Migraine and diet

Since chronic pain treatment programs rarely consider dietary pattern or adipose status, this 2020 review explores the alternative treatments to the current standard. While neuroinflammation is known to play a role in chronic pain, it is believed that this is partly due to the increased central nervous system glial activation. Preclinical studies have pointed to […]

Holton (2016) presents the evidence for the important role of diet in contributing to symptoms of fibromyalgia (FM) and explains how it is thought specific dietary components may be leading to abnormal glutamatergic neurotransmission and thereby perpetuating the process of central sensitisation. Holton states good biological plausibility exists for how dietary excitotoxins may be leading […]