Flashback Friday: How to Prevent a Stroke
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2020-02-14

Insufficient intake of fiber-rich foods may lead to the stiffening of our arteries associated with risk of having a stroke.

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This may sound familiar—an abridged version was included in one of my year-in-review live presentations (From Table to Able: Combating Disabling Diseases with Food: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/from-table-to-able/). More on preventing strokes can be found here:

Preventing Strokes with Diet (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-strokes-with-diet/)
Eliminating 90% of Heart Disease Risk (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/eliminating-90-of-heart-disease-risk/)
Food Antioxidants, Stroke, and Heart Disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-antioxidants-stroke-and-heart-disease/)

More on the wonders of fiber in:

Dr. Burkitt’s F-Word Diet (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/dr-burkitts-f-word-diet/)
Fiber vs. Breast Cancer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/fiber-vs-breast-cancer/)
Breast Cancer and Constipation (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-and-constipation)
Juicing Removes More than Just Fiber (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/juicing-removes-more-than-just-fiber/)

It really is never too early to start eating healthier. See, for example, Heart Disease Starts in Childhood and How to Prevent Prediabetes in Children (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/heart-disease-starts-in-childhood/ and https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-prevent-prediabetes-in-children/).

I’ll be doing a whole series of videos on stroke risk factors coming up in a couple of months. Stay tuned, and subscribe here to have the day’s video delivered to you.

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