Study: Vigorous exercise may cause ‘mysterious’ cardiac arrests, strokes

A new study being cited by mainstream media warns that too much exercise can cause strokes and may be responsible for the “mystery” of sudden cardiac arrests in healthy people.

According to the study funded by the Indian government and published in Physics in Fluids, people whose carotid arteries are constricted are at risk of blood clots and consequent strokes. Carotid arteries are found on either side of the neck and carry oxygenated blood to the brain.

Researchers used computational models to analyze people with carotid artery stenosis, a condition characterized by a build-up of plaque blocking either one of the two carotid arteries, usually from an accumulation of fat and cholesterol.

“[W]hile stressful exercises may be beneficial for improving the cardiac performance of healthy individuals, the same may bring in extremely adverse consequences at elevated heart rates on account of extensive physical activities for patients having extensive arterial blockages, if not performed in supervision of specialized experts,” the researchers concluded.

Media operatives are reporting that 16.5 million Americans are now at risk of strokes if they exercise too much, considering that carotid artery stenosis affects about 5% of the country.

“A new study suggests that millions of Americans are putting themselves at risk of stroke by aggressively working out,” reported CBS News Tuesday.

The study’s researchers also concluded that exercise may be the cause of sudden cardiac arrests suffered by young, healthy people.

“These findings may, therefore, provide a possible clue to the apparent mystery of sudden massive cardiac arrests of otherwise asymptomatic individuals working out in the gymnasium that keeps on killing human lives with no apparent rationalizing explanation,” said the study.

While an MIT study last year found the recent outbreak to be correlated to the COVID-19 vaccines, media operatives have been suggesting a host of other causes for these “mysterious” cardiac arrests and strokes, including too much and too little exercise.

In January, 44-year-old MSNBC anchor Yasmin Vossoughian, who is fully vaccinated, blamed her sudden bout of myopericarditis on the common cold. Both the FDA and the CDC admit that myocarditis, inflammation of the heart muscle, and pericarditis, inflammation of the heart’s outer lining, are adverse effects of the COVID-19 vaccines.

Other causes of the cardiac arrest outbreak and strokes in young people, according to news media, are not vaccinating or masking enough. Other culprits include the sound of an airplane overhead, shoveling snow, skipping breakfast, postal codes, paychecks, parents, “climate change,” loneliness, sleeping positions, soil, and others.