Brain Bulletin #77 - What 3 Fruits Cut Your Stroke Risk in Half?

Brain attack. That's what a stroke is.

A stroke affects the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain. Blood contains oxygen and nutrients and delivers them to your brain via four arteries and their branches.

When deprived of oxygen, nerve cells in the affected area of the brain can't function and die within minutes. When nerve cells can't function, the part of the body controlled by these cells can't function either. The devastating effects of stroke are often permanent.

What if you could cut your stroke risk in half by making one simple decision each day?

You Can. Eat more white food. Think apples, pears, bananas, garlic, cauliflower, cucumber, onions....

A remarkable new study found that for every 25 grams of the white stuff you eat, stroke risk declines by a whopping 9%. For example, a medium size apple is 180 grams, a banana is 115 grams. You can do the math. It is worth noting that this study included 20,000 people and took ten years to conduct.

No one seems to know why this happens. But, I'm not waiting for science to figure it out...my goal this year is to eat one white fruit every day.

How about you? Remember...you only get one brain.

Also, don't forget to eat The Colour Purple

Congratulations on learning something about your brain today. The Brain Bulletin is committed to help to do just that. If you missed any Brain Bulletins you can find them in the Brain Bulletin Archive: Brain Bulletin Archive

Something great and ongoing for your brain:

Follow the Brainguy on Twitter:

You can join Terry Small's 1590 followers for free on Twitter: www.twitter.com/terrysmall

Twitter is a great way to learn and fuel your brain. I just posted an interesting article on why you are not nearly as good at paying attention as you think you are (something I have been telling people in my live presentations for years).

I will be posting, or tweeting as it's called, regularly about the brain. What I'm reading, watching, thinking, doing....all as it relates to your brain. Twitter restricts tweets to 140 characters, so it is always quick and to the point. No time wasting!

Twitter has the easiest sign up page in the world. Even if you are not on Twitter you can check out my tweets here: www.twitter.com/terrysmall

You can also follow the Brain Bulletin of twitter: www.twitter.com/brainbulletin

I had a fun and relaxing month. I always like December and Christmas. We spent this time on the Baja...lots of sunshine and Vit D for the brain. I got to contemplate weighty questions like, "Should I have another taco pastor?" I also brushed up on my tennis game (a great brain workout). 

I also spent some time in Switzerland and France in December. I got to speak to a great group of geniuses at Unigestion in Geneva.

Holidays are great for reading, too. I loved the book: "Creative Thinkering - Putting Your Imagination to Work" by Michael Michalko. It reminded me again how important it is to think about your thinking.

I am looking forward in January to working with Metro Vancouver, the teachers at GW Graham School, keynoting the Canadian Reformed Schools Conference. Lots of public seminars, too.