Western diet enhances risk of stroke: Study
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Saturday, July 3, 2004
Washington, July 2 (ANI) - According to a recent study
Western diets consisting of red and processed meats,
refined grains, sweets and desserts may enhance risk of
getting a stroke.
The study conducted by researchers at Simmons College
School for Health Studies in Boston and Harvard School of
Public Health is the first study to examine the overall
dietary habits and stroke risk.
"Several foods and nutrients have been linked to the risk
of stroke therefore, dietary modification may be an
important way to reduce the risk of stroke because
nutrients and food are consumed in combination, their
cumulative effect on disease risk may be best
investigated by considering the entire eating pattern ,"
Teresa Fung the study's lead author and assistant
professor of nutrition at Simmons College School for
Health Studies in Boston, and adjunct assistant professor
of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health,
said.
Researchers examined dietary information on 71,768 female
nurses, aged between 38 and 63, who had no history of
heart disease or diabetes.
Researchers observed a higher relative risk for stroke
among those consuming a Western diet. Women with Western
eating habits were more likely to smoke, less likely to
take vitamins and less active, the study found.
Women who ate the Western diet and also had hypertension
had more than three times the risk of strokes caused by
blockages compared with Western dieters without
hypertension.
"Overall dietary patterns are easier to recommend to the
public than individual foods," Fung said.
Although no men were included in the study, Fung said the
results have applications for men's diets as well.
"I'd like to see people examine different components of
their diets and make positive changes accordingly," she
said.
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