Compared with those who consumed the most dietary potassium, the men who ate the least had almost three times the death rate from stroke, and the women were almost five times more likely to die from stroke. Butt out . Smoking raises your risk of stroke. Researchers at the University of Birmingham in the U.K. compared 125 men and women who had just had first strokes with 198 similar people who hadn't. Every Surgeon General since 1964 has urged Americans to quit smoking.
Stroke is one of the many reasons.
Get your B 6 . If you're concerned that your diet might not provide enough vitamin B 6 to prevent stroke, Dr. Lieberman recommends supplementation with 300 mg a day. Fill up on folic acid . Vitamin E's power to prevent strokes shows up most clearly when it's combined with aspirin treatment. That's what Brown University hematologist Manfred Steiner, M.D., discovered in a study of 100 people who'd had TIAs.