The researchers say that eating three bananas a day slashes your risk of stroke. One banana in breakfast, one in lunch and one in the evening would give sufficient potassium to diminish the odds of suffering blood clots in the brain by up to twenty percent.
Even though some earlier studies have suggested that bananas could be significant for controlling blood pressure and preventing strokes. In the recent study carried out by researchers from the University of Warwick and the University of Naples analyzed the statistics of eleven diverse studies. They found that a daily potassium intake of around sixteen hundred milligram was sufficient to lower the risk of stroke.
The average banana contains about five hundred milligram of potassium that helps in lowering blood pressure and controls the balance of fluids in the body. The deficiency of potassium can escort to irregular heartbeat, irritability, nausea and diarrhea. The potassium intake in most countries is well below the suggested daily amount.
However, if people consume more potassium-rich foods and reduced their intake of salt then annual death rate due to strokes could be reduced by more than a million in a year. Strokes usually occurred when a clot forms and blocks the blood supply to the brain, reported the study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
According to a spokesman for the Stroke Association, this study suggests eating lots of potassium-rich foods like bananas, dates and spinach, could diminish your risk of having a stroke. High blood pressure is the single biggest risk aspect for stroke and past studies have shown that potassium could help to lower blood pressure.