Posted on 03/29/2024 9:08:27 AM PDT by bitt
Each year about 15 million people globally experience a stroke. How quickly therapy is administered and its effectiveness has a large effect on a person’s recovery after a stroke. Researchers from the Heart Research Institute in Australia have found that a natural chemical found in broccoli may help both prevent and treat stroke. Every year, about 15 million people around the world experience a stroke — a cardiovascular condition that occurs when blood and oxygen are unable to get to the brain.
Depending on the type of stroke, the main treatmentTrusted Source is either using medications to break down blood clots keeping blood from flowing to the brain, or stopping blood from leaking into the brain.
How quickly therapy is administered and its effectiveness has a large effect on a person’s recovery after a stroke.
Scientists estimate that only about 10% of stroke survivors make a full recoveryTrusted Source with others living with impairments or disabilities.
Now, researchers from the Heart Research Institute in New South Wales, Australia, have found that a natural chemical found in broccoli may help both prevent and treat stroke.
The study was recently published in the journal American Chemical Society’sACS Central Science.
Past studies show that stroke is currently the second-leading cause of deathTrusted Source globally and the leading cause of disabilityTrusted Source worldwide.
“Stroke imparts a significant economic burden on the health system and costs around $34 billion per annum in the United States,” Dr. Xuyu (Johnny) Liu, researcher and leader of the Cardiovascular-Protective Signalling and Drug Discovery Unit at the Heart Research Institute in New South Wales, Australia, and lead author of this study told Medical News Today.
“About 85% of these cases arise from a blood clot obstructing an artery leading to the brain, depriving the brain of essential nutrients,” he said.
“Despite the significance, there is only one therapeutic agent, called tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)Trusted Source, (that) has been approved to dissolve these clots, but its efficacy is suboptimal, with success rates below 20%,” Dr. Liu continued.
“Therefore, there is an unmet need in this field to improve the efficacy of tPA and identify more treatment options for stroke patients,” he said.
Broccoli sprouts to help treat a stroke For this study, Dr. Liu and his team turned to a common cruciferous vegetableTrusted Source — broccoli.
“Broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables have evolved to produce a unique class of natural products known as isothiocyanates, renowned for their chemopreventive and neuroprotective properties,” Dr. Liu explained.
“This prompted our curiosity about whether these natural gifts could address a pressing issue in stroke treatment—finding a safer and more effective blood thinner to synergize with tPA,” he told MNT.
This is not the first study looking at cruciferous vegetables and heart health.
A study published in April 2018 found that eating more cruciferous vegetables may help prevent atherosclerosisTrusted Source or clogged arteries, which is a main risk factor for stroke and heart attack.
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Good. I eat lots of raw broccoli. Draw the line at eggplant, though.
I agree with the late George Bush on broccoli.
I love broccoli 🥦.
Especially steamed, served with butter and salt.
Newman, OTOH.........
eggplant must be destroyed
😆🤣😹😂
Honey Mustard!!!
Love that episode
I did not know eggplant was a food!
I read in one of my textbooks that it has no food value.
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