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Can McDonald’s Cure Your Migraine? Debunking the Viral McMigraine Trend (www.mcgill.ca)

submitted 6 months ago by quercus@slrpnk.net to c/migraine@lemmy.world

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TikTok’s newest wellness trend is the McMigraine order—a Coke and McDonald’s fries that allegedly hold the miracle cure for migraines. We dug into these claims, finding that once again, an online trend is no replacement for a doctor.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If your "migraine" is just a headache brought on by sugar and caffiene withdrawal, yeah that'd work.

[–] quercus@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago

Exactly, or sodium or electrolytes.

When it started popping up, it came off like some twisted marketing scheme. I hope this doesn't become the new, "have you tried lavender essential oils?"

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago

If you use TikTok for medical advice, the migraine is likely your brain attempting to work and failing.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That wall of text makes my head hurt.

[–] quercus@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago

Same lol. I'm not sure why the preview looks like that. The article itself is broken up into paragraphs.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Caffeine can help relieve migraines for some people, and if the migraine was triggered by dehydration the sodium and some hydration together could be helping as well.