Antioxidant-rich diets reduce brain damage from stroke in rats

More good news!!!! Eat your veggies!

Antioxidant-rich diets reduce brain damage from stroke in rats: "'I was amazed at the extent of neuroprotection these antioxidant-rich diets provided,' said Dr. Bickford, a researcher at the USF Center for Aging and Brain Repair and James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital. 'The size of the stroke was 50 to 75 percent less in rats treated with diets supplemented with blueberries, spinach or spirulina before the stroke.' "

"The clinical implication is that increasing fruit and vegetable consumption may make a difference in the severity of a stroke," Dr. Bickford said. "It could be a readily available, inexpensive and relatively safe way to benefit stroke patients."


The study was supported by grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Veterans Administration.