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Aishwarya Kapoor

7 Migraine Triggers Specific to Indian Diets and Weather

Why Indian Triggers Get Overlooked

Migraine research has historically been conducted in temperate climates on Western diets. The result is a standard trigger list, red wine, aged cheese, cold cuts, that describes almost nothing on an average Indian plate. Yet India carries one of the highest migraine burdens in Asia, with the condition affecting an estimated 25 million people according to figures cited by the Neurological Society of India. The triggers are real. They are just different.

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