In a new study from Istanbul Medipol University, researchers found a high-quality diet is linked to lower migraine severity and frequency.
They examined the correlation between diet quality and dietary patterns (the Mediterranean or Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension [DASH]) and migraine attributes.
The analysis included adults diagnosed with episodic migraines at an outpatient headache clinic.
The researchers found that a low Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener score was associated with more severe disability and more severe and frequent attacks.
There was a big negative correlation observed between the Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener score and attack severity.
Similarly, participants with a low DASH compliance scale score had more severe and frequent attacks, and there was a significant negative correlation between attack severity and DASH compliance scale scores.
Lastly, people with poor diet quality had more severe migraine attacks and there was a strong negative link observed between diet quality total score and attack severity.
The team says the association between having a good diet quality and milder signs of migraine emphasizes the importance of diet quality in the medical nutritional treatment of migraine.
The study is published in Nutritional Neuroscience. One author of the study is Hande Bakirhan.
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