HOW TO PREVENT STROKE AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Every kind of disease can be prevented, including diseases that are globally dreaded, such as stroke and heart diseases. 

Most people hardly recover completely after they've had a stroke. However, the good news is that you can prevent stroke from occurring in the first place. 

A close relation of stroke is cardiovascular diseases, which plagued up to 92.1 million people in the US in 2017 alone. 

Diseases associated with the heart primarily involve our blood cells, which is what causes stroke when the blood cells are abnormal.

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada states that nearly up to 80% of cases of early cardiovascular diseases and stroke can be mitigated by making some adjustments in what we eat and how we live our lives generally. 

For instance, choosing to eat healthily (eating more organic plant foods), and increasing the levels of our physical activities would make a lot of difference in our health and well-being.

Apart from engaging in physical exercises, some foods, which contain greater amounts of vitamin E, promote heart health by preventing blood clots, which is the primary causes of heart attacks. 

The foods that have high levels of vitamin E, a retardant of blood clots, include the following:

1. Green vegetables 

2. Sunflower seeds

3. Almond nuts

4 Peanuts and hazelnuts. 

Medical science has long warned of the link between trans fat and cardiovascular disorders, which include the narrowing of arteries.

The elimination of trans fat from a person's meal ensures that LDL cholesterol is significantly reduced in his or her system. 

In other words, there are less chances of plaques forming within a person's arteries if he or she avoids trans fat in their diets. And thus, the incidence of stroke and heart attack would be reduced or eliminated. 

Furthermore, ensuring that your blood pressure remains within the normal range guarantees a healthy heart. 

So also is the limiting of salt intake to the recommended quantity of 1,500 milligrams per day. This helps the blood pressure to be stable or normal.

Since excess salt is a common feature of many fast and processed foods, it is advisable for those seeking to have stable blood pressure to avoid eating them.

Consequently, the incidence of stroke and heart diseases would be prevented through appropriate or proper nutrition.