Secondary prevention

 

Lifestyle measures: salt, alcohol, vitamins

Recommendations 5.3.1

F. All patients, but especially people with hypertension, should be advised to reduce their salt intake by:

• Not adding salt to food at the table
• Using as little as possible in cooking
• Avoiding high-salt foods, e.g. processed meat products, such as ham and salami, cheese, stock cubes, pre-prepared soups and savoury snacks such as crisps and salted nuts

G. Patients who drink alcohol should be advised to keep within recognised safe drinking limits of no more than three units per day for men and two units per day for women

H. The following interventions have not been shown to reduce stroke reoccurrence:

• Vitamin B and folate supplementation
• Vitamin E supplementation