What is your post-stroke diet protocol from your doctor? Paleo, Mediterranean, Nordic? Do you even have one? Specifics, not just general crap like eat healthy.
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A new study led from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet shows that
although individual components of a healthy so-called Nordic diet
previously have been linked to beneficial effects on cardiovascular
health, as well as to other health effects, there is no evidence of an
association with cardiovascular events in a general population. The
study, which was conducted in in over 40,000 Swedish women, is being
published in the Journal of Internal Medicine.
Cardiovascular disease, such as heart attack and stroke, is a leading
cause of death worldwide, and it has long been known that dietary
factors have an important influence on cardiovascular health. Previous
studies have shown beneficial effects of a healthy Nordic diet
− comprising whole grain bread and oatmeal, fruit (apples/pears),
vegetables (root vegetables and cabbage) and fish − on short-term
markers of cardiovascular health, for example lower blood pressure and
weight loss. Several studies have also showed beneficial effects of
individual components included in the Nordic diet on cardiovascular
events. However, the current study is the first to investigate the
overall, long-term association between a healthy Nordic diet and the
incidence of cardiovascular disease in the general population.
The study was conducted in 43,310 middle-aged Swedish women. The
participants answered questions in 1991/92 about their food intake, and
the incidence of cardiovascular disease was recorded through the Swedish
registries over approximately 20 years until the end of 2012. During
the follow-up period, nearly 20% of the women developed cardiovascular
disease. However, unexpectedly given the results of previous studies,
the beneficial effect of a healthy Nordic diet did not register when
looking at the incidence of concrete, cardiovascular events in the
general population.
“The reason for this for this discrepancy could be that previous
studies showing effect of a healthy Nordic diet were intervention
trials, which means participants had a very high adherence to this
particular diet and also were selected, high-risk persons in relation to
developing cardiovascular disease, whereas the present study expected a
lesser degree of adherence, and looked and a group of overall healthy
women”, says first author Nina Roswall, PhD, at the Department of
Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet.
An additional goal for the research team was to determine whether any
relationship between the healthy Nordic diet and cardiovascular disease
is modified by age, weight, alcohol consumption or smoking. Their
results show that alcohol intake, weight (BMI) and age did not have any
significant affect.
“We did manage to show a beneficial effect of this diet among former
smokers”, says Professor Elisabete Weiderpass, PhD, who supervised the
study. “However, this may be due to the fact that smoking cessation is
associated with dietary changes towards a healthier lifestyle, which may
have affected the results. It is also important to point out that
further investigation is required to confirm these findings.”
Research organizations involved in this study, other than Karolinska
Institutet, were the Danish Cancer Society Research Center, University
of Auckland, New Zealand, Harvard School of Public Health, USA,
Folkhälsan Research Center, Finland, The Cancer Registry of Norway, The
Arctic University of Norway, and University of Tromsö, also in Norway.
The investigation was supported by a grant from the Swedish Research
Council.
Karolinska Institutet − a medical university: ki.se/english
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