Does Vitamin B Really Help Prevent Strokes and Heart Attacks
Most patients who have suffered from a stroke or heart attack are prescribed a large amount of pills and vitamins to try and help prevent it from happening again. One of these is vitamin B, which is supposed to help by lowering homocysteine levels, an amino acid connected to an increase in risk of heart problems.
According to a study recently published from Australia, Vitamin B may not actually reduce the risk at all. “B vitamins are safe, but they were not, statistically, significantly more effective than placebo in preventing major vascular events among stroke and TIA [transient ischemic attack] patients,” said lead researcher Dr. Graeme J. Hankey, head of the stroke unit at Royal Perth Hospital in Western Australia. “B vitamins have not been proven to have a role in secondary stroke prevention.”
The study found that B vitamins did reduce the amount of the patient’s homocysteine levels, but did not prove to lower the patient’s risk for a second stroke or heart attack.
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