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Older women who eat foods with higher amounts of potassium may be at lower risk of stroke and death than women who consume less potassium- rich foods. The health benefits from potassium-rich foods are greater among older women who do not have high blood pressure. Older American women do not eat the recommended amounts of potassium from foods. Postmenopausal women who eat foods higher in potassium are less likely to have strokes and die than women who eat less potassium rich foods . Research led by Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University studied 90,137 postmenopausal women, aged 50 to 79, for an average 11 years and looked at how much potassium the women consumed, as well as if they had strokes, including ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, or died during the study period.