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The role of diet and nutrition in migraine triggers and treatment: A systematic literature review
This 2020 systematic review looks at the evidence linking dietary patterns, diet-related triggers, and dietary interventions with migraine. Dietary triggers are common causes of migraines, while specific diets have also been reported to reduce the frequency of migraine attacks. Hindiyeh et al. searched for randomized controlled trials and observational studies that assessed the effect of diet, food, and nutrition in people with migraine aged ≥18 years. Of the 43 studies included in this analysis, 11 evaluated dietary patterns, 12 investigated dietary interventions, and 20 examined diet-related triggers of migraines. Since the majority of the studies on dietary patterns and triggers were either cross-sectional studies or patient surveys, the overall quality of the studies were deemed to be of low quality. The review identified alcohol and caffeine consumption as the most common diet-related predictors of more frequent migraine attacks. Whereas, a lot of the interventions including low-fat and elimination diets, were linked with decreases in frequency of migraine attacks. The authors conclude that there is a lack of high-quality randomized controlled trial data on dietary patterns and triggers, while the number of randomized controlled trials on dietary interventions’ efficacy in migraine prevention is also limited. There is a need for further high-quality research on diet’s impact on migraine sufferers. [NPID: pain, migraine, migraine triggers, alcohol, caffeine, elimination diet, low-fat, migraine prevention]
Year: 2020
