Cocoa Suppresses Migraines

PHILADELPHIA—Cocoa-enriched diets can help prevent and treat inflammatory responses that can lead to painful migraines, according to a study presented at the International Headache Society's 14th International Headache Congress hosted by the American Headache Society (AHS).

"It appears that a cocoa-enriched diet in rats can repress the proteins that are associated with the promotion and maintenance of inflammatory responses such as migraine," said study author Paul L. Durham, PhD, of Missouri State University's Center for Biomedical & Life Sciences, an author of the study.