Fish Oil, an Aspirin a Day and Welch's Grape Juice - Natural Stroke Prevention

A stroke is a very scary thing. But hopefully – we can address stroke prevention naturally with fish oil, an aspirin a day and a little pure Welch’s grape juice each day. Every year an estimated 700,000 people suffer from a stroke and over half of those 700,000 are first time strokes. Someone in the U.S. is having a stroke about every minute – now THAT is SCARY!!!

There are 3 top risk factors that cause these strokes – High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, and smoking.

A stroke is kind of in the family of heart disease. There are actually 3 kinds of strokes – Thrombotic, Embolic and Hemorrhagic. But there are things we can do to reduce our chances of having any of these.

Types of Strokes

A Thrombotic stroke is where plaque builds up on the artery walls leading to the brain. When the oxygen and blood supply are cut off – it causes the thrombotic stroke.

An Embolic stroke – Is a stroke where a blood clot breaks off somewhere in the body and travels through the blood stream and cuts off the circulation to the brain.

The Hemorrhagic stroke is a little more scary to me. We think we can keep our blood flowing freely and prevent the first two – with aspirin or other things. But A Hemorrhagic stroke is where a blood vessel in the brain opens up and starts bleeding within the brain. Weak blood vessels or aneurysms can cause this.

About 87 % of all strokes are the Thrombotic stroke.

SO the most common stroke happens when your blood supply to your brain is cut off and the brain can’t get the oxygen and nutrients it needs. When this happens brain cells begin dying within minutes.

Many things can help the flow of blood through the arteries

Stroke Prevention

fish oil

You should take at least 1,000mg a day.

Dr. Patel told me early this summer to start taking 6 or 8.

I recently found smaller caplets at Walgreens and they’re half the size and 500 mg –

so if large pills are a problem for you like they are for me you could get the smaller ones … so 4-5-6-

FISH OIL DAILY!!!

Aspirin

An aspirin a day – it’s like an apple a day, it ‘can’ keep the doctor away!

It works as a blood thinner and it can be good to prevent heart attacks AND strokes.

Welch’s Grape Juice

Welch’s Grape Juice!

You know we see ads all the time telling us we’ll be healthier if we have ‘just a little wine a day’?

Well wine is made from GRAPES and the active ingredient in GRAPES is Resveratrol and THAT is what makes the wine good for the heart!

Just 12oz of grape juice a day has huge benefits!

And you can drink that in 3 glasses spread over the course of the day of about 4 ounces each.

Resveratrol has been shown through many studies to prevent heart disease and certain cancers and it reduces the risk of blood clots, helps maintain a healthy blood pressure, reduces bad cholesterol and relaxes the blood vessels.

A group of 15 patients who already showed signs of cardiovascular disease, including plaque constricted arteries, were asked to drink a tall glass of grape juice daily for 14 days.

After just 14 days – blood tests revealed that LDL oxidation in these patients was significantly reduced.

An ultrasound on each one showed changes in their artery walls indicating their blood was flowing more freely.