Article: A Little Riboflavin Goes A Long Way For Migraine Relief
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A Little Riboflavin Goes A Long Way For Migraine Relief
Supplementing with relatively small amounts of riboflavin (vitamin B2) may reduce the frequency and severity of migraines in chronic sufferers, reports a study in Headache (2004;44:885?90). Previous studies showing that riboflavin can prevent migraines used 400 mg per day, which is at least 200 times the amount in a typical diet. In the new study, 25 mg per day appeared to be effective.
Riboflavin was originally considered for migraine prevention because researchers observed that migraine sufferers tend to have impaired energy production in brain cells, which riboflavin has the potential to enhance as it is a component of a key substance involved in the body?s energy production. Another nutrient important for producing energy (magnesium) has already been shown to reduce migr...
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