Can a large Coke and fries stop your migraine?

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ggm · 7h ago

I wouldn't call this a hack. It's just observing how food and drink impact vasoconstriction and blood levels of glucose and salt.

I have no doubt a comment can be made about how quintessentially Irish it would be to document the role of potato starch in this.

AStonesThrow · 7h ago

> quintessentially Irish

Yes, but I was disappointed to see that they are more or less fact-checking an American TikTok meme, which may explain why they are not referring to “chips” in an article by a UK scholar in an Irish news outlet.

ggm · 6h ago

True. You think this will surface in the igNobels?

neuroelectron · 7h ago

One step toward health insurance-subsidized McDonalds. I guess that explains where all their R&D spending has been going lately.

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Can a large Coke and fries stop your migraine?

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