Migraine Trigger Foods

This is a comprehensive list of the most common migraine trigger foods.  Not everyone is sensitive to everything on the list, but this list is a good place to start investigating which ones you are sensitive to.

Aged cheeses (cheddar, blue, brie, hard and moldy)

Alcohol

Apple juice and cider

Artificial sweeteners - Aspartame, Sucralose

Avocados

Bacon

Balsamic vinegar

Beans - string, navy, kidney, lima

Beer

Caffeine - although used to enhance some pain medicines, too much caffeine will trigger a migraine

Chili peppers - sometimes used in research to trigger migraines

Chocolate

Chocolate

Chocolate

Citrus fruits Aged cheeses (cheddar, blue, brie, hard and moldy) Alcohol Apple juice and cider Artificial sweeteners - Aspartame, Sucralose Avocados Bacon Balsamic vinegar Beans - string, navy, kidney, lima Beer Caffeine - although used to enhance some pain medicines, too much caffeine will trigger a migraine Chili peppers - sometimes used in research to trigger migraines Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Citrus fruits Cocoa Coffee Corned beef Cured meats Cured, smoked, pickled, canned foods Deli meat Dried fruit - prunes, figs, apricots Ham Hot dogs Hydrolyzed or autolyzed yeast Hydrolyzed plant protein (HPP) Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) Jerky Kombu extract (often used in Japanese foods) Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) Nitrates Nitrites Nuts Olives Overripe bananas Pepperoni Phenylethylamine Pickled foods Pork Processed meats Red plums Red skinned apples and pears Red vinegar Red wine Red wine Salami Sausages Sausages Sherry Sodium caseinate Soy based foods Sulfite containing foods Tannin containing foods Tea Tyramine containing foods Vermouth Yeast breads Yeast extract

Cocoa

Coffee

Corned beef

Cured meats

Cured, smoked, pickled, canned foods

Deli meat

Dried fruit - prunes, figs, apricots

Ham

Hot dogs

Hydrolyzed or autolyzed yeast

Hydrolyzed plant protein (HPP)

Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP)

Jerky

Kombu extract (often used in Japanese foods)

Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)

Nitrates

Nitrites

Nuts

Olives

Overripe bananas

Pepperoni

Phenylethylamine

Pickled foods

Pork

Processed meats

Red plums

Red skinned apples and pears

Red vinegar

Red wine

Red wine

Salami

Sausages

Sausages

Sherry

Sodium caseinate

Soy based foods

Sulfite containing foods

Tannin containing foods

Tea

Tyramine containing foods

Vermouth

Yeast breads

Yeast extract