NHS medics issued an alert in the British Medical Journal after a fit man in his 50s who drank eight cans a day, unaware of the hidden dangers, suffered a life-changing stroke

Drinking too many energy drinks can leave otherwise healthy people at risk of a stroke , doctors have warned, as a man shared his terrifying experience after drinking eight cans a day.

Medics have issued the warning after publishing a case study on a fit man in his 50s who had a stroke after drinking eight cans a day. After medics encouraged him to kick the habit his blood pressure returned to normal, but he has been left with loss of feeling down his left side.

The man, speaking anonymously in the report published in the journal BMJ Case Reports, said: “I obviously wasn’t aware of the dangers drinking energ

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