ReviewNutrients2020
Migraine and Diet.
Review in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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84 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 166 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of Dietary Patterns on Migraine Management: Mechanisms of Action and Recent Literature Insights.Brain and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Association between wine consumption and migraine: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2025Pooled it
- Current Update on Categorization of Migraine Subtypes on the Basis of Genetic Variation: a Systematic Review.Molecular neurobiology · 2024Pooled it
- Ketosis and migraine: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Dietary Patterns and Interventions to Alleviate Chronic Pain.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Very-low-calorie ketogenic diet vs hypocaloric balanced diet in the prevention of high-frequency episodic migraine: the EMIKETO randomized, controlled trial.Journal of translational medicine · 2023Trial
- Patient- and parent-reported triggers of migraine attacks in children and adolescents.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2026Observational
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- Integrating Nutrition and Physical Activity into the EXEMIG/01 Interdisciplinary Model for Chronic and High-Frequency Migraine.Nutrients · 2026Article
- An exploration of possible future non-pharmacological multidisciplinary treatments to potentiate withdrawal strategy and recovery from medication overuse headache (MOH): a narrative review.Journal of oral & facial pain and headache · 2026Review
- Associations of Physical Activity and Dietary Habits with Migraine Frequency and Intensity in Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Diet quality in pediatric migraine and the educational quality of related short-form videos: a cross-sectional study and content analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Association between carbohydrate consumption and self-assessed severe headache or migraine among American adults.Journal of nutritional science · 2026Article
- A review on gut microbiota and migraine severity: a complex relationship.Inflammopharmacology · 2026Review
- Nutrition and Physical Activity in an Interdisciplinary Approach to Migraine: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Food in Migraine Management: Dietary Interventions in the Pathophysiology and Prevention of Headaches-A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- The Hypometabolic State of the Migraine Brain: Is a Ketogenic Diet the Answer?Brain and behavior · 2025Review
- Unraveling the link: exploring what risk factor for sleep disorders among paediatric migraine.BMC neurology · 2025Article
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- An Assessment of the Dietary Habits of Individuals with Migraine Living in Spain: An Exploratory Observational Cross-Sectional Pilot Study.Nutrients · 2025Observational
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Abstract
Migraine is characterized by recurrent attacks of disabling headaches, often accompanied by sensory and motor disturbances. Clinical manifestations of migraine are influenced by dietary behaviors and dietary elements. Several dietary triggers for migraine have been identified, leading to the definition of strategies such as elimination diets, ketogenic diets, and comprehensive diets, mainly to help prevent migraine. Although inconsistency is present in the literature and no consensus exists, the available data are promising in supporting beneficial dietary interventions for some migraine patients. Several factors influence the net outcome, including age, sex, genetics, and environmental factors. Advancement in understanding the underlying mechanisms of migraine pathogenesis and how dietary factors can interfere with those mechanisms has encouraged investigators to consider diet as a disease-modifying agent, which may also interfere with the gut-brain axis or the epigenetics of migraine. Future work holds potential for phenotyping migraine patients and offering personalized recommendations in line with biopsychosocial models for the management of migraine. Diet, as an important element of lifestyle, is a modifiable aspect that needs further attention. Well-designed, systematic, and mechanism-driven dietary research is needed to provide evidence-based dietary recommendations specific to migraine. This narrative review aims to present the current status and future perspective on diet and migraine, in order to stimulate further research and awareness.
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