Why ? Well , what I'm about to describe is a compound or I should say a set of compounds that are available over the counter that have been shown to be very effective in reducing the frequency and intensity of headaches and not just one kind of headache but multiple types of headaches . So what I'll describe has been shown to have significant effects in reducing the intensity or frequency of tension type headaches , migraine type headaches as well as hormone type headaches that are related to the menstrual cycles that I described earlier .
And you can probably already guess what the general results of the study are going to be . The general results were that there were reductions in headaches . Ok .
Well , what I'm about to describe is a compound or I should say a set of compounds that are available over the counter that have been shown to be very effective in reducing the frequency and intensity of headaches and not just one kind of headache but multiple types of headaches . So what I'll describe has been shown to have significant effects in reducing the intensity or frequency of tension type headaches , migraine type headaches as well as hormone type headaches that are related to the menstrual cycles that I described earlier . Now , there are a lot of data centered around this general topic , but I'm gonna focus on three main papers .
In this paper , they , they didn't study mechanism directly , but they're resting on this known analgesic anti pain as well as known anti inflammatory pathways related to increasing omega three intake and simultaneously resting on the idea or I think there's , I think we now can say conclusion that omega six fatty acids in particular lino acid can increase inflammation by way of increasing things like CGRP , vasodilation and some other pathways related to the so called inflammatory cytokine pathways . And there's a whole discussion nowadays of what's called the inflamma tome So the basic takeaway is that if you are interested in reducing headache , it may be beneficial at least according to these two studies . And another one , I'll talk about in a moment to increase amounts of omega three fatty acids .
And just very briefly . Earlier , I mentioned that not only has omega three fatty acid supplementation been shown to be effective in reducing the frequency and intensity of headache , intention type and migraine type headache . But it's also been shown to improve outcomes for premenstrual syndrome related headaches .
