Eating whole grain foods may protect against stroke

Women who are interested in lowering their risk for strokes should ask for whole wheat bread, not white, as eating whole grain foods could help.

Dr. Simin Liu and her research team from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass., reported in the Journal of the American Medici Association, that women with diets high in whole grains were not only inclined to have healthier hearts, but were over 50 percent less likely to suffer from stroke than were those with diets lower in whole grains.

Dr. Liu said that as few as one serving a day of whole grain foods can lo the risk of stroke in women, and although her study did not include men, said she expects they can benefit in the same way as women.