To avoid getting affected by strokes, follow these lifestyle factors
Posted on: 05/Nov/2019 9:48:54 AM
How many of us are aware of the fact that stroke kills about 5 million people across the world every year?
It must be noted that many middle aged women get affected by strokes and find their lives very difficult. When an artery that supplies blood to the brain gets clogged then it could result in a stroke.
Information is there are 2 types of strokes. In the first one, a blood clot might block an artery leading to stroke and second type of stroke occurs when the blood vessel bursts and blood is moving freely in the brain.
It is worthy to mention here that foods such as nuts, greens, citrus fruits, whole grains etc are superb and they could prevent us from getting strokes. In the same manner, there are few foods like meat, diet-soda, high cholesterol foods etc and these could make us more prone to strokes.
To prevent strokes from affecting us it is important that we must follow certain lifestyle. These are
By doing exercises regularly:
It is revealed that walking one hour for 5 days in a week could prevent us from strokes. Important point here is exercise works just as well as the drugs for strokes.
By losing excess weight:
This is also one important way to prevent strokes. It must be noted that excess weight could strain the circulatory system leading to issues like strokes etc.
By having enough sleep:
There is a relation between getting strokes and insufficient sleep. It is important to mention that getting less than 6 hours of sleep could result in strokes.
By consuming enough vitamin D:
The shocking information is low levels of vitamin D doubles the risk of getting strokes. By exposing our body to sun or by taking vitamin D supplements etc we could get vitamin D and avoid strokes.
