https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:51:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-410357 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:10 +0000 jedeve 410357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you'd be surprised how quick calories could add up! I usually just will eat dinner that day, and maybe a bowl of cereal. I don't think feasting is a problem if its occasional. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409581 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:02:02 +0000 sorrycharlie 409581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>this is so scary! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409580 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:00:42 +0000 Mrs. Pen 409580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: I hope they don't get offended :(:( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409579 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:00:18 +0000 Mrs. Pen 409579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: pie!<br /> meat (turkey, ham) is naturally high in calories, as are potatoes and the milk/butter they're cooked with, breads such as rolls and stuffing are high in calories and usually paired with butter, pies - especially something like pecan pie are REALLY high in calories (and definitely not the good kind!)...</p> <p>wow that is scary!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409542 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:22:16 +0000 Amelieisme 409542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gees! Now I'm worried about my Dad tomorrow. We are from the South and our meal easily adds up to that amount. I will be spending my holiday with the in-laws...they are health nuts so we won't get anywhere near that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409483 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:38:28 +0000 mrbee 409483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Thehistoryofus: I'll just eat some turkey and call it a day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409357 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:29:55 +0000 rachiecakes 409357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>scary!<br /> I can't imagine a 4000 calories dinner, but we've vegetarians and really health concious. Maybe a deep-fried turkey? yikes.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409331 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:19:26 +0000 blackbird 409331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks Mr Bee! My dad had a heart attack in May and just had some fancy new hardware installed on his heart. I'm going to send this article to my folks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409330 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:18:51 +0000 T.H.O.U. 409330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, scary!<br /> @mrbee: Now that you are on your new diet what are/aren't you eating this thanksgiving? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409327 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:16:16 +0000 mrsmenow 409327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work in the cardiac ICU and more people have heart attacks between thanksgiving and Easter (the most being between Thanksgiving and New Years) than any other time of the year. The stress of the holidays, combined with sholveling snow (physical exertion) and poor diets- makes for a disaster. We see quit a few hunters come in too that have heart attacks out in the woods. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409317 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:11:14 +0000 Andrea 409317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: going by the rule that I am American so I can call myself gross. Lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409311 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:08:01 +0000 mediagirl 409311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Geez...what are people eating to consume 4000 calories?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409308 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:05:22 +0000 DillonLion 409308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: lol ouch! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409287 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:51:53 +0000 Lindsay05 409287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes be careful! Avoid heavy work if going to be overeating. This goes for most days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409286 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:51:47 +0000 Andrea 409286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4000 cals? Americans are gross! We definitely do not pig out on Thanksgiving. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409283 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:51:22 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 409283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh wow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409277 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:49:46 +0000 photojane 409277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>wow... scary! thankfully our thanksgiving dinner definitely isn't 4000 calories! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409273 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:47:56 +0000 tororojo 409273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yikes, that is scary! :( What a way to begin the holiday season. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-be-careful-over-thanksgiving-if-you-or-a-loved-one-is-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack#post-409266 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:46:21 +0000 mrbee 409266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a friend whose father died shortly after eating Thanksgiving dinner... I read up on it, and apparently it's pretty common. Here's one quote:</p> <p>&lt;&lt; [A] study of 1,986 heart attack patients presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association in 2000 suggested that an unusually large meal quadrupled the chance of having a heart attack within the next two hours.</p> <p>After a large meal (a Thanksgiving feast can easily exceed 4,000 calories), cardiac output of blood is increased and diverted to the intestinal circulation to aid digestion, which can take as long as six hours, leaving other organs, including the heart and brain, relatively deprived. The work involved in all this shunting around of blood might be the equivalent of vigorous sex or moderate exercise.</p> <p>But that's not all. An increase in insulin, triggered by the carbohydrate content of the meal, can compound the situation by preventing normal relaxation of the coronary arteries. Triglyceride elevation, from the fats and carbs, can impair the function of the inner lining of the coronary arteries and cause those vessels to become less elastic and acutely inflamed. Increases in inflammatory markers such as C-reactive protein have been noted following a large, high-fat meal. And the rise in blood pressure that usually occurs after eating such a meal can cause those inflamed patches to rupture, which in turn can lead to blockages and heart attacks. &gt;&gt; </p> <p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/22/AR2010112204836.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/22/AR2010112204836.html</a></p> <p>Please be careful with your family and loved ones! </p>