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An orange a day may ward off stroke risk
Vitamin C deficiency should be considered a risk factor for severe type of stroke.
Eating foods that contain vitamin C may reduce your risk of the most common type of hemorrhagic stroke, says a study.
Vitamin C is found in fruits and vegetables such as oranges, papaya, peppers, broccoli and strawberries.
Hemorrhagic stroke is less common than ischemic stroke, but is more often deadly.
The study involved 65 people who had experienced an intra-cerebral hemorrhagic stroke, or a blood vessel rupture inside the brain. They were compared to 65 healthy people.
Participants were tested for the levels of vitamin C in their blood. Forty-one per cent of cases had normal levels of vitamin C, 45 per cent showed depleted levels of vitamin C and 14 per cent were considered deficient of the vitamin.
On average, the people who had a stroke had depleted levels of vitamin C, while those who had not had a stroke had normal levels of the vitamin.
“Our results show that vitamin C deficiency should be considered a risk factor for this severe type of stroke, as were high blood pressure and being overweight in our study,” said study author Stphane Vannier with Pontchaillou University Hospital in Rennes, France.
Vannier added that vitamin C appeared to have other benefits like creating collagen, a protein found in bones, skin and tissues.
Vitamin C deficiency has also been linked to heart disease.
The study is scheduled to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 66[SUP]th[/SUP] Annual Meeting in Philadelphia April 26.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-arti...February/health_February19.xml§ion=health
Vitamin C deficiency should be considered a risk factor for severe type of stroke.
Eating foods that contain vitamin C may reduce your risk of the most common type of hemorrhagic stroke, says a study.
Vitamin C is found in fruits and vegetables such as oranges, papaya, peppers, broccoli and strawberries.
Hemorrhagic stroke is less common than ischemic stroke, but is more often deadly.
The study involved 65 people who had experienced an intra-cerebral hemorrhagic stroke, or a blood vessel rupture inside the brain. They were compared to 65 healthy people.
Participants were tested for the levels of vitamin C in their blood. Forty-one per cent of cases had normal levels of vitamin C, 45 per cent showed depleted levels of vitamin C and 14 per cent were considered deficient of the vitamin.
On average, the people who had a stroke had depleted levels of vitamin C, while those who had not had a stroke had normal levels of the vitamin.
“Our results show that vitamin C deficiency should be considered a risk factor for this severe type of stroke, as were high blood pressure and being overweight in our study,” said study author Stphane Vannier with Pontchaillou University Hospital in Rennes, France.
Vannier added that vitamin C appeared to have other benefits like creating collagen, a protein found in bones, skin and tissues.
Vitamin C deficiency has also been linked to heart disease.
The study is scheduled to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 66[SUP]th[/SUP] Annual Meeting in Philadelphia April 26.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-arti...February/health_February19.xml§ion=health
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