>> MARIA ELENA SALINAS, THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU FOR THAT. AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL JOINS ME NOW FOR DR. ALOK PATEL JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS AND TO ANSWER MORE ON THIS AND TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR HEALTH QUESTIONS. SOME OF YOUR HEALTH QUESTIONS. SO, DR. PATEL, THESE STROKE SO, DR. PATEL, THESE STROKE WARNING SIGNS, THE ACRONYM WARNING SIGNS, THE ACRONYM IS FAST, BUT NOW THE AMERICAN IS FAST, BUT NOW THE AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION IS LAUNCHING STROKE ASSOCIATION IS LAUNCHING RAPIDO, WHICH TRANSLATES RAPIDO, WHICH TRANSLATES TO FAST FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS. TO FAST FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS. CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH THESE CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH THESE ACRONYMS AND WHAT WE NEED ACRONYMS AND WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR THESE ACRONYMS TO LOOK OUT FOR THESE ACRONYMS AND UNDERSTANDING THE EARLY AND UNDERSTANDING THE EARLY SIGNS OF STROKE CAN BE THE SIGNS OF STROKE CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NOT HAVING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NOT HAVING LONG TERM DISABILITIES LONG TERM DISABILITIES AND SAVING SOMEONE'S LIFE. AND SAVING SOMEONE'S LIFE. AND SO IT IS ACTUALLY A GREAT AND SO IT IS ACTUALLY A GREAT STEP FORWARD THAT WE'RE STEP FORWARD THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING HOW IMPORTANT RECOGNIZING HOW IMPORTANT CULTURAL COMPETENCY CULTURAL COMPETENCY AND OVERCOMING THAT LANGUAGE AND OVERCOMING THAT LANGUAGE BARRIER REALLY IS WHEN IT COMES BARRIER REALLY IS WHEN IT COMES TO STROKE. TO STROKE. AND THAT BIT OF PEOPLE LOOK AND THAT BIT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT THOSE SYMPTOMS TO UNDERSTAND AT THOSE SYMPTOMS TO UNDERSTAND THEM. THEM. >> THEY'RE THE EARLY SIGNS OF A >> THEY'RE THE EARLY SIGNS OF A STROKE, SUCH AS A DROOPING STROKE, SUCH AS A DROOPING FACE, LOSS OF BALANCE, CHANGES FACE, LOSS OF BALANCE, CHANGES IN YOUR VISUAL ACUITY, NOT IN YOUR VISUAL ACUITY, NOT SPEAKING CLEARLY. SPEAKING CLEARLY. ALL THESE SIGNS TINGLING ALL THESE SIGNS TINGLING IN YOUR LEGS AND YOUR ARMS. IN YOUR LEGS AND YOUR ARMS. AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT SOMEONE AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT SOMEONE IN AMERICA HAS A STROKE, EARLY IN AMERICA HAS A STROKE, EARLY 40 SECONDS, OVER 800,000 40 SECONDS, OVER 800,000 PEOPLE PER YEAR, AND THIS PEOPLE PER YEAR, AND THIS INCREASED RISK IN HISPANIC INCREASED RISK IN HISPANIC AND LATINO ADULTS. AND LATINO ADULTS. THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AS WE'RE TALKING TO NOTE, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, ABOUT HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, ONLY 6% OF U.S. PHYSICIANS ONLY 6% OF U.S. PHYSICIANS ARE LATINO. ARE LATINO. SO MORE AWARENESS ALL AROUND SO MORE AWARENESS ALL AROUND NEEDED. NEEDED. >> ALL RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. NOW I WANT TO GET TO SOME NOW I WANT TO GET TO SOME OF OUR VIEWER QUESTIONS. OF OUR VIEWER QUESTIONS. LET'S START WITH CHRIS FROM LET'S START WITH CHRIS FROM PHOENIX. PHOENIX. CHRIS ASKS, DO PRE-WORK COUNT CHRIS ASKS, DO PRE-WORK COUNT SUPPLEMENTS ACTUALLY WORK? SUPPLEMENTS ACTUALLY WORK? CHRIS IS TALKING ABOUT THESE CHRIS IS TALKING ABOUT THESE MULTI INGREDIENT PRE-WORKOUT MULTI INGREDIENT PRE-WORKOUT SUPPLEMENTS, PEOPLE THAT SUPPLEMENTS, PEOPLE THAT PROBABLY SEE THESE EVERYWHERE PROBABLY SEE THESE EVERYWHERE FROM THE GAS STATION TO HEALTH FROM THE GAS STATION TO HEALTH STORES TO ONLINE. STORES TO ONLINE. THESE ARE PRODUCTS THAT ARE THESE ARE PRODUCTS THAT ARE MARKETED TO BE ABLE TO BOOST MARKETED TO BE ABLE TO BOOST ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE IN THE GYM ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE