Unpopular Vegetables Top Clot-Busters, Research Says
Researchers in Australia have found that some of the most unpopular vegetables may help reduce the risk or even reverse the effects of stroke.
Sydney-based Heart Research Institute (HRI) has found that isothiocyanates, a group of chemicals found in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, bok choy, and cabbage, could reduce bad blood clotting, the most common cause of stroke.
A stroke occurs when a blood clot or rupture cuts off the blood supply to the brain, starving the brain cells of oxygen and nutrients and resulting in the death of brain cells.
While cruciferous vegetables are well known for stroke prevention, scientists say they could also work for stroke treatment….