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[quote=Anonymous]I have had the worst migraines after consuming artificial sweeteners.

Of course, there is no way to objectively say exaclty what causes each migraine but one of my absolute worse migraines was after consuming artificially sweetened soda that I was offered (and drank a lot of) at a friend's house. I thought it was just regular soda and when I went in the kitchen to put my glass in the sink, I saw the bottle. I didn't think anything of it, because I wasn't sure of the connection yet.  After about an hour, the migraine hit me and it was epic, lasted 24-48 hours with all the worst symptoms including vomiting. I suspected the sweetener and thinking back, I remembered other times I had migraines after consuming artificial sweetener. That time really confirmed it for me. 
 
I have migraines for years and have noticed a few very clear food culprits:

* Alcohol (I haven't had a drink in 17 years-since I figured out the connection)
* Peanuts (interestingly, one of my kids is allergic to peanuts-epipen level allergic)
* Artificial sweeteners (easy to avoid)[/quote]

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