Headache specialists have drafted a diet for the headache patients whose pain may be triggered by something which they eat.

Avoid the following:

• Ripened cheeses (Permissible cheeses: American, cottage, cream, and Velveeta)
• Herring
• Chocolate
• Vinegar (except white vinegar)
• Fermented, pickled or marinated foods
• Sour cream, yogurt
• Nuts, Peanut Butter
• Hot fresh breads, raised coffeecakes, and doughnuts
• Pods of broad beans (Lima, navy, and pea pods)
• Any foods containing large amounts of monosodium glutamate (as in Chinese foods)
• Onions
• Canned figs
• Citrus foods (no more than one orange per day)
• Bananas (no more than one half banana per day)
• Pizza
• Pork (no more than two to three times per week)
• Excessive tea, coffee, and cola beverages (no more than four cups per day)
• Avocado
• Fermented sausage (bologna, salami, pepperoni, summer sausage, and HOT DOGS)
• Chicken livers
• All alcoholic beverages (If you must drink, take no more than two normal sized drinks. Suggested drinks include: Sauterne and Riesling wines, Seagram's VO, Cutty Sark, and vodka)