Can I Reduce My Risk for Stroke By Eating Certain Foods?

Can I Reduce My Risk for Stroke By Eating Certain Foods? (0:34)

One way to decrease your risk for stroke is to follow a healthy diet, but what are the best foods to eat? In this video, Dr. Robin Miller explains why regularly eating fruits and vegetables with a white center can decrease your risk for stroke.

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Is it possible to reduce my risk of having a stroke by eating certain healthy foods? The answer is yes. A recent study has found that frequent consumption of fruits and vegetables that are white in the center, can reduce stroke risk by 52%. Fruits like apples and pears are in that category.

The risk of stroke was decreased almost 10% for every 25 grams of white fruits and vegetables that were eaten everyday. An average size apple weighs about 120 grams. And then what types of vegetables are we talking about? We're talking about cucumbers and cauliflower, those.