Natural Approaches to Stroke Prevention
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Vitamin B Cocktail A daily vitamin B cocktail (vitamin B6, vitamin B12 and folic acid) is among the most important supplements that an afibber, or anyone else for that matter, can take. The vitamin B cocktail effectively lowers the level of homocysteine in the blood. High levels of homocysteine, a sulfurcontaining amino acid, is associated with an increased risk of stroke and is also involved in numerous other disease conditions:
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