I don’t know about you, but if there’s a meat and cheese plate on the menu, I’m definitely ordering it. Thankfully, aged cheeses and cured meats are not headache triggers for me. However, the Cleveland Clinic noted that cheeses such as “blue cheese, brie, cheddar, English stilton, feta, gorgonzola, mozzarella, muenster, parmesan, [and] Swiss [cheese]” can trigger headaches in some people.
Meats that are common headache triggers include, “nitrite-containing meats including hot dogs, sausage, bacon, lunch meats/deli meats, pepperoni, other cured or processed meats.” If you notice you get a headache after treating yourself to a meat or cheese plate, these treats could be a trigger for you.