People in our country like to take vitamins very much, specially vitamin B. Here is good news for those who are taking Vitamin B complex on a regular basis. A new research found that risk of stroke can be reduced by taking vitamin B supplements.
A previous study was conflicting about whether taking vitamin B supplements reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack. Some studies even suggested that taking vitamin B supplements can increase the risk.
In these circumstances, a new research based on 14 clinical trials with 55,000 people conducted for six months showed some benefits of taking vitamin B. Among the participants, 25,000 were stroke patients.
The study concluded that vitamin B supplements can reduce the risk of stroke by 7%. The researchers found that folic acid, a supplemental form of folate (B9) that is common in fortified cereals, appeared to reduce the beneficial effect of vitamin B. They also found that vitamin B12 had no effect on stroke risk.
Before you begin taking any supplements, you should always talk to your doctor. But every researcher agreed, strokes can be caused by many varying factors; only vitamin supplements cannot reduce the risk effectively.
Ischemic stroke, which is caused by lack of blood supply into the brain, can have many different causes. Hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, smoking and obesity are the most common factors, researchers said. They have found that there is a group of patients who are sufferers from stroke due to deficiency of vitamins and enzymes.
The result of this research earned great importance because it reflects the increased public thirst for dietary prevention of stroke.
