BMJ: Can eating the right fats reduce migraines?

Migraine is a neurological disease.

Recently, a study published in The British Medical Journal (The BMJ) has found a dietary plan that can relieve migraines for migraine patients

The research was completed by researchers from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the University of North Carolina (UNC).

N-6 (also known as omega-6) and n-3 (also known as omega-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids play important functions in our body.

N-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids are the main fats in our daily diet, of which more than 98% is linoleic acid, and less than 2% is arachidonic acid (a metabolite of linoleic acid), usually derived from corn oil, Soybean oil and some nuts and seeds

Studies have shown that n-3 fatty acids can reduce inflammation, and n-6 ​​fatty acids can promote pain

In order to understand whether the content of these fatty acids in the diet will affect migraine, the research team designed and carried out this randomized double-blind controlled trial

Group 1 (n=61): Eat oily fish rich in n-3 fatty acids and reduce the linoleic acid content

Throughout the intervention period, the study diet accounted for two-thirds of each subject's daily dietary energy, and may include fish, vegetables, chickpeas, salads and other ingredients

At the beginning of the study, the subjects had an average of more than 16 days of headaches per month and more than 5 hours of headaches per day.

After dietary intervention, it was found that:

Compared with the control group, the analgesic medium 17-HDHA (17-hydroxydocosahexaenoic acid) in the blood of group 1 and group 2 increased by 0.

The results of this study quickly attracted the attention of the industry

Alister McNeish, associate professor of cardiovascular pharmacology at the University of Reading, commented: “The EPA/DHA level of 1.

"This study shows that people with a diet rich in n-3 fatty acids have higher levels of blood markers (17-HDHA), which are related to pain reduction; I think this study strengthens the evidence that n-3 may be in It plays a role in headache management, but the evidence from this trial is not fully sufficient, and not all outcomes have been significantly improved

Vimal Karani, professor of nutritional genetics and nutritional genomics at the University of Reading, added, “Migraine is a complex disease, and genetic factors are estimated to account for 30%-60%

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Professor Tom Sanders, Professor Emeritus of Nutrition and Nutrition at King's College London, believes that “this study may also be interfered with by other nutrients, because there may be differences in nutrients in different diets
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The intake of several micronutrients such as vitamin D and selenium; it may also be necessary to know whether other sources of n-3 fatty acids (such as linolenic acid) are effective
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