deb mcdonald healthstyles - Can you identify with the following scenario? It's mid-afternoon at the office and suddenly you develop a craving for something sweet. During your break, you purchase a chocolate bar or two to take back to your desk. About an hour or so later, you see flashing lights and colours that forewarn you of a pending migraine attack! Did the chocolate bring on your migraine or was your craving for chocoldte merely an early symptom of trouble brewing ahead? Despite more than three decades of research and intense investigation, questions like these are still baffling professionals. To complicate the issue is "that some chemicals, such as MSG and nitrite, can be culprits in triggering bad headaches in individuals not susceptible to migraines. Cluster headache sufferers are also vulnerable to food triggers, particularly alcohol. As well even some sufferers are sensitive to cold temperature food or drink. But most experts treating migraine agree that what patients put in 'their mouths may influence the date of their next attack. Along with regular exercise, adequate sleep and stress reduction, diet management is a proven strategy for headache prevention. "The condition tends to run in families and features a pulsing one-- sided headache and vomiting! In some cases its preceded by visual disturbances called "aura". Migraine sufferers on the average experience about a dozen attacks per year. Diet is one of the potential triggers, as well as stress, weather, hormone levels,lack of sleep, noise and light. Women make up the majority of sufferers. So just how important is diet? Food will trigger the . occasional headache in most sufferers. And when alcohol is included, diet becomes one of the most common triggers. The list of potential dietary migraine triggers includes cheese, cured meats, chocolates, citrus fruits, nuts and alcohol. 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