ReviewNutrients2019
Nutrition and Risk of Stroke.
Review in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 126 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association between red meat consumption and risk of stroke: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Sweet Surprises: An In-depth Systematic Review of Artificial Sweeteners and Their Association with Cerebrovascular Accidents.Current nutrition reports · 2024Pooled it
- Dietary total antioxidant capacity and risk of stroke: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of observational studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence and incidence of stroke in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
- Gut microbes in cerebrovascular diseases: Gut flora imbalance, potential impact mechanisms and promising treatment strategies.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Pooled it
- Ischemic Stroke Increases Protein Expression of the Folate Receptor and One-carbon Enzymes in Brain Tissue From Male and Female Patients.Translational stroke research · 2026Article
- Lipid metabolism, microglia, and stroke.Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
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- Using SHAP and LIME to Explain Machine Learning Models Predicting Comorbid Depression and Stroke From Daily Dietary Nutrient Intake in a US Population-Based Study.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Erector spinae density as a predictor of early cardiac complications in patients with stroke.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Difference in Clinical Features and Risk Factors of Ischemic Stroke Between Young and Elderly Adults: A Retrospective Observation from an Island Population.International journal of general medicine · 2026Article
- Mortality patterns related to stroke and dementia among older adults in the U. S.: a CDC WONDER analysis from 1999 to 2024.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
- The association between acute nutritional changes and prognosis in ischemic stroke patients.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Dietary Patterns Associated With Risk of Intracranial Atherosclerosis in Older Adults With Hypertension or Myocardial Infarction.Neurology · 2025Article
- Ischemic stroke increases levels of the folate receptor and one-carbon enzymes in male and female brain tissue.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Hyperhomocysteinemia-Driven Ischemic Stroke: Unraveling Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Horizons.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Dietary zinc intake associated with stroke in American adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Network Approach to Evaluate the Effect of Diet on Stroke or Myocardial Infarction Using Gaussian Graphical Model.Nutrients · 2025Article
- How Increased Dietary Folic Acid Intake Impacts Health Outcomes Through Changes in Inflammation, Angiogenesis, and Neurotoxicity.Nutrients · 2025Review
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Abstract
Nutrition is far more important in stroke risk than most physcians suppose. Healthy lifestyle choices reduce the risk of stroke by ~80%, and of the factors that increase the risk of stroke, the worst is diet: only ~0.1% of Americans consume a healthy diet, and only 8.3% consume a somewhat healthy diet. The situation is probably not much better in most other countries. A Cretan Mediterranean diet, high in olive oil, whole grains, fruits, vegetables and legumes, and low in cholesterol and saturated fat, can reduce stroke by 40% or more in high-risk patients. The role of the intestinal microbiome in cardiovascular risk is emerging; high levels of toxic metabolites produced by intestinal bacteria from meat (particularly red meat) and egg yolk are renally excreted. Patients with renal impairment, including the elderly, should limit red meat and avoid egg yolk, as should other patients at high risk of stroke. Salt intake should be limited to 2⁻3 grams per day. Metabolic B12 deficiency is common and usually missed. It has serious neurological consequences, including an increase in the risk of stroke. It now clear that B vitamins to lower homocysteine reduce the risk of stroke, but we should probably be using methylcobalamin instead of cyanocobalamin.
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