The Top 5 Foods to Avoid After Stroke

Changing your diet may decrease stroke risk by 19% as reported in a 2013 Cochrane Review ( the gold standard for evidence). In this video, we'll talk about the top 5 foods to avoid after a stroke and how reducing them decreases your risk!
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🔎 Research Articles & Sources
➡️ 2013 Cochrane Review: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
➡️ CDC Stats on Sodium Intake: www.cdc.gov/salt/index.htm
➡️ CDC Stats on Added Sugar: www.cdc.gov/nutrition/data-st...
➡️ 2022 Excessive Intake of Sugar: An Accomplice of Inflammation: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...)
➡️ Harvard Health: The Sweet Danger of Sugar: www.health.harvard.edu/heart-...
➡️ AHA Saturated Fat Recommendation: www.heart.org/en/healthy-livi...
➡️ 2021 Study/Presentation Saturated Fat: newsroom.heart.org/news/veget...
➡️ 2017 JAHA Study on Red and Processed Meat: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28855...
➡️ 2023 Neurology Journal Study on Alcohol Intake and Stroke Risk: www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212...
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Time Stamps:
00:00 Intro
00:15 Added Salts
02:21 Added Sugars
04:38 Saturated Fats*
06:41 Red and Processed Meats
08:56 Alcohol
11:12 Outro
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[@hemasookram4655]

Three years into my recovery this was extremely informative. I've never been fond of processed foods or fast foods. I cook everything from scratch.

[@olafborkner]

Thank you for this information. I suffered a stroke three years ago and I am struggeling to cope with this situation. Your exercises are integral part of my daily workout.

[@PostStrokeOrg]

I’m so sorry to hear about your stroke. I’m glad you’re finding the exercises helpful ❤️ are you able to talk with a counselor or mental health therapist about your struggle?

[@olafborkner]

@@PostStrokeOrg I had a stroke in the right thalamus. Every day I do 10,000 steps, your seven exercises, some stretching exercises, as well as weight exercises (2x3kg dumbbells). I have to travel periodically and then I can't do these exercises for one or two days, but then I notice that I feel quite bad without them. I have hardly any physical limitations, just the feeling of ants constantly crawling over my left extremities is very unbearable. I am a mathematician and write books, my main problem is that since the stroke I have had difficulty concentrating, which greatly hinders me. I have also become very sensitive to weather, which I wasn't before. Some days I feel almost good, but on other days it's pretty bad again. Of course, it may also be due to my age, I am 80 years old and my resilience is slowly diminishing. My dear wife is Italian and she cooks Mediterranean cuisine, so my diet should be okay... Your exercises help me a lot, but also the moral support you provide in some videos gives me hope. Anyway, thank you for your contributions, they help me a lot.

[@gear1100]

As a veteran that has been homeless living in my car for 6 months now, I thought i would enjoy myself one night and have a beer (i normally don't drink) and enjoy a few pieces of thc-infused chocolate. I found that this triggered a stroke an hour after the chocolate. I still have all my cognitive abilities but am now constantly fighting a spinning feeling and stability. This makes me nauseous and i usually throw up each morning now. I'm fighting this as best i can and your advice is very good but i find it difficult due to being homeless but I'm trying. Thank you for the advice. Randy Ps - I spent 2 weeks in the hospital but the determination was that it hurt my cerebellum and recovery would be very slow so they discharged me.

[@canalcorridaaos50]

Another great video, as usual! Thanks for making all these things clear to all of us! By the way, today is my 6th month after I underwent a stroke. Your videos always help us a lot! ALL the BEST for you!

[@seahawk124]

I was told to change from vegable oil to olive oil.

[@peterajiduah9274]

nice listening to you. learnt a lot today, from your teaching. three years stroke survival.

[@sharonschnieder5923]

You are so informative on all your videos! Thank you so kindly ❤

[@jimbrown5552]

Watching from Ireland

[@wonkyganu72]

very good video, I had a very bad stroke , after being discharged from the hospital, I was afraid to eat anything.

