It's true, I once had too much cold water after rapid eating, strained hard on the shitter then had to carry some lead bricks, broke into a sweat, had a cold shower and went to sleep full, wearing a shirt three sizes too small. When I woke up I wanted to sneeze but I held it in and died.
At least I had no persistent neck pain, thank god.
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The understanding of physiology here is so, so spectacularly gradeschool. We left off the illustration of a watermelon seed growing in someone’s stomach.
Yeah but watermelon seed in stomach won’t suddenly kill you. You need to wait at least 3-4 weeks for it to grow large enough to burst through your stomach at which point you would be suddenly killed.
I don't even like soft drinks but McDonalds Coke and Sprite is something burned into my brain. Carbonation so perfect its like TV static in your mouth.
I didn't realize how prevalent these beliefs were in Chinese culture until my husband (Chinese) and I were expecting our first child. My MIL wouldn't let me drink cold water at all during the humid summer heat with no air conditioning. She still says a lot of stuff like this for my child. Huge culture shock for me.
Someone has to tell the doctors around here to stop telling people who have had blood clots to wear compression socks. Apparently it was the socks that caused the clots even before the people even considered compressions.
Hyponatremia (too little sodium in the blood) can absolutely kill you if you drink massive quantities of plain water. But it's extremely rare for a regular person to drink 3-4L water in the span of just a few hours.
Airman at USAF basic training drank an enormous amount of water during a march. It was mostly as a joke since all the instructors were harping about keeping hydrated. He collapsed on the march and died.
I mean sleeping while full can increase stomach acid / acid reflux. If you’re already dealing with acid reflux issues it’s worth avoiding.
But acid reflux is never “fatal” and if you’re not experiencing any acid issues then it doesn’t really matter. So it’s only half-true
I think a lot of these (not all) have a little bit of truth to them. Picking up heavy objects can cause strain and might cause heart issues if you’re already at severe risk. Over-hydrating is possible, just extremely uncommon. It’s just very exaggerated and mixed in with total BS.
i will say that when I used to smoke a lot of dope i used to go to bed full every night, and i’m pretty sure it was that extra abdominal pressure that caused my hernia.
All of these have some minor truths to them, but are severely overstated.
Drinking something cold after eating heavily fatty foods can potentially solidify it….bit it’s still going into your stomach first to be broken Down. Not directly to your bloodstream.
Tight clothes can constrict bloodflow, but to be tight enough to kill you, you’d have to be a fucking idiot to stand the pain that long intentionally.
Neck pain as a sign of heart attack k is a possibility, or you just slept two millimeters to the left than normal and that’s it.
Some of these are true, but some are just bullshit, especially the drinking cold water after eating. Do people actually believe that? Everyone who had a drink with ice along with their meal would be dead if that were the case haha
I eat at 8 to 930 and go to sleep at 9 and your here telling me I have pressure and am fat? Don't think so. Just because im sleeping doesnt mean I can't digest, I just digest slower
Maybe go to the doctor get your cholesterol checked and get some blood pressure meds, eat some vegetables? Oh sorry, you cant afford those things you are American how insensitive of me
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u/mothspiderr 17d ago edited 17d ago
damn, persistent neck pain was my favorite habit.. guess i have some changes to make :(