Do's and Don'ts
Did you know that green vegetables are not the best choices for heart attack and heart disease prevention? Were you aware that Tilapia is not as effective in decreasing chances of heart disease than we once thought? Did you know that not only will drinking milk give you a heart attack, it will actually cause your heart to explode? Well, the last one isn’t true, but it was a part of my point that you shouldn’t believe everything you read. The Internet and your neighbors both can provide you with a great deal of information, the hard part is figuring out what is true and what is not. When it comes to a heart attack or heart disease, you can’t afford to be misinformed. You need to find out exactly how accurate the piece of information you are getting is before using it for yourself in any way. Here are some other Do’s and Don’ts for dealing with heart attack and heart disease information that could potentially be hazardous to your health.
DO: Get your information from a reliable source. Your neighbor is definitely a reliable source, even your favorite news station or their website are not the most reliable sources of information. If you are trying to find information about heart attack and heart disease prevention, you need to find sites as reputable as the American Heart Association. Otherwise you are putting yourself at risk. News channels and websites have some valuable information, but it is difficult to tell what is true and what is being sensationalized.
DO NOT: Spread information unless you are 100% sure that it is accurate. If you spread misinformation about heart attack and heart disease prevention, you are becoming a part of the problem, and putting people’s lives in danger in the process. The reason all of these myths are floating around is because people talk about how they heard you can prevent a heart attack, or how they heard so and so can help heart disease. The problem here is that there are no facts to back it up.
DO: Speak to a physician or nutritionist. If something sounds too good to be true, there is a good chance that it is. If you hear that eating ice cream will assure that you will never have a heart attack, you might want to consider the validity of the statement. Speaking with a professional should help you separate fact from fiction. If you choose not to, you could end up taking LSD to prevent heart disease because you heard about it on the Internet.
There are not many rules to abide by here, it is pretty straight forward. If you want to learn about heart attack and heart disease prevention, go to a reputable source, don’t spread anything that you are not sure about, and speak to a professional. If you do anything else you are endangering mankind, and don’t you forget it.
