The case for diet: a safe and efficacious strategy for secondary stroke prevention

Diet is strongly associated with risk for first stroke. In particular, observational and experimental research suggests that a Mediterranean-type diet may reduce risk for first ischemic stroke with an effect size comparable to statin therapy. These data for first ischemic stroke suggest that diet...

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Main Authors: Jennifer L Dearborn, Victor Cruz Urrutia, Walter N. Kernan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2015.00001/full