Deans' stroke musings: Importance of Nutrition in Stroke Recovery and Post-Stroke Rehabilitation

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Importance of Nutrition in Stroke Recovery and Post-Stroke Rehabilitation

At the bottom you finally get around to suggesting proper diet and nutrition. I've been writing about that almost forever.

diet protocol (173 posts to July 2015)

This is what your diet protocol should cover.

For dementia prevention; for cognitive improvement; for cholesterol reduction; for plaque removal; for Parkinsons prevention; for inflammation reduction, for dementia prevention; etc. Oh, you DON'T HAVE A DIET PROTOCOL, DO YOU?

Importance of Nutrition in Stroke Recovery and Post-Stroke Rehabilitation

Mahendra Kumar1, Dr. Nitika Thakur2, Dr. Imran Khan3 1PhD Scholar SSNSR, Sharda University Greater Noida, UP, Stroke Coordinator, Neurology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India 2Associate Professor, SSNSR, Sharda University, Greater Noida, UP, India 3Associate Professor, SSNSR, Sharda University, Greater Noida, UP, India

Abstract:

Stroke is one of the main causes of death and long-term disability across the world. Many people who survive stroke develop problems related to movement, speech, swallowing, and daily functioning. One major but often ignored problem after stroke is poor nutrition. Many stroke patients are already malnourished when admitted to hospital, and their nutritional condition may worsen during treatment and rehabilitation. Good nutrition is very important for brain recovery, muscle strength, immunity, and overall healing. Stroke patients often face difficulty eating because of swallowing problems, weakness, poor appetite, or depression. If sufficient nutrition is not given, recovery becomes slower and complications increase. In India, stroke cases are increasing because of lifestyle changes, unhealthy diets, and increasing blood pressure and diabetes cases. Many patients also face problems like poverty, poor access to rehabilitation services, and lack of nutrition counselling. This review explains how nutrition supports stroke recovery, what nutrients are important, and why nutrition care should be a major part of stroke rehabilitation, especially in India.