Southern Diet, Marijuana Linked to Increased Stroke Risk, Studies Say
Separate studies have linked deep-fried foods and marijuana to an increased risk for having a stroke.
Southern diet linked to increased risk for stroke Did you know some people refer to the Southeast as the "stroke belt"? A new study finds there may be truth in that moniker, an Associated Press article reports. People whose diets are heavy on deep-fried foods and sugary drinks — we do love our sweet tea and Coca-Cola — were more likely to suffer a stroke. "We're talking about fried foods, french fries, hamburgers, processed meats, hot dogs," bacon, ham, liver, gizzards and sugary drinks, the reports quotes study leader Suzanne Judd of the University of Alabama in Birmingham as saying. Those who ate about six meals a week including those foods had a 41 percent higher stroke risk than people who ate that way about once a month, the …
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Tony
3:54 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013
Mac's analysis is spot-on. 159/160 in the sample were also tobacco users??? Without a sample stratified for tobacco, alcohol, AND cannabis use, that's clearly a confound. In fact, a cynical person might point out that there wouldn't have been a story or a headline, had the findings of the study *not* been misrepresented. After all, "Tobacco Use Increases Risk of Stroke" would have been soooooo … more ›