Egger 1983: Is migraine food allergy? A double-blind controlled trial of oligoantigenic diet treatment

child with migraineLancet, 1983. Oct 15;2(8355):865-9

93% of 88 children with severe frequent migraine recovered on an oligoantigenic (few foods) diet.  40 of them were challenged with various foods in a double-blind test, establishing that it was the diet that had helped.  Besides migraine, other symptoms also improved:

  • abdominal pain
  • behavioral disorders
  • seizures
  • asthma
  • eczema

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