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And now, Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher.

So I've had this headline in my head for, I don't know, since last night and

it just kind of irked me.

The headline is, why so many people are having strokes in their 20s, 30s, and 40s.

We've never had patients so young. Huh. Let's see. Strokes are on the rise

among younger people with recent CDC report revealing a 14.6% increase among people aged 14 to 44 within the 2020 to 2022.

While the alarming trend has been stumping medical professionals,

one expert has shared some intriguing theories.

Oh, really?

I wonder what he's thinking about.

Let's see.

We feel that it's possible that these young adults that are having strokes in their 20s,

maybe they're drinking, you know, I don't know, too many energy drinks.

Sure.

Okay.

Sure, we can say that. And, and we mean we don't know how much caffeine

well we actually do know how much caffeine is in the energy drinks I know I know but the reasons

are not fully understood yet well what else could there be I mean there's a rise in the

traditional cerebral vascular risk factors, you know,

hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity, uh-huh.

And there's some lifestyle factors, of course, stress, long working hours, and physical

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