Mediterranean Diet in patients with acute ischemic stroke: relationships between Mediterranean diet score, diagnostic subtype, and stroke severity index

Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet appears to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease, as well as the risk of death due to cardiovascular disease. No study has addressed the association between diagnostic subtype of stroke and its severity and adherence to a Mediterranean Diet in subjects with acute ischemic stroke.

Source: Atherosclerosis - September 10, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Antonino Tuttolomondo, Alessandra Casuccio, Carmelo Buttà, Rosaria Pecoraro, Domenico Di Raimondo, Vittoriano Della Corte, Valentina Arnao, Giuseppe Clemente, Carlo Maida, Irene Simonetta, Giuseppe Miceli, Benedetto Lucifora, Anna Cirrincione, Danilo Di Source Type: research