable protein? what are some of the benefits or side effects of hvp? and can it be bought and consumed in the same medium as tvp?

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  • 19. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Apr 12, 2007, 4:45 pm PDT

    Thank you. It would be useful if you could list foods NOT considered trigger foods. I'm not sure what to eat. Thanks

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  • 20. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Apr 12, 2007, 8:02 pm PDT

    It was true what i have think and experienced when i drink alcohol with my friends that it cause dehydration when i got drunk after i read your article, is it possible it will destroy my liver, what possible precautions would i do? to avoid and prevent this to happen.

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  • 21. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Apr 12, 2007, 8:53 pm PDT

    I also get migraines when I eat raw onions, so I stay away form them; another food that causes me to get them is american cheese but I found out that I can eat swiss or mozzerella cheese from the cheese n butter section at the grocery store.

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  • 22. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Apr 12, 2007, 9:54 pm PDT

    I find that some foods on the list (MSG, aged cheddar cheese, aspertame and others) will bring on a headache after eating just a small quantity. I can have others in limited quantities (bacon, chocolate, wine, beer) on days when I am well rested and feeling well otherwise and they don't bother me but the same items can trigger a migraine if I'm tired. I find that staying on a regular schedule for sleep, meals, times of day when I drink caffeine (and the same quantity every day) really helps. I also drink lots of water. Other (non-food)triggers for me include some scents, like strong perfumes, scented candles and lotions, bleach and some others so I avoid using those items. I also find that I often have migraines on days when a strong weather front comes through ...don't know how to control that one!

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  • 23. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Apr 13, 2007, 2:48 am PDT

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  • 24. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Apr 13, 2007, 3:16 am PDT

    Thank you for tis informtion ilearned something new amd i am watching out.

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  • 25. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Apr 13, 2007, 10:35 am PDT

    All of the foods that you listed are triggers for me. I cannot eat cheese which I love and chocolate. The change in barametric pressure is a huge trigger also. Whenever there is a storm coming, I get one. Is there any kind of vitamin or supplement I can take to ward off these food sensitivities? The drug Relpax has helped me tremendously so I am not in bed for days. I can't believe there are so many insensitive people out there that don't understand migraine attacks. I lost my job last year because of all of the migraines I was getting. Since there is no warning and sometimes they come in the middle of the night, I had to miss work. I won't say where I worked but it is a huge corporation. I do believe in karma, so there.

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  • 26. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Apr 13, 2007, 10:43 am PDT

    i had migrains from 19 until 68 . they stopped after i got a migrain menu. No onions baked beans,cabbage, were one thing I really loved. cooked apples only,Anyway , I gave up allot of that stuff and i'll soon be 76. Hope they never come back.I would have them sometimes twice a week and be so sick. hospital stays quite often.

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  • 27. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Apr 13, 2007, 12:57 pm PDT

    Great..I've been getting migraines a lot lately and my whole lunch was just about everything on this list. Maybe THAT's my problem, since my Dr. and I can't seem to find anything else.

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  • 28. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Apr 13, 2007, 1:04 pm PDT

    if all of the above triggers headaches then what's left left to eat or drink. you know not eating also gives you a headache.

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  • 29. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Apr 13, 2007, 2:43 pm PDT

    28: you may not be sensitive to everything that she listed. maybe it's just one or two items. remove them one at a time to find out which one causes your migraine instead of giving all of it up.

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  • 30. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Apr 13, 2007, 7:30 pm PDT

    what is then good for migraine since everything seems to be bad?

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