Nutrition and Migraine Management: Evidence-Based Dietary Considerations

Nutrition advice for migraine tends to fall into two unhelpful extremes: long avoidance lists assembled from anecdote more than evidence, and supplement-aisle claims with little regard for what clinical trials actually show. Between them is a smaller set of interventions with genuine clinical trial support — none of them a cure, all reasonable to discuss with a treating clinician.

Each has its own dedicated article covering the mechanism, the dosing, and the evidence in depth.

The Evidence-Based Interventions

• Magnesium and Migraine — dosing, forms, and what the evidence shows
• Riboflavin and Migraine — vitamin B2 as a preventive
• CoQ10 and Migraine — what the research shows
• Anti-Inflammatory Diet and Migraine — omega-3s, the Mediterranean diet, and attack frequency
• Ketogenic Diet and Migraine — what the evidence shows
• Migraine and Skipping Meals — the blood glucose mechanism explained

Putting This Into Practice

These interventions are low-risk relative to pharmacological options, but they aren't a substitute for medical treatment when it's indicated, and most need a two-to-three-month trial before you can tell whether they're actually helping. Keeping a Migraine Diary covers how to track your response.