Stroke Prevention and Risk Calculator

To help prevent a stroke:

• Avoid fatty foods. Follow a healthy, low-fat diet. Include several daily servings  of fruits and vegetables. Adding fish to your diet at least twice a week may  be helpful. However, do not eat fried fish.
• Do not drink more than 1 to 2 alcoholic drinks a day. 
• Exercise regularly: 30 minutes a day if you are not overweight;  60 - 90 minutes a day if you are overweight. 
• Get your blood pressure checked every 1 - 2 years,  especially if high blood pressure runs in your family. 
• Have your cholesterol checked. If you are at high risk for stroke, your  LDL "bad" cholesterol should be lower than 100 mg/dL. Your doctor may  recommend that you try to reduce your LDL cholesterol to 70 mg/dL.  Few medications have been found to clear up plaque. Statins and other  cholesterol-lowering drugs can help prevent more plaque from forming. 
• Follow your doctor's treatment recommendations if you have high blood  pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, and heart disease.
• Quit smoking.

Heart disease may be prevented by recommended healthy diet, regular exercise  and to stop smoking if you are a smoker. Follow your health care provider's  recommendations for treatment and prevention of heart disease.

 Know your numbers: 

• Weight 
• Height 
• BMI
• Blood Pressure 
• Blood Sugar 
• Cholesterol (total, HDL, LDL) 
• Triglycerides

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