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Originally Posted by Uptown Girl
VPL, did you read this blog- link before posting it?
It pretty much discounts a correlation between saturated fat and migraine.
Are you thinking in terms of a vascular system compromised by diet-related clogged arteries making vascular migraines worse, once they are triggered?
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What made me do a search about saturated fat was something I read a long time ago that went something like this: Too much saturated fat in one's diet and not enough "good" fat will cause cells to become too stiff. So blood is going through one's arteries and the arteries lack the necessary flexibility.
And today with lots of people on high protein (weight loss) diets, I figured it could be likely. I hadn't thought about clogged arteries, but now that you mentioned it, that could be a factor.
If you read down far enough someone said a correlation has been found:
I haven't read it yet but here's the link:
http://www.livestrong.com/article/37...food-to-avoid/
http://migrainetriggers-stopped.blog...aines.html?m=1
One statement from the first link goes like this:
"The saturated fat prevalent in beef and high-fat cheeses may cause or worsen inflammation involved with headache pain."