Features of the DASH and Mediterranean Diets and Their Applications: A Focus on Migraine
摘要
There is no consensus yet on the dietary treatment of migraine, which causes headaches and recurrent attacks and is caused by vascular, biochemical, neurogenic, or platelet-based causes. However, various dietary patterns, such as the Mediterranean diet and DASH, have come to the fore. Dietary components may affect migraine clinical outcomes by improving vasodilation, systemic inflammation, and cerebral glucose metabolism pathways. The Mediterranean diet has a neuroprotective role by preventing excessive release of inflammatory mediators and reducing neuroinflammation, pain stimulation, oxidative stress, and lipid peroxidation. The Mediterranean diet is associated with a lower risk of severe headache or migraine and may be a strategy for reducing migraine duration, frequency, and severity. The DASH diet model, which includes plant-based foods with low sodium content, has gained popularity because of its therapeutic effect on systemic inflammatory processes and its antimigraine properties. DASH may help alleviate migraine symptoms by preventing oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, and neuroinflammation. In addition, DASH has been associated with reducing the severity and frequency of migraine attacks because of its low sodium-induced antivasodilator effect.