These Superfoods Cut Tragic Health Risks… So Why Don’t You Hear About Them?

Blueberries, spinach, Brussels sprouts, broccoli. These superfoods grab the headlines. Study after study raves about the antioxidants in them that will keep you young.

And yet, many more fruits and vegetables harbor vital nutrition, too.  They just don’t get the press.

But now a study from the Netherlands sheds light on an interesting pattern in this color palate.  The study was the “gold-standard” type that scientists take seriously.  It appears in the journalStroke.

The researchers, all nutritionists with the university, conducted a study of a large group – 20,069 men and women.  They ranged in age from 20 to 65 years old. 

Researchers kept in touch with them over a 10-year period. 

At the end of that decade, each person was given a food list with 178 items on it. They were asked, “How often did you eat these foods?”

Researchers then assessed the number of strokes in the group during that time.  During the study decade, 233 incidents of stroke had occurred. 

Researchers looked at the fruit and vegetable consumption among all the study participants. They attempted to find a common link.

Which foods helped prevent stroke?  Well that was the most interesting part…

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