Every 45 seconds, someone has one.
It is the #1 leading cause of disability in the US.
160,000 people die from this each year, making it third behind heart disease and cancer.
What is it?
Stroke.
If you take the right steps, you may reduce your risk factor for having a stroke.
And women, you are more at risk than you think!
Let me explain…
What Is A Stroke?
There are two different types of strokes.
One is caused by plaque breaking off in your brain or other areas of your body.
This plaque then travels to your brain, where it cuts off the blood supply.
Lack of blood supply may result in the death of your brain cells.
The other type of stroke occurs when the vessels in your brain are weak or they rupture.
This causes blood to leach into your brain, causing damage.
Both types may lead to permanent disability, with paralysis primarily occurring on one side of your body.
Free Radicals and Stroke
Free radicals do a number on the cells in your body.
They create an environment where the free radicals may damage vessels, causing them to stiffen.
This may cause your vessels to not function optimally, resulting in your blood having a harder time moving through your body.
Free radicals may also cause inflammation.
And inflammation may be the beginning to certain disease processes.
One disease caused by inflammation may be strokes and cardiovascular disease.
But you may be able to reduce your risk factors.
Antioxidants
And this may happen with or without previous cardiovascular disease.
A study released recently, showed women who ate more fruits and vegetables, and drank more tea decreased their risk for having a stroke.
Powerful free radical fighters are found in fruits and vegetables.
Antioxidants, which are nutrients, may trap free radicals in their structure.
As a review…
Free radicals are unstable molecules.
They spend their time searching out stable molecules so they can steal one of their electrons.
This stealing enables the free radical to stabilize itself.
However, by stealing one electron from a balanced molecule makes that molecule unstable.
It then repeats the process.
When free radicals run into antioxidants, it steals a molecule to stabilize itself.
However, antioxidants maintain stability even when the free radical steals an electron.
Vitamins C, E, carotenoids, and flavonoids may all be able to neutralize free radicals, therefore reducing inflammation.
The Research
Researchers followed 31,035 women over the course of the study.
Women with the highest total antioxidant capacity (TAC) had a 17% less likely chance to have a stroke.
Women who ate more vegetables REDUCED their
risk of having a stroke
And if you had heart issues in the past…
Women who had heart issues in the past, reduced their risk of having a stroke from 46% to 57%.
Women at the highest end of TAC showed DRAMATIC decrease in risk
Antioxidants
Antioxidants are powerful fighters against free radicals and their associated damage.
Some of the leading antioxidants are Carotenoids.
Natural health enthusiasts have focused for years on beta-carotene, a carotenoid found naturally in fish oil, carrots and other sources. Other carotenoids included are betacarotene, alpha-carotene, lutein, lycopene, zeaxanthin, cryptoxanthin, phytoene, phytofluene and astaxanthin. Many members of the carotenoid family such as lutein and lycopene have been shown to have a positive influence on health.
Although individual carotenoids offer distinctive health benefits, their synergistic effects may increase their potency and range of benefits. These include powerful free-radical quenching ability.
Nature's Sunshine has created a special blend of carotenoids mimicking the ratios in which they are found in body tissues.
Astaxanthin is a form of algae which many different marine animals eat.
Once trapped it transports it to the surface of your cell for other antioxidants, like Vitamin C, to destroy it.
What Is Your Next Step?
Having a stroke may lead to a lifetime of problems.
As the leading cause of disability and the third leading cause of death, strokes must be dealt with seriously.
Increasing antioxidant-rich foods into your diet may reduce your risk for developing a stroke.
There may be a some new fighters on the scene in the form of Carotanoid Blend and Zambroza.
Zambroza is a unique and powerful blend of juices that are naturally rich in vitamin C - a powerful antioxidant. Not only will you feel revitalised but these antioxidants have a powerful effect on the health of the skin helping you to look great too. This is Nature’s Sunshine’s top selling product worldwide – a great tasting, synergistic blend that helps to increase vital energy and replenish the body.
BENEFITS OF ZAMBROZA
- Supply powerful nutrients that give the body energy and vitality
- Maintain a healthy immune system
- Neutralise free radicals throughout the body
- Nature’s Sunshine has harvested the most healthful fruits and natural extracts from around the world and combined them into this unique delicious, nutritious juice that has been specially formulated to neutralise excess free radicals.
- This unique juice blend not only tastes great but gives your body what it needs to enjoy maximum health and long lasting vitality - not only will you feel revitalised but these antioxidants have a powerful effect on the health of the skin helping you to look great too.
- Potency of antioxidants is measured by their ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity), which indicates their ability to neutralise and scavenge free radicals. When tested by Brunswick Laboratories the results were astounding with Zambroza’s scoring more than twice that of the nearest competitor, demonstrating its superior protective properties.
- Rich in Polyphenols and Flavonoids Zambroza is proven to give unparalleled antioxidant protection.
This may help reduce your risk for having a stroke.
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