Become migraine Free: Find Your Triggers

Most migraineurs have some triggers that initiate a migraine. It is imperative for migraineurs to find their triggers in order to minimize the frequency of migraines. Keeping a migraine diary is the key to a successful trigger elimination program. Migraineurs are easily disturbed, and they are very sensitive to light, noise, temperature changes, and weather/barometric pressure changes.

Top reported migraine triggers are:

Changes in sleeping patterns.
Chocolate.
Whether changes: hot, sunny, high pressure or cold, cloudy, foggy with drizzle.
Coffee.
Sun glare: use tinted sunglasses to avoid this trigger.
Red wine.
Aged cheese.

physical Triggers:

stress and heavy exercise.

whether: heat or cold. Also high atmospheric pressure or bad whether when it rains with dark sky.

emotional: e.g. relationship related problems.

hormonal: high levels of the female hormone estrogen may trigger migraines. Try the natural Tuliv product to balance your hormones.

stomach problems: heartburn may trigger migraines, so treat your stomach problems to avoid more migraines.

Food Triggers:

An elimination diet may be the right strategy. Remember the list is exhaustive, so do not starve yourself hoping you will be migraine-free. Some migraineurs don’t even have food triggers.

chocolate: not everybody's trigger, but seems to be most people's trigger.

stimulants: coffee and tea.

alcohol and cigarettes.

artificial flavourings and sweeteners: aspartame is one of most used artificial flavour enhancers in industry, and it is a migraine trigger. Watch out for all foods that contains artificial flavours added.

dairy products.

corn.

eggs.

Monosodium Glutamate (MSG): It is found in Chinese foods, Knorr, and other seasonings.

aged cheese. (cream cheese is ok).

Tyramine: It is an amino acid that results when food ages. Examples include Tofu, aged cheese, soy sauce, sauerkraut, aged cheese, salami, pickles, olives, nuts, and generally any aged food.