Study links migraines to reduced risk of type 2 diabetes

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An association has been made between women who suffer from migraines and a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. Women who suffer from migraines are 30% less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, French researchers report, while migraines are also less severe in the years prior to a diabetes diagnosis. Research into the two conditions is "scarce", according to the researchers, and with only an association observed there is no evidence to confirm a causal link between migraines and type 2 diabetes. The findings were based on health data taken from more than 70,000 females between 1990-2014, and compared results of women who did and did not have a history of migraines. The researchers report that migraines have previously been associated with insulin resistance. However, they were surprised to observe an approximate 30% decreased risk of type 2 diabetes among the women with migraines. First and corresponding author Dr. Guy Fagherazzi of the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) in France said: "These results can have substantial implications on the understanding of mechanisms underlying these two conditions." It is thought that migraines affect around 18% of people, with women being three times more likely to suffer from them than men. Migraines most commonly affects people aged 35-45, but can also affect others, including children. The researchers do not have a conclusive reason for why migraines are linked with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, although they have hypothesised that it might involve a molecule called calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). This is common when migraines develop and is also involved in the process of glucose metabolism. The researchers said: "It has been reported that rats with experimentally induced diabetes have a decreased density of CGRP sensory nerve fibres." The findings have been published in the JAMA Neurology journal.

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[kitedoc]

Another association to ponder over. Hopefully anything useful will be found. Can do imagine at the point of conception someone telling you that you can choose between having migraines or T2D later in life.
No phone a friend or 50:50 !!

 

[Indy51]

Well, it certainly doesn't fit my experience - I wasn't a chronic sufferer, but have had infrequent migraines since the age of 18. I doubt that it matches @Goonergal's experience either. Ending up with both isn't much fun

Dr Angela Stanton's method of curing migraines using the ketogenic diet is well worth looking into for anyone who gets migraines.

 

[Hotpepper20000]

I have had migraines at least ten times a year since I hit puberty. Still have type 2
When I went low carb and now I have a migraines maybe three to four times a year.
Trying to switch to Keto in the last few months. Mostly to to loose the last pounds and finally get rid of all migraines.

 

[Goonergal]

Well, it certainly doesn't fit my experience - I wasn't a chronic sufferer, but have had infrequent migraines since the age of 18. I doubt that it matches @Goonergal's experience either. Ending up with both isn't much fun

Dr Angela Stanton's method of curing migraines using the ketogenic diet is well worth looking into for anyone who gets migraines.

Sure doesn’t match my experience @Indy51 was a chronic sufferer: several a week (treating 6 to 8 per month at diagnosis) and 3 in patient episodes. Tend to think that long-term insulin resistance and carb induced sugar fluctuations were one of the underlying causes of type 2 and migraines. Ketogenic diet has seen them vanish. Almost 18 months without a single one.