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Ketogenic diet may stop migraines by changing the brain’s fuel

Ketogenic diet may stop migraines by changing the brain’s fuel

14 August 2019

A low-carb diet cut the number of days people had migraines in half, possibly by forcing the brain to run on ketones instead of glucose

People adapted to the cold and got more migraines as a result

People adapted to the cold and got more migraines as a result

3 May 2018

A gene variant that helps humans cope with colder climates also seems to have put people living in northerly regions at a higher risk of migraine

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