Effectiveness of ketogenic diet in treatment of patients with refractory chronic migraine
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10072-021-05078-5Background and purpose Ketogenic diet (KD) is based on restriction of carbohydrate intake. Metabolism is forced to obtain energy starting from β-oxidation of fatty acids which, turned into ketone bodies, can also be used by central nervous system (CNS). KD use in treatment of chronic migraine has recently been considered.
These are very impressive results, days of symptoms improved from 30 to 7.5, as well as migraine duration, would like to see this validated in other studies as well.