People who eat carrots five times a week or more are 68% less likely to have a stroke than those who eat carrots only once a month or less! This is the result of Harvard University tracking 90,000 female nurses for eight years. In addition, spinach is also a very effective food to prevent stroke. The protective effect of carrots and spinach is because they are rich in beta-carotene. According to research, people who consume 15-20 mg of beta-carotene every day are obviously different from those who consume only 6 mg every day.
Vegetables rich in β -carotene such as carrots and spinach can prevent stroke, because carotene can prevent cholesterol from being oxidized into harmful forms, and then accumulate in blood vessels, causing blood clots. More importantly, if the blood contains a lot of beta-carotene and vitamin A, it can help you avoid stroke death, or reduce the nerve damage caused by stroke and accelerate your recovery! This is the conclusion reached by researchers at the University of Brussels after examining the blood of 80 stroke patients within 24 hours after onset. This is because when you have a stroke, that is, when your brain is deprived of oxygen, the function of your brain cells begins to be damaged, and the most serious situation is the damage of brain nerve cells. But if you have a lot of vitamin A in your blood, it can prevent all kinds of cell diseases when they occur, thus reducing the degree of brain damage or the chance of death.
2. Eat fish at least three times a week, especially fish rich in omega-3 fat.
If your blood contains a lot of omega-3 fatty acids, your chances of having a stroke will be less; And even if you have a stroke, the damage will be less. A recent study in the Netherlands found that people aged 60-69 who eat fish at least once a week, and those who don't eat fish, are less likely to have a stroke in the next 15 years.
A series of studies in Japan also found that fishermen who eat 9 ounces of fish a day are 25-40% less likely to die of stroke than farmers who eat only 3 ounces of fish a day.
This is because the magical omega-3 fatty acids can regulate the state of blood, making it difficult for blood to form thrombus, thus preventing cerebral vascular occlusion. If you are old enough to worry about the blockage of your blood vessels, imagine this situation: when you take fish oil, it will stay in your cell membrane. This cell filled with fish oil is elastic and as soft as liquid. In other words, this soft form of cells is easier to squeeze through narrow blood vessels and deliver oxygen to cells in the brain and heart. This ingenious change can save your life, especially when your blood vessels are aging and blocked.
By the way, satiety and animal fat have the opposite effect, which will make the cell membrane more rigid. Therefore, in order to prevent stroke and cardiovascular diseases, it is best not to eat this kind of fat.
3. Control the salt intake.
Even if salt doesn't raise your blood pressure, it may be harmful to brain tissue and cause a slight stroke. Someone once experimented with mice and fed them high-salt and low-salt diets respectively. Mice fed a high-salt diet died of a stroke within fifteen weeks, although their blood pressure did not rise; However, only 12% of mice who ate a low-salt diet died of stroke. Mice that died by eating a high-salt diet suffered a series of minor strokes, which eventually led to brain tissue necrosis and arterial injury.
4. Consider drinking tea, especially green tea.
Remember, taking these actions can reduce the degree of nerve damage and reduce the chance of death from stroke in case you have a stroke.
Stroke patients have a history of hypertension and cerebral arteriosclerosis. Once you have a stroke, it will be more troublesome to treat. Even if rescued from danger, it will leave sequelae such as hemiplegia, which will not heal for a long time. Early detection and early measures can often prevent serious consequences. So, what are the signs of a stroke?
Stroke patients often first appear on one side of the face or hands and feet suddenly feel numb or weak, mouth askew, drooling; Sudden temporary difficulty in speaking or inability to understand what others are saying; Temporary blurred vision or blindness; Suddenly feel dizzy or unstable, or even faint; Sleepiness without obvious reasons; A sudden change in character or intelligence; Have unexplained headaches, etc. Anyone with any one or more of the above symptoms should immediately let the patient rest in bed and keep quiet, and don't be nervous, excited, afraid or fidgety. It's better to call an ambulance or a doctor for examination. If you don't have the conditions, when you need to go to a nearby hospital, you should use a stretcher to get on the bus, and you should prevent bumps on the road. The patient should lie flat with his head tilted to one side to prevent vomit from choking the trachea.
Stroke is a pathological change caused by cerebrovascular disease, and it is a manifestation of local blood circulation disorder in the brain. It can be divided into two categories: hemorrhagic stroke and ischemic stroke. Cerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage belong to hemorrhagic stroke; Cerebral embolism and cerebral thrombosis belong to ischemic stroke. The clinical manifestations of hemorrhagic stroke are severe headache, vomiting, mania, lethargy, coma or hemiplegia; The clinical manifestations of ischemic stroke are hemiplegia, hemiplegia, aphasia and visual impairment.
Health guide:
1. Prevention and treatment of primary disease: The longer the hypertension time, the more obvious the arteriosclerosis, which is prone to stroke. Blood pressure should be measured frequently at ordinary times, and medication should be taken to control blood pressure within the normal range as much as possible. Coronary heart disease is often caused by arrhythmia, which reduces the pumping ability of the heart, makes the cerebral blood flow slow, and is prone to ischemic stroke. Hyperlipidemia can lead to atherosclerosis and increased blood viscosity. Diabetes will harden the arterial wall and increase blood viscosity. Both can induce stroke. Therefore, effective control and prevention of primary disease is an important key to prevent stroke.
2. Emotional adjustment: A relaxed and happy mood can effectively prevent the aggravation of primary diseases such as hypertension.
You can distract yourself by listening to light music and chatting with young people. Don't watch scary movies. Don't get angry when something happens, pay attention to the combination of work and rest. Go shopping and exercise on an empty stomach in the morning to eat snacks to prevent hypoglycemia and cerebral thrombosis. The weather changes obviously, especially the sudden cooling will make blood vessels contract and blood pressure rise, which will lead to the deterioration of the disease. You should wear more clothes to keep warm.
3. Quit smoking and avoid alcohol: Smoking and excessive drinking will further damage heart function, increase blood viscosity and blood lipid, and easily induce stroke.
4. Keep the stool unobstructed: Keep the stool unobstructed at ordinary times, and don't get angry when defecating, so as to avoid the increase of abdominal pressure, sudden increase of cerebral blood flow and cerebral hemorrhage.
5. Diet adjustment: The diet should be light. Eat more fresh vegetables and aquatic products, such as vegetables, radishes, kelp and laver.
Eat less and eat more. Eat enough dietary fiber and intestine-moistening food, fast fat meat and animal offal, and don't eat irritating onions, peppers, coffee, etc. Eat less refined sugar, honey, fruit candy, cakes, etc. The amount of salt is limited to 4 grams per day, which can prevent water retention and reduce the burden on the heart.
6. Physical exercise: Choose Tai Ji Chuan, walking, Qigong and other sports for exercise. Don't lie in bed all day. Staying in bed for a long time will slow down the blood flow and cause ischemic stroke, which is also not conducive to the gradual recovery of physical function after stroke.
7. Seek medical attention in time: If you find yourself walking unsteadily, one limb is weak, your mouth is crooked, your lips are numb, or you may have cerebral vasospasm or slight stroke while holding things on the ground, you should seek medical attention in time to prevent the disease from further developing.