"There is this idea out there that certain foods trigger migraines—chocolate, wine and especially foods containing nitrates," said first author Antonio Gonzalez, a programmer analyst in the laboratory of Rob Knight, PhD, professor and director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation at UC San Diego and senior author on the study. "We thought that perhaps there are connections between what people are eating, their microbiomes and their experiences with migraines." Quote from Physorg.com

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