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Replacing one serving per day of red meat with poultry, nuts, fish, or dairy products significantly reduces the risk of stroke.
To lower your stroke risk, swap one daily serving of red meat for poultry, nuts, fish, or dairy. This substitution is associated with a 10-27% lower risk of stroke. Focus on maintaining your total calorie and protein intake by choosing these alternatives to keep your diet balanced.
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In models estimating the effects of exchanging different protein sources, compared with 1 serving/day of red meat, 1 serving/day of poultry was associated with a 27% (95% CI, 12%–39%) lower risk of stroke, nuts with a 17% (95% CI. 4%–27%) lower risk, fish with a 17% (95% CI, 0%–30%) lower risk, low-fat dairy with an 11% (95% CI, 5%–17%) lower risk, and whole-fat dairy with a 10% (95% CI, 4%–16%) lower risk.
Why this rating
Large prospective cohorts (over 120,000 participants), long follow-up (22-26 years), and rigorous adjustment for confounders, though observational design prevents causal certainty.
Source
Dietary Protein Sources and the Risk of Stroke in Men and Women
Adam Bernstein et al. · Stroke · 2011
cohort · n=127160Cited 200×
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