Heart Attack - the oriental ways to prevention and recognition

Different culture has different way of behavior and habit in consuming their food. The Chinese for example, has for years stressed the preference for warm soup or drinks for their tea or plain water especially after eating the meal. Behind the practice, there has been various reasons and belief that drove them to adopt such practice.

However, such beliefs are now being held by the elders and perhaps some younger ones. But the majority of the younger generations have adopted and followed the western ways. The following advice, although not specifically stated to be from the Chinese, nevertheless offers one similar advice.

Prevent Heart Attacks by drinking warm water instead of cold water.

This is a very good article. Not only about the warm water after your meal, but about heart attacks. This makes sense.. the Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals...not cold water...maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!!

Nothing to lose, everything to gain...

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks: You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Read this...It could save your life!!

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Well, there is no harm in knowing a little bit more. While this may not totally prevent one from suffering a heart attack, but it may well slow down the process. As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure. So drink your cold drink not with your meal, but long before or after the meal.

Posted by
Ivan

When One is on Top of the World - who does one look towards for guidance

The following internet mail that I received probably came as a joke. I think anyone can guess that this probably came from a golf enthusiast, cynical that perhaps we should abandon many things, and go and play golf.

I personally took up golf 17 years ago, and today, I am still far cry from my 24 stroke handicap. Nevertheless, I think that joke aside, there is an important lesson to learn from it. Do read the following anecdote circulated in the web world.

In 1923, Who Was:

1. President of the largest steel company?

2. President of the largest gas company?

3. President of the New York Stock Exchange?

4. Greatest wheat speculator?

5. President of the Bank of International Settlement?

6. Great Bear of Wall Street?

These men were considered some of the world's most successful of their days.
Now, 80 years later, the history book asks us, if we know what ultimately became of them.

The Answers:

1. The president of the largest steel company.
Charles Schwab,
died a pauper.

2. The president of the largest gas company,
Edward Hopson,
went insane.

3. The president of the NYSE,
Richard Whitney,
was released from prison to die at home.

4. The greatest wheat speculator,
Arthur Cooger,
died abroad, penniless.

5. The president
of the Bank of International Settlement,
shot himself.

6. The Great Bear of Wall Street,
Cosabee Livermore,
also committed suicide


However, in that same year 1923,
the PGA Champion and the winner of the
most important golf tournament,
the US Open, was Gene Sarazen.
What became of him?

He played golf until he was 92,
died in 1999 at the age of 95.
He was financially secure
at the time of his death.

The Moral:
Abandon work,
Play golf.

While we all may envied these very people for their effort to make it to occupying such top stature assuming great power, position, reputation, happiness and success, it is by no means small feat. But what happened to all of them years later? It it is not what one can attained that is important. I think equally important is to be able to sustain and persevere with whatever we have achieved and at least sustain it if we cannot move on to even greater heights. No one can understand the pain and agonies of such people unless one is in similar situation and it pains to see and know of the fate of such great people. One can only sympathize and hope that we do not fall into the same fate. Let us always be on guard.

Posted by
Ivan