Stay a healthy weight
Type: Stroke information
Staying a healthy weight reduces your risk of stroke. Find advice on losing weight safely, including diet tips, weight loss medication and BMI checks.
Fasting after a stroke
Type: Stroke information
Thinking about fasting after a stroke? Find guidance on how to fast safely, managing medication, and staying hydrated during religious or health fasts.
How can high cholesterol be reduced?
Eat a healthy diet
Type: Stroke information
Even making small changes to your eating habits can make a difference to your overall health, particularly if you have been told that you are at risk of having a stroke or TIA.
Diagnosing diabetes
Recipe ideas for stroke survivors
The impact of taste and smell changes - and how to cope
Simple swaps: cutting back on salt
Type: Stroke information
High blood pressure is one of the biggest risk factors of stroke. It usually has no symptoms but is a contributing factor in around half of all strokes.