ReviewNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2012
Food as trigger and aggravating factor of migraine.
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- Impact of Dietary Patterns on Migraine Management: Mechanisms of Action and Recent Literature Insights.Brain and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Unravelling the gut-brain connection: a systematic review of migraine and the gut microbiome.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Pooled it
- Irregular meal and migraine headache: a scoping review.BMC nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- The Role of Diet and Nutrition in Migraine Triggers and Treatment: A Systematic Literature Review.Headache · 2020Pooled it
- Association between Helicobacter pylori infection and migraine: a meta-analysis.World journal of gastroenterology · 2014Pooled it
- Associations of Physical Activity and Dietary Habits with Migraine Frequency and Intensity in Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
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- Impact of bariatric surgery on headache frequency and severity and quality of life in patients with migraine: a prospective study.BMJ neurology open · 2026Article
- Self-Reported Triggers Evaluation of High-Risk Dietary and Environmental Factors Preceding Migraine Onset by Using a Mobile Tracking App (Migraine Insight): Comparative Analysis Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Migraine and Alcohol-Is It Really That Harmful?Nutrients · 2025Review
- Migraine triggers and lifestyle modifications: an assessment of patients' awareness and the role of healthcare providers in patient education.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Article
- Social isolation consequences: lessons from COVID-19 pandemic in a context of dynamic lock-down in Chile.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Myths and Facts about Food Intolerance: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Targeting Glutamate Neurotoxicity through Dietary Manipulation: Potential Treatment for Migraine.Nutrients · 2023Review
- The association between adherence to alternative healthy Diet Index (AHEI) and severity, disability, duration, and frequency of migraine headache among women: a cross-sectional study.Nutrition journal · 2023Article
- Visually enhanced vestibulo-ocular reflex gain in patients with vestibular disease.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2023Article
- Association of dietary patterns with migraine: A matched case-control study.Current journal of neurology · 2023Article
- Associations between dietary diversity score and migraine headaches: the results from a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
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Abstract
A relevant proportion of patients say that their migraine attacks may be precipitated by dietary items, the percentage of patients reporting foods as trigger ranging in different study from 12 to 60 %. Fasting, alcohol, chocolate and cheese are the dietary precipitating factors more frequently reported. The finding that diet-sensitive migraineurs are usually sensitive to several and different foods, lead to the hypothesis of antigenic similarities between these disparate foods or common chemical constituents, but a clear scientific explanation of the mechanisms implicated in the development of migraine attacks supposedly precipitated by food is still lacking. The possibility that the elimination diets based on the hypothesis of food hypersensivity IgE or IgG-mediated improve migraine has been explored in different studies but the results are inconclusive. Fasting as trigger for migraine is frequently reported. Some migraineurs show reactive hypoglycaemia due to diet-induced hyperinsulinism. In conclusion, identification of environmental factors (including dietary factors) that consistently trigger migraine in some subjects may be helpful to reduce attacks frequency. The biological mechanism by means of triggers in general and food in particular precipitate migraine attacks remains obscure.
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