Docs' alert on energy drinks risk of strokes

TOO many energy drinks can leave even healthy people at risk of a stroke, doctors warn.

- BY MARTIN BAGOT

Medics have published a case study on a fit man in his 50s who had a stroke after drinking eight cans a day.

His blood pressure returned to normal after he was helped to kick the habit but there were permanent effects.

The man, speaking anonymously in the journal BMJ Case Reports, said: “I wasn't aware of the dangers.