Stroke magazine published data from UK researchers who found that diet has a significant impact on the risk of brainstorming..

In particular, the researchers concluded: an increase in the diet of fresh fish, nuts, fruits, grains and potatoes while reducing the consumption of dairy products and meat effectively reduces the risk of a possible stroke.. On average, this risk is reduced by an average of 17 percent..

The authors of the study analyzed medical information about 23,232 people aged from 40 to 77 years, which was collected for 17 years.. These data scientists correlated with the nutritional characteristics of the subjects.. Thus, it turned out: a diet that is close to the Mediterranean diet provides the body with protection from cerebral haemorrhage.

The Mediterranean diet has a high intake of vegetables, grains, olive oil and low in dairy products, meat. Specialists have found that this type of food provides women with special benefits.. According to their data, following this diet gives the effect of a 22% reduction in the risk of stroke in women, whereas in men the same risk is reduced only by 6%..

The study of how this type of food acts on people who have already been diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases also revealed its advantage for women - they have a 20% reduction in the risk of stroke and 13% in men.. Scientists do not yet know what exactly can explain such a difference, but they hypothetically attribute this to the difference between different stroke subtypes in the representatives of two sexes..

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