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IMAGE: Participants in an NIH funded study put on a diet lower in vegetable oil and higher in fatty fish saw a reduction in their monthly migraine headache pain levels.
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Credit: UNC Healthcare Department of Nutrition and Food Services
A diet higher in fatty fish helped frequent migraine sufferers reduce their monthly number of headaches and intensity of pain compared to participants on a diet higher in vegetable-based fats and oils, according to a new study. The findings by a team of researchers from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), parts of the National Institutes of Health; and the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, were published in the July 3 issue of