More Ways to Reduce Stroke Risk

<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sunday I mentioned research that suggests that consumption of citrus fruits can reduce the risk of one type of stroke.  A different study published yesterday offers more information about diet and stroke.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Results published in the scientific journal Annals of <span></span>Neurology suggest that Trans Fatty Acids or TFA increase the risk of stroke in older women.<span>  </span>This is the ischemic or clot induced type of stroke.<span>  </span>The researchers looked at existing data<span>  </span>- nearly 90,000 persons.<span>  </span>They compared cause of death with self reported food histories.<span>  T</span>he scientists had the data on stroke incidence and food histories from a study that lasted a long time, but they did not follow people over time.<span>  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Women in the study who ate 6 or more grams of TFA a day had 40% more cases of this stroke than women who ate 2g or less a day.<span>  </span>The information was only on women, but it is likely that the same finding would occur in a sample of men.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We consume much less TFA now than we did five years ago – largely because places like NYC have banned it in their restaurant foods.  Also, retailers like to be able to say 'no trans fats' on packages.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Limiting intake of this fat can reduce stroke.<span>  </span>It seems like a win win situation to me.<span> We limit its use in the products we buy and therefore we consume less of it without really having to try.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span>So maybe we can think a little bit more about sugar or soda regulations.  If we can get some help limiting sugar or SSBs we can make progress in reducing obesity and diabetes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The study summary is available</span><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ana.23555/abstract" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" target="_blank"> here. </a></span></div>

More Ways to Reduce Stroke Risk

Sunday I mentioned research that suggests that consumption of citrus fruits can reduce the risk of one type of stroke.  A different study pu...

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