*Know your blood pressure and lower it if it’s high.
*Lower your cholesterol–high blood cholesterol and triglycerides increase your risk.
*Prevent and treat heart disease–most people who survive of stroke die of heart disease.
*Quit smoking. Smokers have a 50% greater risk of stroke than nonsmokers.
*Women on birth control should never smoke.
*Lose body fat and achieve a healthy weight.
*Exercise regularly–sedentary people have more strokes–50% more than active people.
*Drink in moderation–more than 2 drinks daily raise blood pressure, and binge drinking can cause stroke.
*Manage stress–unmanaged, it can cause a stroke.
*Make your RealAge younger–with what you eat, how you work out, how you manage stress.
*Control diabetes and your blood sugar. Diabetics in control have fewer strokes than those out of control.