IN THE GYM . . AND THEY CAN CONTAIN THINGS AND THEY CAN CONTAIN THINGS LIKE CAFFEINE, CREATINE LIKE CAFFEINE, CREATINE AND NITRIC OXIDE. AND NITRIC OXIDE. ALI, A WHOLE HOST ALI, A WHOLE HOST OF INGREDIENTS. OF INGREDIENTS. AND THE TRUTH IS, IS THERE'S AND THE TRUTH IS, IS THERE'S NOT A LOT OF LONG TERM DATA NOT A LOT OF LONG TERM DATA ABOUT THEIR SAFETY OR EFFICACY. ABOUT THEIR SAFETY OR EFFICACY. THERE IS SOME LIMITED DATA THERE IS SOME LIMITED DATA SHOWING THAT CAFFEINE SHOWING THAT CAFFEINE AND CREATINE MAY IMPROVE AND CREATINE MAY IMPROVE YOUR PERFORMANCE IN THE GYM, YOUR PERFORMANCE IN THE GYM, BUT THESE STUDIES ARE USUALLY BUT THESE STUDIES ARE USUALLY SMALL. SMALL. THEY'RE DONE IN ATHLETES THEY'RE DONE IN ATHLETES AND BODYBUILDERS, NOT AND BODYBUILDERS, NOT GENERALIZABLE. GENERALIZABLE. SO SOME WARNING THAT PEOPLE SO SOME WARNING THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE OF IN LOOKING SHOULD BE AWARE OF IN LOOKING AT THESE SUPPLEMENTS. AT THESE SUPPLEMENTS. THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS FDA APPROVED THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS FDA APPROVED . . THERE IS A WARNING ABOUT SOME THERE IS A WARNING ABOUT SOME OF THEM CONTAINING STEROIDS. OF THEM CONTAINING STEROIDS. THEY CAN HAVE NEGATIVE SIDE THEY CAN HAVE NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS. EFFECTS. YOU CAN BE AT INCREASED RISK YOU CAN BE AT INCREASED RISK OF THESE IF YOU HAVE HARDER OF THESE IF YOU HAVE HARDER KIDNEY DISEASE AND THEY CAN KIDNEY DISEASE AND THEY CAN INTERACT WITH OTHER INTERACT WITH OTHER MEDICATIONS. MEDICATIONS. SO YOUR BEST BET IS TO PAY SO YOUR BEST BET IS TO PAY ATTENTION TO A WHOLE HEALTHY ATTENTION TO A WHOLE HEALTHY DIET AND TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR OR DIET AND TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR OR HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER. HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER. IF YOU DO WANT TO TAKE ANY IF YOU DO WANT TO TAKE ANY SUPPLEMENTS. SUPPLEMENTS. >> OKAY, CHRIS FROM GREENVILLE >> OKAY, CHRIS FROM GREENVILLE ASKS, CAN PEOPLE WITH HEALTHY ASKS, CAN PEOPLE WITH HEALTHY IMMUNE SYSTEMS STILL COVID? IMMUNE SYSTEMS STILL COVID? >> THEY ABSOLUTELY CAN. >> THEY ABSOLUTELY CAN. CHRIS FROM GREENVILLE, WHO IS CHRIS FROM GREENVILLE, WHO IS ALSO A PATEL SO PATEL PRIDE ALSO A PATEL SO PATEL PRIDE RESPECT SEEING THIS QUESTION RESPECT SEEING THIS QUESTION FROM YOU. FROM YOU. >> NOW HERE'S THE THING >> NOW HERE'S THE THING ABOUT CATCHING COVID. ABOUT CATCHING COVID. ANYONE CAN CAN TEST POSITIVE. ANYONE CAN CAN TEST POSITIVE. PEOPLE WHO ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE YOUNG AND HEALTHY HAVE STRONG IMMUNE AND HEALTHY HAVE STRONG IMMUNE SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, ARE LESS LIKELY TO GET SEVERELY ARE LESS LIKELY TO GET SEVERELY ILL. ILL. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT. THE VACCINES ARE DESIGNED THE VACCINES ARE DESIGNED TO PREVENT SEVERE ILLNESS. TO PREVENT SEVERE ILLNESS. NOT NECESSARILY TO PREVENT NOT NECESSARILY TO PREVENT ACTUALLY CATCHING COVID. ACTUALLY CATCHING COVID. BUT IF YOU ARE YOUNG BUT IF YOU ARE YOUNG AND HEALTHY AND ARE VACCINATED AND HEALTHY AND ARE VACCINATED ,YOU'RE LESS LIKELY TO BE ,YOU'RE LESS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY ILL, ALSO LESS LIKELY SEVERELY ILL, ALSO LESS LIKELY TO BE SYMPTOMATIC AND SPREAD TO BE SYMPTOMATIC AND SPREAD COVID. COVID. TRYING TO MAKE THE ANALOGY TRYING TO MAKE THE ANALOGY THAT THIS IS LIKE WEARING THAT THIS IS LIKE WEARING A HELMET OR A SEATBELT THEY MAY A HELMET OR A SEATBELT THEY MAY NOT PREVENT YOU FROM GETTING NOT PREVENT YOU FROM GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT, BUT THEY INTO AN ACCIDENT, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO REDUCE YOUR RISK ARE GOING TO REDUCE YOUR RISK WINDING UP IN THE AIR. WINDING UP IN THE AIR. >> ALL RIGHT, DR. ALOK PATEL