Reducing your risk of stroke with healthier foods doesn't necessarily mean a bland and boring diet. Here are two rich-tasting foods that fit the bill: pesto and avocado.
Use the pesto in place of cream-based pasta sauce and the avocado in place of cheese on your sandwiches and you'll be doing your body double favors. Reducing saturated fat and focusing on unsaturated fat are two great ways to lower your triglyceride levels. And it turns out that may be pretty important to your stroke risk.
Also, limit sugary beverages to no more than 36 ounces (or three 12-ounce cans of soda) per week and aim for sodium intake of 1,500 milligrams each day. Keep your fat consumption balanced between healthful and less healthful by eating nuts four times per week and limiting saturated fats from fatty or processed meats and whole-milk dairy foods.
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