Dietary Modulation in Headache and Migraine
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Our lifestyle habits and dietary patterns profoundly influence the body in both health and disease. Headache and migraine represent a major global health issue and impose a substantial economic and social burden. Over the past two decades, an increasing number of studies have highlighted how dietary modifications may contribute to improvements in headache disorders, particularly migraine. The mechanisms through which such changes are presumed to exert their effects are diverse, with the most widely discussed involving the normalization of metabolic processes and the reduction of neuroinflammation.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the various nutritional strategies that have been proposed, along with the corresponding hypotheses or evidence supporting the pathophysiological mechanisms by which dietary interventions may improve headache disorders, and migraine in particular.
Dr. Cinzia E. Cavestro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- migraine
- headache disorders
- dietary interventions
- metabolic regulation
- neuroinflammation
- diet–brain interaction
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