I do feel most of my posting is about food. I am sorry if I feel obsessed by food but it’s important 🤣 That being said I wonder if anyone has any idea on whether replacing butter with products like Benacol is beneficial? I have started to use it. The product claims to reduce cholesterol. I guess they cannot make that claim without it being true. However I hear that natural Is best and butter is natural. Any views and more importantly facts would be great to know. Friday today too so weekend might mean I treat myself to butter on my sourdough. Have a good weekend all!

The benefits of eating more vegetables are undeniable. Crudités is a french appetizer of thinly sliced or grated raw vegetables often served with a dip or vinaigrette. Lately, I’ve started chopping up some raw veg as soon as I get home—carrots, cucumber, peppers. By the time I blink, the kids and I have devoured it all. It’s tasty, keeps everyone happy for a while, and helps protect against stroke. Simple, quick, and powerful. 👉 What’s your go-to healthy snack? Share below—I’d love some new ideas!

I've been thinking about things we can do to make this community really valuable to everyone that might want to slash their risk of a stroke. I think the alternate daily prevention tops will be a great start. Are there other things we can add too? One thing I thought about is having a monthly "Ask Anything" session when we can all go on and ask any questions or queries we have about strokes and stroke prevention. I'll do my best to answer what I can and between us we can probably answer most things The other idea I had was to do a monthly "Blood pressure check and intention setting session". We'd all log on to a video call and check our BP at the same time (or not if you don't have a monitor). We could then talk about what 1 change we're going to make that month to help reduce our risk (e.g. walk 8000 steps, or eat more veg). Over the course of the month we could post updates and keep each other accountable to our goals. What do you think? I'm sure you have better ideas then me and I'm up for giving almost anything a go!

Hi there I’m Paul. I’m 57 and am really fresh on this stroke journey. I had a small stroke on holiday in Australia on day 2 of my trip. The care I received there was amazing. My ‘incident’ resolved itself all on its own and was told it was a small clot. My body dealt with it. However I need to make lifestyle changes. I hope this group may help me on this journey.