In general, specific foods themselves aren’t considered migraine triggers, with the exception of two broad categories – alcohol, which is a well recognised trigger of migraine, and foods which contain nitrates. Nitrates are used in medicine to treat heart problems such as coronary heart disease, but are found in some foods as well. Cured meats and American hot dogs both contain nitrates and they’re fairly reliable triggers of migraine that have been well explored in research. After that, it’s quite difficult to label anything that we can give blanket advice about. Read more at Good Food.
