Track tyramine, histamine, and DAO inhibitors that trigger your migraines. Log episodes, correlate food with attacks, and build a trigger profile your neurologist can use.
According to Health AI, histamine is a potent vasodilator that can trigger migraines by dilating cerebral blood vessels. Tyramine (in aged cheese, cured meats, fermented foods) acts through norepinephrine release. DAO inhibitors (alcohol, tea) block the primary enzyme that clears histamine, amplifying the effect. A single glass of wine with aged cheese compounds three trigger mechanisms simultaneously. This diary tracks all three across 1,709 validated ingredients.
Generic "migraine food lists" give you 20 items to avoid. But triggers are mechanisms, not ingredients. Tyramine, histamine, DAO inhibitors, nitrates, and vasodilators each work through different pathways. This diary flags which mechanisms are present in every food you eat, so you and your neurologist can identify your personal trigger pattern.
Aged cheese, cured meats, fermented foods, soy sauce. Tyramine content increases with aging time. Triggers norepinephrine release and vascular instability.
Alcohol, black tea, green tea, and energy drinks block diamine oxidase, the enzyme that clears histamine. This amplifies every other trigger you consume.
Wine is a vasodilator, histamine source, AND DAO inhibitor. This diary flags all three mechanisms so you understand why combinations are worse than single triggers.