There could be many factors involved, but the comments from Michael Johnson (the ex-200m runner) on how he "does all the right things" like daily exhaustive exercise and "clean eating" shows how flawed the thinking is:
from: Michael Johnson: How ‘Superman’ Olympic champion’s world was changed by stroke
1 week after having a stroke, he was back to doing twice-daily exercise!
"Having been doing all the right things like training every day and keeping myself in good shape while other people aren't, and they are fine and I am laying in a hospital bed having suffered a stroke, obviously you are going to be angry about that," he says.
I'm guessing that he's been training exhaustively since about the age of 10. He's now 51.
He talks about avoiding snacks and eating healthy food, which I guess means limited saturated fats, no sugar, low carb, healthy grains etc.
"The best thing for me is to keep the risk factors at bay by continuing to eat right and continue to keep myself in great shape. To watch the different factors like heart rate, blood pressure and diet, take the medication I've been instructed to, and then just move on with life.
So he did all the right things, had a stroke, and is now doubling down on the medical advice, medication, "healthy eating".
from: Michael Johnson: How ‘Superman’ Olympic champion’s world was changed by stroke
1 week after having a stroke, he was back to doing twice-daily exercise!
"Having been doing all the right things like training every day and keeping myself in good shape while other people aren't, and they are fine and I am laying in a hospital bed having suffered a stroke, obviously you are going to be angry about that," he says.
I'm guessing that he's been training exhaustively since about the age of 10. He's now 51.
He talks about avoiding snacks and eating healthy food, which I guess means limited saturated fats, no sugar, low carb, healthy grains etc.
"The best thing for me is to keep the risk factors at bay by continuing to eat right and continue to keep myself in great shape. To watch the different factors like heart rate, blood pressure and diet, take the medication I've been instructed to, and then just move on with life.
So he did all the right things, had a stroke, and is now doubling down on the medical advice, medication, "healthy eating".