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Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative condition that affects the central nervous system, leading to marked deficits in cognitive function. In the industrialized world the prevalence of this disease has been increasing and new ways of preventing it are being investigated.

Nowadays, obesity and other metabolic diseases are increasingly frequent due to food abundance. Animal studies have shown that calorie restriction is linked to an increase in longevity, but, understandably, long term and controlled interventions like these are difficult to replicate in humans.

Migraine headaches affect approximately 15% of the world population and can lead to a significant decrease in patients’ quality of life. The current understanding is that migraines originate from an inflammatory trigger that starts in the trigeminovascular system and then spreads to other parts of the brain.