Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Omega 3s?
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2020-08-12

Does Omega 3 fish oil have a benefit of reducing stroke risk?

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OK, another strikeout trying to explain the increased risk. Could it be that the vegetarians were eating particularly unhealthy diets? Labels like vegetarian or vegan just tell me what you don’t eat, but there’s lots of unhealthy vegetarian foods like French fries and potato chips and soda pop. That’s why as a physician I prefer the term whole food plant-based nutrition. That tells me what you do eat—oh, you actually eat vegetables, a diet centered around the healthiest foods out there. But is that what’s going on? We’ll find out in my next video:

• Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Vegan Junk Food? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/vegetarians-and-stroke-risk-factors-vegan-junk-food)
• Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Saturated Fat? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/vegetarians-and-stroke-risk-factors-saturated-fat)
• Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Animal Protein? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/vegetarians-and-stroke-risk-factors-animal-protein)
• Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Vitamin B12 & Homocysteine? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/vegetarians-and-stroke-risk-factors-vitamin-b12-and-homocysteine)
• How to Test for Functional Vitamin B12 Deficiency (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-test-for-functional-vitamin-b12-deficiency)
• Should Vegetarians Take Creatine to Normalize Homocysteine? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/should-vegetarians-take-creatine-to-normalize-homocysteine)
• The Efficacy and Safety of Creatine for High Homocysteine (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-efficacy-and-safety-of-creatine-for-high-homocysteine)


If you missed the first four, you can catch up here:
• What to Eat for Stroke Prevention (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-to-eat-for-stroke-prevention)
• What Not to Eat for Stroke Prevention (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-not-to-eat-for-stroke-prevention)
• Do Vegetarians Really Have Higher Stroke Risk? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-vegetarians-really-have-higher-stroke-risk)
• Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Vitamin D? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/vegetarians-and-stroke-risk-factors-vitamin-d)

Surprised about the fishy oil findings? You wouldn’t have been if you’ve been following the science. See, for example, Is Fish Oil Just Snake Oil? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-fish-oil-just-snake-oil/) and Omega-3’s and the Eskimo Fish Tale (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/Omega-3s-and-the-eskimo-fish-tale).

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