[@cindyjavido2142]

Me too, i am afraid to eat anything from 70kg down to 50kg since 2019 up to now

[@chooningrid6860]

​@@cindyjavido2142 same here fr 60kg to 50kg

[@jimbrown5552]

Thanks again for sharing

[@InfiniteBeauty7855]

6.5 yrs after brain bleed stroke, reducing salt is still the hardest. Salt is in EVERYTHING. I have found the BEST salt substitute Benson’s Tasty Table. I got it on Amazon but it’s at Walmart and Target

[@eclecticcyclist]

Starch is just a bunch of glicose molecules which are relatively easy to split especiallystarch from milled grain so as well as minimising sugar we should also minimise milled grain intake i.e. flour based foods.

[@plant495]

This is a common misconception. Those long chains are slower to break down, so they release simple sugar into the bloodstream slowly and steadily. So starches are actually a great form of slow-release energy. Eating simple sugar without fiber, such as table sugar, is released quickly, all at once in the blood stream, which is harder on the body. Eating starches is a great way to get in ample carbohydrate but in a slow-release form. We need to eat both complex carbs and simple carbs throughout the day. This information is available in standard college nutrition 101 curriculum, so it's well established information from reliable sources from many decades of nutrition research (unlike fly-by-night diets that promote this myth.)

[@eclecticcyclist]

@@plant495 How do you explain that white bread had a higher glycaemic index than sucrose? How do you explain the fact that people can survive quite readily on a pure carnivore diet which contains co carbohydrate? Or that it's possible for a person on a keto diet to run five marathons in five days while fasting? Perhaps your standard college nutrition curriculum is out of date.

[@plant495]

@@eclecticcyclist I can't, because I don't believe either of those.

[@thelmamthembu2822]

Thank you ❤❤❤

[@Ed-ip2sg]

I’m surprised that all of us haven’t had strokes before we are 20. Sugar and Salt get blamed for everything when it comes to health. That’s a lot of people’s diet especially when you think about common breakfast cereals loaded with both sugar and salt, cookies, sports drinks sodas … you name it. I wonder about some of these studies. I think they are missing something.

[@Xofi7]

Thank you

[@user-qd6no8px7c]

Your supper. God Bless you

[@Lafiora29]

My dad had an ischemic stroke March 17th. I think it was due to drinking alcohol. He had just finished 6 rounds of chemo. I am taking care of him daily.

[@sheilaa6628]

Thanks!

[@PostStrokeOrg]

Thank you SO much!! ☺️❤️

[@mrstevek118]

My doctor told me to eat more salt, because my blood pressure was to low. Once I started doing this it brought it up to normal. My bp was so low I was feeling dizzy

[@PostStrokeOrg]

@mrstevek118 Always important to follow your doctor's advice as everyone has different medical situations. Thanks for sharing ❤️

[@azimraza0567]

2 years a go had a stroke but the stiffness of mouth hasn’t recovered yet plz suggest some excersise my left hand and my face.

[@sunilsanju7148]

Hi thank you for the great info Iam stroke patent since from 1 half year Please do help How to reduce swelling in ankle for effected leg

[@vincentdavis9920]

No no no, you are a stroke survivor just like the rest of us. And may our God usheryou into becoming an oveecomer too. The devil tried to take you out and couldn't so he's been trying to wear you/us down ever since that event and because you're here and finding this wonderful information we are not going to let him whin. Bless you and everyone that reads this message.

[@rajesht1526]

Thank you mam i am stroke survivour for last 3 years i have left leg spasam problem i need some half stretching excersiers

[@cindyjavido2142]

Same here

[@deborahann6912]

Mam I love to listen to all the advice you give to people who have suffered a stroke mam it's seventh year that I got a stroke I was in a very bad state when I suffered a stroke today I'm about 70 percent do you think I have a chance of recovering fully what's your advice mam the way you speak itself makes me feel so good and encourages me to recover I pray daily to recover fast because my husband suffers alone taking care of me actually it's because of him I've recovered 70 percent madam can I speak to you anytime

[@Getasketch]

After my stroke I started the keto diet. High protest and low carb. I lost 90 lbs. I often eat no sodium deli turkey, drink zero alcohol and keep my sodium intake to 500-750 mgs a dad. I do consume red meat. What’s your opinion on that kind of diet?

