A stroke patient should have a balanced daily diet

A stroke patient should have a balanced daily diet

The daily diet should be balanced
Anthropologists believe that our ancestors were mainly herbivores. As evidence for this, they say that the structure of human teeth is mainly suitable for vegetables, fruits, and grains. Not only that, the small and large intestines of the human digestive system are so long that they support the slow digestion of plant-based fibrous foods. Even at the beginning of the last century, Americans were mainly vegetarians or herbivores. Two-thirds of their dietary protein now comes from fish, meat, eggs, and milk. Economic prosperity and advanced food preservation technologies have increased the consumption of animal protein in our diet manifold.

The rate of stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes and other diseases including cancer has increased manifold in the West mainly due to changes in eating habits. This is more or less the picture of the whole world now. So not only to prevent and cure stroke but also for overall health, we need a balanced diet. Each food contains different proportions of protein, carbohydrates, and fat. And we can call our daily food healthy only when these three ingredients are in the right proportion.

 
  • Protein or non-vegetarian food:
    •     Two types of protein:
  1. First Class Protein: Fish, Meat, Eggs, Milk, Soybeans.
  2. Class II protein: All types of pulses, and nuts.


The protein that we eat in our daily food enters the blood as amino acids after various stages of digestion. This amino acid is used in various physiological functions including growth and decay of the body. There are 22 types of amino acids in the human body.

10 of these are essential amino acids. That is, we have to get them from our daily food. At one time, it was thought that this need could only be fulfilled by eating fish, meat, eggs, and milk. But nutritionists have also found that if rice and pulses or bread and pulses are eaten together, these 10 essential amino acid requirements can be easily met.

So it appears that vegetarian does not mean vegetarian, but can be said to be an herbivore. Because one who eats rice with dal or eats khichuri or eats dal-bread is also taking non-vegetarian food. It is plant-based meat. So strictly speaking, a person does not become a vegetarian unless he eats meat and fish.
  • Carbohydrate or sugar food:
Carbohydrates are mainly of two types:
  1. Simple carbohydrates: white rice, flour, sugar, glucose, molasses, candy, honey, alcohol, etc.
  2. Complex carbohydrates: Whole grains (including rice, wheat, corn), all kinds of fruits, all kinds of vegetables, etc.
After consuming carbohydrates or sugary foods, it enters the blood as glucose in the last stage of digestion. The insulin secreted from the pancreas captures this blood glucose and enters every cell and produces the necessary energy.

Simple carbohydrate: When white rice, flour, sugar, glucose, molasses, candy, honey, alcohol, etc. are consumed, the digestion process occurs in such a way that glucose enters the blood very quickly and the blood glucose level suddenly increases to a large extent. Additional insulin secretion is required to bring this excess glucose back to normal levels. As a result, extra pressure is placed on the pancreas. Meanwhile, insulin returns to normal blood glucose levels, but this excess insulin also increases the secretion of an enzyme called lipoprotein lipase, which captures blood fats and enters cells. As a result, excess fat accumulates in the body, and weight increases. Not only that, but this excess insulin increases the production of another enzyme called HMG-CoA reductase in the liver, which causes the liver to produce more cholesterol.

Excess sugary foods mainly increase the amount of cholesterol in the blood in this process. So you should eat as little sugar and sweet foods as possible in your daily diet. Studies have shown that regions with high sugar content in food have a higher incidence of age-related diseases and people there age faster.

 On the other hand, by eating complex carbohydrates, our digestion process happens in such a way that the amount of glucose in the blood increases very slowly. As a result, the blood glucose level is always roughly the same, it does not increase suddenly, as a result, the need for additional insulin release also reduces the risk of diabetes. These foods are called low-glycemic index foods. The popularity of these foods is increasing day by day around the world.

Complex carbohydrate contains another thing that is very important for normal bowel movements, which is fiber.

As fiber holds a lot of water in the digestive tract, it helps in the health of the digestive tract and in cleansing the colon. Fiber also plays an important role in preventing colon cancer. This fiber again belongs to two types.

Insoluble fiber: It is usually found in coated wheat, corn, etc.

Soluble fiber: It is usually found in brown rice, barley, and various fruits and vegetables, such as carrots, beans, and peas. It helps in controlling blood glucose and cholesterol levels.

A note about carbohydrates or sugary foods is particularly noteworthy here. That is, nutritionists have found, the same amount. If carbohydrates are eaten in small portions five/six times a day instead of three times, cholesterol levels and weight are under control.

Fatty food:
  • Fats are mainly from two: 
  1. Saturated fat
  2. Unsaturated fat (Unsaturated fat) is also of two types:
  • Polyunsaturated fat
  • Monounsaturated fat
Saturated fat raises blood cholesterol levels. On the other hand, unsaturated fats or unsaturated fats (poly-unsaturated fats and mono-unsaturated fats) lower blood cholesterol levels. After entering the body, saturated fat is converted into cholesterol by the liver.

Foods that contain saturated fat
  • Beef, buffalo, and goat meat
  • Chicken and duck meat
  • Chicken and duck skin, bone marrow
  • Prawns, fish eggs, fish heads
  • Egg yolk, liver, brain
  • Butter Ghee Dalda Margarine
  • Coconut, milk, etc
Foods that contain unsaturated fats
  • Whole grains (including rice, wheat, and corn)
  • Marine and freshwater fish
  • Beans, peas
  • All kinds of nuts
  • Soya milk and soy protein drinks
  • Spirulina or seaweed etc