Healthy eating after stroke

Stroke is a common diseases in Nigeria as of today, and Eating well after a stroke is key to recovery. Choosing healthy foods can help control blood pressure, body weight, reduce a person’s risk of having another stroke, and may help with the demands of stroke therapy and other daily activities.



Preventing another stroke and staying healthy can be achieved when you take appropriate steps to control your weight and blood pressure. Making healthy food choices is a major step in the right direction, and you can enhance the impact diet plays in your risk by meeting with a registered dietitian. A dietitian can teach you how to prepare and plan meals to enhance your health.
There are few tips of what to eat aftermath!

Grains: (rice bran, wheat and soya beans) and drink a lot of purified water.
Vegetables: Choose often nutrient-rich dark green and orange vegetables and remember to regularly eat dried beans and peas.
Fruits: Eat a variety of fresh, frozen or dried fruits each day.
Dairy: Choose low-fat or fat-free dairy foods, or a variety of non-dairy calcium-rich foods each day.
Protein: Choose low-fat or lean meats, poultry; and remember to vary your choices with more beans, peas, nuts, seeds and fish sources. In terms of fats, make most of your fat sources from fish, nuts and vegetable oils. Limit fat sources from butter.