Eating Potassium-Rich Foods Shown to Cut Risk of Stroke, Death in Postmenopausal Women

A recent study conducted by experts at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY has found that postmenopausal women who consume potassium-rich foods are less prone to have strokes and die compared to postmenopausal women who eat foods with less potassium.(1)

Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, Ph.D., study senior author and distinguished university professor emerita, department of epidemiology and population health at the College, explains that the study sheds light on potassium’s ability to prevent death or stroke while previous studies have only linked it to lowering blood pressure.(1)

“Our findings give women another reason to eat their fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables are …read more