Science has found out how to protect women from stroke

A healthy lifestyle can reduce the risk of stroke in women more than 50%. This conclusion was made by scientists from Swedish Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.

Stroke in Women

Every year hundreds of thousands of people in Russia suffer a stroke - is one of the leading causes of deaths in the country, because of which the life year leaving tens of thousands of Russian citizens. Science has long been determined that unhealthy nutrition and other lifestyle factors, such as lack of exercise, obesity, alcohol abuse and smoking can increase the risk of stroke . However, according to Researchers from Sweden, very few scholars pay attention to what degree of a healthy diet and lifestyle reduce the risk of stroke .

It is this and devoted his research Swedish researchers. They watched the lives of 31 thousand women with a mean age of 60 years. All women filled a questionnaire consisting of 350 points. They gave detailed answers to questions about life style. The study authors noted that none of women not suffering from cancer or any cardiovascular disease at At baseline.

Scientists have observed the women for 10 years and contributed 5 healthy lifestyle factors that reduce the risk of stroke by more than 50%. Among these factors, a healthy diet, not smoking, moderate alcohol consumption (from 3 to 9 servings per week), regular physical load (walking or cycling for at least 40 minutes a day), and also a healthy body mass index (below 25). The survey showed that only 589 Women followed all five healthy lifestyle factors, while in 1535 women did not follow any. (READ MORE)

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