A new study has reported that women following a healthy diet and lifestyle changes are at a lower risk of stroke. The study looked at five factors responsible for a healthy lifestyle namely healthy diet moderate alcohol consumption no smoking physical activity and healthy body mass index (BMI). As compared with women having none of the five healthy factors women with a healthy lifestyle had a 54 percent lower risk of stroke. 'Because the consequences of stroke are usually devastating and irreversible prevention is of great importance' said Susanna C. Larsson from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm Sweden. For the study 31696 Swedish women turning 60
