Treating Stroke Only Way Eat 3 Bananas

Written By Heru Prasetio on Saturday, July 9, 2011 | 12:02 PM

Eating a healthy balanced diet, regular exercise, and perform routine medical control is the key to maintaining a healthy body. Of the many choices of healthy foods, bananas can be relied upon to prevent a stroke.

As quoted by the Daily Mail, a team of researchers from the University of Warwick and University of Naples suggest eating bananas three times a day in order to prevent increased risk of stroke. One fruit at breakfast, one lunch, and the rest after dinner.

They say that the intake of three bananas a day will provide adequate potassium to reduce the likelihood of blood clots in the brain about 21 percent. These findings support previous studies that call the banana is useful for controlling blood pressure.

The key is the content of potassium in bananas. That is, those who did not like bananas can replace it with other foods that also have high potassium content such as spinach, nuts, fish, and lentils.

A recent study conducted by analyzing data from 11 different studies, reveals, the ideal daily intake of potassium for adults about 3,500 mg. They could meet at least half of the ideal number is enough to reduce the risk of stroke more than 20 percent.

Bananas contain about 500 milligrams of potassium. This means that the consumption of three bananas a day is sufficient ketubuhan potassium daily. "Intake of Potassium in most countries is far below the recommended daily amount," said the researcher who published his research in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

However, the consumption of bananas is not enough to prevent a stroke. Needed changes to become healthier lifestyle such as quitting smoking, reducing salt intake and cholesterol foods, and exercise regularly.

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