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Fruits and Vegetables can save a brain damage

Luscious fruits and veggies are always tempting. Go ahead, buy a lot of it. Fruits and vegetables save you from brain damage. This is good news for all the fruit lovers, and inspiration for everyone else. Each additional juicy orange, wedge of apple, or bowl of strawberries you tend to eat during the day slashes your risk of a brain-crippling stroke by 11 per cent. All that fruit lowers your heart attack risk, too. And that’s not all. Veggies help as well — they cut stroke odds by another three per cent — but researchers recently found fruit the most protective.

How does fruit help squash strokes? Many studies suggest that potassium may be part of the answer. It keeps blood pressure down, and a lot of fruit is full of it. Fruit (veggies too) also is full of fibre and other nutrients that help keep cholesterol levels in check.

Want the biggest potassium bang for your produce buck? Reach for bananas, melons, oranges, nectarines, strawberries, sweet potatoes, spinach, tomatoes, and apples while cruising the produce aisles. Or better yet, head to the local farmers’ market for great buys on the season’s freshest produce picks.

And better still learn to distinguish between what’s fresh and what’s not when you step into the market to buy the stuff so you can get the most nutritional value out of them.

Now don’t you think that’s the best way to stay healthy and happy too?

Written by James · Filed Under Brain 

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