* Olive oil really does reduce risk of stroke.
* One natural blood thinner is grape seed. The University of Maryland Medical Center advises between 25 and 150 mg of the extract one to three times per day. Another option is to cook with grape seed oil. Substitute it with olive oil when cooking with high heat.
* In a study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, Dutch researchers found that eating apples, pears and other white-fleshed fruits and vegetables might lessen stroke risk by a dramatic 52%.
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