Foods that trigger migraines?

Mine are triggered by blue cheese, red dyed hotdogs, and red wine.

Popular food triggers are caffeine, cheese and other fermented foods (like soy), alcohol especially red wine, some additives and cold foods.

But more often than not they're caused by not enough food. I get ocular migraines in the flickering light at work. but always just before lunch when my tummy's rumbling. More snackage!

Artificial sweeteners, chocolate, aged cheeses, avacados (of all things!)

migraine's are the worst, and of course they run in my family (several family members take medication for them)

i havent really noticed any particular type of food that triggers it, except for chocolate - if i eat too much.

certain smells will give me a migraine too.

I feel your pain! It used to bug me so much when people would tell me they had a "migraine" and then work the rest of the day or continue on their merry way. For 5 years, I got migraines so bad, I was convinced I was having strokes. I would lose the use of my hands, couldn't form sentences or thoughts that made sense, and once I completely forgot my fiance's name. Then the pain and vomiting would come, and I would be in bed for an entire day.

Doctors kept suggesting I cut out coffee, wine, chocolate, bread - basically everything, and nothing worked. Finally I saw a neurologist (one of many) who suggested I stop taking birth control. I listened, and now I've gone 5 months without one of these nightmares.

Your trigger may still be food, but if birth control is something that no one suggested or you haven't considered, I would look into it. Best of luck.

I think triggers are slightly different for every one, depending on what they are most sensitive too. The Dr recomended I keep a food journal and track what I ate as well as when the migraine hit. This way we could evaluate what might be my triggers.
I get hormonal ones, but I am also affected by certain cheeses (older strong type cheeses), too much caffeine, chocolate (some, not all.....i could eat milk chocolate by the truckfull i think lol), Red wine, Grape juice(purple not white) and cooked blueberries (fresh are not a problem...odd i think).
Certain scents affect me as well.
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Mine seem to be from sugar, caffeine, and seafood (even just the smell gives me migraines). I have a lot of smell-based triggers, I think.

I went through a spell where I was getting migraines at least 2 x's a week. So I was basically out of commission for 4 days - 1 with the migraine and the next day recovering. I had the same thing, sensitivity to light, dark, noise, quiet, smells, there was vomiting and dizziness involved. Anyway, I still get them, but only about one a month now. Mine pretty much went away when I had my daughter, so we're assuming they were hormone related. But I can tell you that there are 2 definite triggers for me now - pepperoni and too much artificial sweetner. I know these 2 items will assure me a viscious migraine. I tend to only use artificial sweetner occassionally now - which sucks when your dieting. And I stay clear of pepperoni altogether. Good luck finding your triggers. They seem to be different for everyone.