Originally Posted by PTravel
Chocolates are, for many people, migraine triggers. Other foods to watch out for:
Dairy products of any kind, but particularly cheese.
Nuts.
Red wine (the tannin is the problem).
Don't forget about
:
Cured/smoked meats
Nutrasweet (lots of people don't realize this might be a trigger and continue to drink diet soda while having migraines)
MSG - still in lots of foods, especially Chinese food.
Originally Posted by PTravel
For me lack of sleep can trigger one, as can too much sleep (go figure
). I don't get them from stress, but from a sudden release at stress, a phenomena which has been documented as "Saturday migraines".
I need Goldilocks sleep, too. Not too little, not too much. This is why migraines are a problem for me while travelling. Until recently, I was completely unable to sleep on planes. Even in Raffles Class on SQ flying SFO-HKG for 12 hours! I then get off my sleep cycle at my destination and run a sleep deficit for a few days until I catch up. Nothing like 4 straight days of migraines after arriving in China!