Foods to avoid from a migraine doc in Phoenix

Non-Pharmacological Treatment Diet
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This is a list of foods to avoid if you suffer from Migraine: This is part of the doctors step by step diet. You remove all of these and slowly add them to see if you have symptoms. He believes it is relevant for vertiginous migraine although original diet was for headache.

AVOID:
Aged Cheeses such as cheddar, emmentaler, gruyere, brie swiss, camembert, etc.
Vinegar (except pure white vinegar, 100% acetic acid)
Anything pickled, fermented or marinated
Sour cream, yogurt
Nuts, peanut butter, seeds and related oils (e.g. sunflower, sesame etc)
Hot, fresh raised breads (reheated or toasted is permitted)
Legumes, such as lima, navy and pinto beans, garbanzos, peas and soy products.
Pizza
Avocado
Fermented meats (processed meats such as bologna, salami, pepperoni, summer sausage, hot dogs, bacon and ham)
Chicken livers
Beer and wine
All other alcoholic beverages
Chocolate and cola beverages
Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
Onion, garlic, leeks
Citric Acid (citrus fruits, soft drinks, etc)
Bananas
Raisins
Tomato
Watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew melon
Tartrazine (yellow dye #5)
Benzoic acid
Aspartame
Tea, coffee, and cola beverages (caffeine)
Red dye and others could be possible triggers

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Hi – good list but depressing too – everything it tastes great. Just about everything in it sets me off, some more than others.

S 8)

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I am slowley figuring out the same thing. Had Pizza and the next day BAM. Massive Vertigo. The toughest is obviously MSG as it is well disguised within food. I have a list of secret MSG names i will look for.

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Wild!

I’m pretty sure that my doc okayed melons, tomato, and garlic. I haven’t noticed problems with them. This said, garlic can get old quickly, and many tomato products include citric acid, not to mention onion &c.

Much of the rest of the list looks familiar. I didn’t notice malt, though, or olives, eggplant, figs, dates, apricots . . . buncha good stuff I stopped eating on his advice.