Study finds constipation is a significant risk factor for major cardiac events

Medical Xpress / Monash University / American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology ^ | Aug. 19, 2024 | Silvia Dropulich / Tenghao Zheng et al

[Adder]

Sooo...take away: Being full of shlt is bad for your heart...

[Uncle Miltie]

Pro-biotic capsule every night helps me.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Beat me to it

[Candor7]

Eat Cherries before bed, nightly. 6 to 12 will do.

[FlingWingFlyer]

It’s weird we don’t hear about more Democrats having heart attacks.

[MayflowerMadam]

And didn’t James Gandolfini die that easy ... on the toilet?

[Daveinyork]

You can find a study to prove anything, depending on who’s funding it.

[MayflowerMadam]

“die that WAY”
Not easy.

[Celtic Conservative]

No, in an Italian restaurant. In Italy.

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[MayflowerMadam]

Oh. I thought I recalled reading that he and his son had just returned to their hotel after having dinner at an Italian restaurant.

[Celtic Conservative]

I looked it up AFTER I posted. You’re right.

Mea Culpa.

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[mewzilla]

Elvis Presley was unavailable for comment.

[mewzilla]

This is not new news. From 1990...

Cardio-vascular events at defecation: are they unavoidable?

[Openurmind]

This fact has been known by workers in resthomes for a long time. And not just #2 but #1 or both at the same time. But the medical industry has always refused to believe the very eyewitnesses who watched it happen as it happened. “Can’t happen” and they try to blame other causes. It happened to my father but he recovered, and a good friend just lost his wife to the very same.

The stress of pushing too hard to relieve yourself can and will cause heart attacks and strokes. Anyone who has worked in a resthome has witnessed it. I have talked to only one doctor who confirmed this as real, and only because he personally watched it happen to one of his own elderly family members.

[Openurmind]

“I understand why. Constipation, people strain to push. Your blood pressure goes up the harder you strain. Stresses your system. You have any problem thats near a critical issue, could be enough to make it happen.”

Yep, absolutely. I have witnessed it.

[newfreep]

“According to Dr. Nick,...

[Albion Wilde]

Elvis.

My first thought, as well.

People who take drugs often suffer from constipation.

Eat fruits, whole grains and vegetables, people! Avoid drugs!

[where's_the_Outrage?]

My hemorrhoid doctor told me to take 2 scoops of Meta Mucil twice a day. Wow, what a difference it made. Highly recommend it.

[Mr Rogers]

I eat virtually no fiber at all. No problems at all. Fat lubricating the tube is better for keeping things flowing than fiber.

Fiber works with lots of water, but many older people in particular are underhydrated and fiber without plenty of fluid aggravates constipation.

[Mr Rogers]

“Being full of shlt is bad for your heart...”

I wish! If it were, then liberals would die early.