Could soya beans help stroke victims recover?
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 2:50 AM on 24th September 2008
A compound found in soya beans and chickpeas could help stroke patients, research suggests.
A study into a dietary supplement containing isoflavone found it improved artery function in stroke patients.
Heart disease patients who had suffered a stroke caused by a blood clot were split into two groups, with one given isoflavone and the other a placebo.
Research suggests that a compound found in soya beans could help stroke victims
Researchers measured the way the main artery in the arm dilated following an increase in blood flow, known as flow-mediated dilation (FMD). The greater the FMD, the better the artery is working.
The results showed the level of poor FMD was similar between the groups at the start, but after 12 weeks the FMD was ‘significantly greater’ in those taking isoflavone.
Strokes kill 50,000 people in England each year.
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