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Aged Cheese, Sour cream, Yogurt, Buttermilk
Citrus
Nuts
Legumes:
        Peas
        Beans
        Soy:
                Soy sauce
                Tofu
                Edamame
                Soy "Nutraceuticals" used instead of estrogen HRT
        Soy may hide in ingredients as texturized vegetable protein
Onions, Garlic, Pickled foods, Vinegar: Salad dressings, Ketchup, Relish
Bananas, Papayas, Pineapples, Figs, Avocados, Olives
Yeasty foods, like freshly baked bread
Intensely sweet foods
MSG  -  this may hide as the following:
                Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
                Hydrolyzed plant protein
                Natural flavoring
                Kombu extract

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Migraine Triggers

Triggers are not the cause of a migraine. It is most likely that migraines are an inherited condition in most people. If a careful three-generation family history is taken, a history of migraine can be found in at least one family member in 90% of migraine sufferers.The underlying inherited susceptibility to migraine, most likely genetic in basis, is felt to be the cause of migraine. Triggers are physiological or environmental stressors which serve to further lower the threshold of those already susceptible to migraine, making a headache happen more easily.

Food Triggers

Food triggers are those most commonly talked about - everyone has heard about them. But in truth, only about 25% of migraine
sufferers have any food triggers. Migraine food triggers are generally not food allergies. Migraine sufferers with various food triggers
have been tested for allergies to their offending foods, and no markers of allergy (IgE) have been found.