Gluten-free diet and migraine without celiac disease
What it found
In people with migraine but not celiac disease, a gluten-free diet may help, but the evidence is weak.
The diet can also have downsides and costs more.
What they found
Studies in people
Migraine in celiac disease
Migraine is common in celiac disease and usually improves on a gluten-free diet.
Migraine without celiac disease
The benefit of a gluten-free diet for people with migraine who do not have celiac disease is poorly evidenced.
Other findings
Possible downsides
A gluten-free diet may have adverse health consequences and is expensive.
What the authors conclude
- They note that the benefit of a gluten-free diet for people with migraine without celiac disease is poorly evidenced.
- They point out that a gluten-free diet may have adverse health consequences and is expensive.
How it was done
Migraine is common in celiac disease and usually improves on a gluten-free diet. The benefit for people with migraine who do not have celiac disease is poorly evidenced.
What it can’t tell you
- We summarised it from the abstract only.
- This paper does not report a new study in people, so it cannot show whether a gluten-free diet helps migraine without celiac disease.
- It cannot show cause and effect for any diet and migraine link.
Who paid
- Authors work at
- University of Connecticut School of Medicine, USA; Baylor College of Medicine, USA
The paper
- Title
- Gluten-Free Diet and Migraine
- Type
- Case report
- Evidence
- Studies in people
- Summarised from
- Abstract only
- Cite
- Beuthin J, Veronesi M, Grosberg B, Evans RW (2020). Gluten-Free Diet and Migraine. Headache. doi:10.1111/head.13993PubMed 33022759DOI
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