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Eat These Healthy, Rich Foods and Reduce Stroke Risk

Eat These Healthy, Rich Foods and Reduce Stroke Risk (1:01)

Replacing saturated fat in your diet with heart-healthy unsaturated fats like olive oil and avocado may prevent a stroke. In this video, Dr. Oz explains how healthy fats can help lower your triglyceride levels, which is good for your heart and brain.

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Hey, Dr. Oz here with a smart health tip for you. Here're two rich tasting foods that can help lower your risk of a stroke, olive oil, and avocado. Replacing saturatesimpact your diet, while heart healthy, unsaturated fats like these helps lower your triglyceride level, that's a key way to reduce your stroke risk.

One study linked a higher triglyceride level with a higher risk of having a stroke. Researchers think that the artery clogging caused by triglyceride is as bad for your brain as it is for your heart. Olive oil and avocados also help keep your blood pressure down, and that lowers your risk for stroke too. Other heart healthy fats that can help reduce your stroke first includes nuts and [xx] fish. So, swap out butter for olive oil and mail for avocado. It's just one small change that can make up a big difference in your health.

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