Eating higher amounts of a compound in Citrus Fruits, especially oranges and grapefruit, may lower ischemic Stroke risk. Women who ate high amounts of the compound had a 19 percent lower risk of ischemic stroke than women who consumed the least amount. read more..
(Reuters) - While a high-protein diet may have Health Benefits, not all protein is equal -- eating lots of red meat raises the risk of having a Stroke while poultry lowers it, according to a U.S. study. "The main message from this paper is that the type of protein or the protein package is really important for the risk of stroke," Frank Hu at the Harvard School of Public Health said of the study, which was published in the journal Stroke. "We have to consider protein in the context of the foods. ... read more..
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A high-protein diet might benefit health in some ways, but depending on what kind of protein a person consumes, it could raise their stroke risk too, suggests a large new study that finds eating lots of red meat ups the likelihood of having a stroke while poultry lowers it. "The main message from this paper is that the type of protein or the protein package is really important for the risk of stroke. We have to consider protein in the context of the foods," said Dr. Frank Hu, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and one of the authors of the study. ... read more..
