Heart attacks/disease in younger age groups rising?

[pentangles]

I was just reading about this, which seems to have gained more awareness since the pandemic. A 30% increase in heart issues in people aged 25-44.

According to the BHF, this is likely connected to poor diet, GP access and lack of intervention from government (+austerity), since there has been a sharp rise as of 2012.

What do you think might be contributing? I had no idea about this previously so am a bit shocked. One link suggested more smoking/vaping, but surely there are less young people doing that today than 40 yrs ago?

You often hear about how health/fitness focussed younger generations are, how they are boozing less than my own gen X did (!!!), yet something appears to be wrong.

Any thoughts?

Working from home helps with the denial of how much weight has been gained. When you only need to wear joggers/pjs and not put a work outfit on it's easy to pretend.
I say this from experience.
The rise of food delivery. Everything delivery.

The ability to buy drugs online.

Heart issues here, BMI 21, regular runner and cyclist. Until Covid.

Can you elaborate a bit more? I’ve had two Covid jabs since they came out and I’ve been fine even though I’m in my 60s.

Under 25 I know of who had a heart attack was steroid use via his gym, nearly died, weak as a kitten now been told never to lift weights like he did again

The vaccine isn’t poison - it’s a life saver. Over 7m worldwide died of Covid. I dread to think what the number would be without the vaccine rollout.

The nine year old daughter of a friend developed Kawasaki Disease after getting Covid. She will need her heart monitored as she grows up to check for damage.

DH had a heart attack at 48. Fit and healthy. Careful with what he eats, minimal drinking, gym 4/5 times a week and a non smoker and has never touched drugs. He had a stent fitted and is now medicated for life. Barely took a paracetamol before.

And I've had nine jabs, also in my 60s and fine, as is my exDH who I believe has had eight, and my late DF who was up to date with his jabs up until his death - which was not heart related.

People who spout this nonsense completely overlook the fact that Covid itself can affect your heart.

Often it’s people who are the fittest who will suffer with triggering a genetic or underlying heart condition.

Ironically, the lazy fat people who love UFPs don’t actually put their heart under much strain to trigger any underlying problem.

its why young footballers sometimes have heart attacks playing and why there are often heart attacks at marathon events and other extreme sporting activities

sorry to hear about your DH 🥲

My DH used to go to the gym a lot and had really big muscles. He was obese using the BMI measure even though he was super fit. He then went on to have a cardiac episode in his 30s (we had DD by then and he had stopped going to the gym and was a 'healthy' weight. He never used steroids or anything but I can't help think it wasn't good for his heart to have been lugging all that weight around even if it was muscle not fat?

My mum also had two jabs at the same time as she had dementia and she was fine (obviously still had dementia) but no new ailments or side effects and she was in her late 80s. I got Covid after my jabs and didn’t have any sickness or symptoms at all.

In the age group least likely to be eligible for one?

get away from screens and stop eating pizzas and mdcs and ssausages and go out get sun fresh air
vape was not around 2003

UPF / entangled with multigenerational obesity and metabolic syndrome
Cocaine
Microplastic exposure
Mental health / stress
Covid

Would be my best guesses as to younger people's worsening health

Lots of people are overweight and do very little exercise. The average amount of steps taken a day is something like 5000. Lots of people's diets are appalling. Multiple take aways a week, sometimes multiple in a day. It's never been easier to have food delivered to your door or buy food in a tray in the supermarket.

It takes lots of time and energy to look after your body. Modern life is tiring and stressful and often other things take priority.

One of the ingredients in these drinks (taurine) is being investigated as possibly being linked to the rise in bowel cancer in under 50's:

https://www.cancer.gov/research/participate/clinical-trials-search/v?id=NCI-2024-02154

They're garbage and I'd discourage my child from consuming them.

Blood sugar problems (prediabetes) have increased in children and young adults. Years of elevated glucose can damage the blood vessels of the heart leading to heart disease at a relatively young age. But I guess that's all tied in to diet, weight and inactivity.

Too many takeaways and processed food.

Lack of exercise.

Increase in wfh?
when I’m in office I walk back and forth to train station and necessary long walks around the office to talk to folk.
when wfh I keep my head down and get on with work. That’ means sitting 7 hours a day and whatever access to the fridge I wish.
just a thought

My friend had one at 25, from excessive weight, smoking and drinking combined.

@pentangles I'm a care worker & have no young male colleagues, but plenty of young female colleagues. I can confirm that they drink plenty of high caffeine energy drinks too.

Evidence?

It's surely more likely to be Covid itself rather than the vaccine?

What is the attraction to energy drinks? is it like coffee? Or is there something extra?

I worked from home for over 17 years, and noticed an almost immediate increase in fitness after getting into a new field where I was active outdoors each day. Although I had previously done yoga, stationary bike, running and ate healthily, it seemed nothing in comparison to actually moving around more in a regular way.
Not sure if that makes sense?
I became fitter from just getting to the train, walking a lot and being out and about more. My new work was not sedentary but not exactly manually taxing either. It looks as if prescriptive exercise wasn't as effective in comparison.

I also think internet use has zoned all of us out more than is healthy, too.

It's like coffee but 10x as effective, plus the fruity tastes appeal more to many. Even just 1 makes me feel weird

This caught my eye, and I wonder if you or anyone else with the knowledge know if magnesium Taurate is related in any way to Taurine (in a dangerous way)?

I'm curious as I take Mag Taurate (in addition to beta blockers) for Afib cardiac arrythmia. The addition of mag Taurate has worked absolute wonders for me.... so far!

Thanks.