To Eat or Not to Eat? How to Identify Your Migraine Trigger Foods
Neurologist Sylvia Mohen, MD, explains common migraine trigger foods and how to identify your own trigger foods.
With all the talk about migraine trigger foods, it’s easy to ignore your eating behaviors. Before blaming your migraines on individual foods, make sure you're eating and hydrating regularly. That's because both low blood sugar and dehydration are major migraine triggers.
“Hypoglycemia or low blood sugar is a very common migraine trigger. For that reason, it's very important to eat regular meals if you're prone to migraines,” says Sylvia Mohen, MD, Neurologist in New York City. “Eat at regular intervals throughout the day so that you avoid periods where your blood sugar plummets.” Learn more about modifying your diet to manage migraines here.
- Sylvia Mohen, MDSylvia Mohen, MD, is a Neurologist at New York Neurology Associates, P.C.
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