A July 2021 study by UNC Department of Psychiatry in the UNC School of Medicine said
"Our ancestors ate very different amounts and types of fats compared to our modern diets,"
"Polyunsaturated fatty acids, which our bodies do not produce, have increased substantially in our diet due to the addition of oils such as corn, soybean and cottonseed to many processed foods like chips, crackers and granola."
"Participants seemed highly motivated to follow these diets due to the amount of pain they were experiencing,"
"The results are quite promising … Patients who followed either diet experienced less pain than the control group. Those who followed the diet high in n-3 and low in n-6 fatty acids experienced the biggest improvement."
"I think this modification in diet could be impactful,”
"The effect we saw for the reduction of headaches is similar to what we see with some medications. The caveat is that even though participants did report fewer headaches, some people did not change their perception of how headaches affected them."
"This study specifically tested n-3 fatty acids from fish and not from dietary supplements,"
"Our findings do not apply to supplement use."