Stroke risk factorsHaving diabetes increases your risk. | iStock.comMaintaining a healthy lifestyle doesn’t just give you the physique you’ve always wanted — it protects your brain, too. Unfortunately, if you’ve already had one stroke, severe or not, you’re already at a higher risk of having another one, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains. Having high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes makes you more susceptible as well.
Heart disease and stroke are linked pretty closely, too. Coronary artery disease occurs from plaque buildup in the heart. This can then block the flow of blood to the brain, causing a stroke. If you don’t have heart disease but you’re still smoking, eating a poor diet, and refusing to hop on the treadmill every once in awhile, know you’re putting yourself at unnecessary stroke risk.
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