Reduce Stroke in Women

As the population ages their risk of heart disease and stroke increases causing alarm among the general population. Many people are looking for quick ways to improve their health. Harvard Medical School doctors suggest that women who eat more fish have a lower risk of stroke.

Their researchers examined the health records of almost 80 000 women from 1980-1994, using the Nurses' Health Study. This study collects information on lifestyle, diet, and medical history from female nurses in the USA.

The stroke-protective ingredient is thought to be Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty aside. Dark- fleshed fish such as mackerel, salmon or sardines contain the highest levels of Omega-3 acids.

To receive benefits a woman must eat fish one to three times a month, to reduce her risk seven percent more than women who eat fish sporadically. Women who eat fish once a week are in a category with 22 per cent lower risk. Eating fish more than once a week decreases the risk to 27 percent. Eating fish more than five times reduces the risk of a total stroke 52 per cent. These figures are according to Dr. Hiroyasu Iso, the lead investigator.

Like everything, eating fish must be balanced with other health factors. Changing a red meat diet can result in lowering the iron levels in the body. Here is a good article on Omega3 fish oils from the Mayo Clinic Here is some information from Puritan their fish oil products.