[@mclovin8739]

I kind of doing the same, I currently start the day with one crushed, chopped garlic clove in the juice of half a lemon with 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, all added to a glass of water, i now crave it in the morning. Tthen I'll eat sausage, bacon and scrambled egg with black coffee. That keeps me going until about 4pm, I'll eat a few mixed nuts in their natural state, maybe some kifir yogurt with ground flax seed and Chia seed, or a drink of full fat milk, or eat some French soft cheese or 85% dark chocolate for snacking on. I drink various herbal teas throught the day, real herbs not the supermarket herbal tea bag type. Evening meal I usually have mixed leaf salad, with cucumber, tomatoes, onion, homemade sauerkraut, beetroot, fresh thyme, fresh cut rosemary, parsley, drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and apple cider vinegar, I'll have that with salmon, or mackerel or a nice fatty steak, chicken, or lamb, or organ meat. That's my daily diet every single day. I approach food as medicine, it has to get me as far away from a secondary stroke as possible, I don't know if it's the right diet but so far so good. The only salt I touch is the celtic sea salt type, mineral salt, I won't touch table salt. Cutting out the carbs and sugar and ready made foods is definitely helping. I would like to go full on carnivor but I'm leaning toward the Mediterranean diet as I'm still very cautious about it all at the moment. It's very difficult to try get enough natural protein, fat, essential minerals, vitamins and nutrients everyday without worrying about blood clots and high blood pressure, diet and nutrition seems to be minefield of contradictory information. Well there's a load of words you never asked for lol. Good luck

[@49lucky]

I've been on the Mediterranean diet since my stroke. But always eat that way now. I didn't realize how much garbage I ate. 😅😅😅😅

[@clifftanch]

Having an ad show 30 beef sticks for $30 was unintentionally hilarious.

[@PostStrokeOrg]

lol oh no😜

[@ernierone6133]

😂😂

[@seattlecathy]

It seems to make a small difference. 19% relative difference is about 1% absolute. These changes are important for anyone with. And blood pressure is usually taken incorrectly, after you’ve been sitting in a crowded noisy waiting room. Hospitals love to give people fruit juice and sweets. Cholesterol is very controversial. Show us the real numbers, please! I

[@PostStrokeOrg]

Check in the description for links to the studies and articles I’ve mentioned!

[@PostStrokeOrg]

Check in the description for links to the studies and articles I’ve mentioned!

[@chooningrid6860]

​@@PostStrokeOrg Double Strokes😅

[@sajanninan4520]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@prestigemaids7703]

Real food don’t have ingredients. It’s the ingredient.

[@Tuner9069]

Real food has bioavailable nutrients whereas processed foods contain synthetic non-bioavailable nutrients (lab created synthetic copies of real nutrients). Synthetic chemicals cause physical damage. Salt contains more than just sodium. It also has magnesium and potassium. Processed foods have an abundance of sugar.

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

💖❤

[@PostStrokeOrg]

❤️❤️

[@FruitBlunders-expose]

We eat at home 99% of the time and 80% of our food is fruits and vegetables.

[@mariaespiritu9512]

That’s awesome! Great job

[@mariaespiritu9512]

That’s awesome! Great job!

[@LindaPeace-xi9zo]

❤🇿🇦

[@PostStrokeOrg]

❤️

[@SonicRacingEPt]

1st. Thanks for the info

[@PostStrokeOrg]

Of course!

[@SonicRacingEPt]

I'm a Stroke Survivor as well happened 6 years ago but I really don't add salt to my foods besides what is used for cooking also not a sugar fanatic either here I'll eat oatmeal glazed cookies or cookies and cream ice cream that's it. Also cut back 98% of alcohol before I'd drink over an 18 pack a day plus drug use till I had my stroke but now no drug use of course and I drink 2 beers maybe every week max so I've calmed down plus I eat veggies and have some superb salads with all the food groups in them. But the main thing is I'm alive and I have a positive mindset on Life! Thanks be to God 🙏🏻