Nutrition and Stroke Prevention

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By nisya

Published: January 27, 2010

Demands of modern life all things versatile instant and fast, has made people increasingly applying unhealthy lifestyle. In fact, the pattern of living like this, the emergence of a variety of lethal malignancies, such as stroke.

Stroke is one of the deadly disease, the disease begins with high blood pressure, blood coagulation, and deep vein thrombosis. When a blockage occurs in the blood vessels right / left, it will have a major stroke that paralyzed part or the whole body.

Want to avoid the stroke? Therefore, prevention by leading a healthy lifestyle is the best way. Nutrition in the prevention of stroke, is one factor that is often forgotten. Because the general public’s attention now is focused only on drugs alone.

Based on research conducted by the American Heart Association (AHA) found in diverse diet, one of the Mediterranean diet is successful in reducing the incidence of stroke and cardiac infarction up to 60 percent within a period of four years of research.

Mediterranean diet has some differences in nutritional components with typical western diet options. Mediterranean diet contain cholesterol and trans fats in the number of species is low, this diet also has an oil content is very useful as well as vitamins and antioxidants high quantities.

This type of diet can actually be adopted by the community with some notes as follows:

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Types of carbohydrates useful in stroke prevention is the carbohydrates that contain fiber in it, this type of carbohydrate found in foods such as oatmeal, bran, brown rice, red beans, soy beans.

Carbohydrates from whole grains in addition to fiber and antioxidant levels are high enough, also contain phytoestrogens are beneficial for maintaining healthy blood vessels and heart.

The role of antioxidants

Vitamin A & C is a vitamin that has antioxidant properties beneficial to reduce the risk of damage to normal blood vessel happened several hours after eating high fat foods.

Raw foods have antioxidant properties is the omega 3, corn oil, vegetables, and fruits. To obtain an optimal effect, required a combination of several antioxidants at the same time from different food substances. Therefore, based on the study mentioned, consumption of vitamins and minerals from supplements is considered less beneficial in providing a protective effect on blood vessel walls.

Consumption of vegetables and fruits with different colors because the antioxidant effects gained more leverage. Like beta carotene derived from carrots, the substance lycopene found in tomatoes, strawberries, and watermelon. These substances have anticancer and antioxidant content.

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