Can you really get a heart attack just by eating a larger burger?

[Anonymous]

I think people exaggerate when they say things like 'heart attack in a bun!" and so forth.

Will eating a larger burger do that?

[Darkfairie17]

I have actually heard of people having a heart attack from a burger. But it was because the calorie count of the burger was something like 3000 calories or some other ridiculous amount.

Such a huge amount in a short time can have a bad affect on health, I wouldn't dare put anything like that into my body all at the same time. People who do that are just asking for problems. It is also very possible that the people who did have heart attacks were not taking great care of themselves anyway and the burger was just the straw that broke the camels back, so to speak.

[samhradh_leannan]

Of course you won't get a heart attack simply by eating a certain meal. A heart attack isn't an instant reaction to certain unhealthy foods. But if you continuously eat a lot of heart-unhealthy foods, your chances of having a heart attack will increase.

[kairon156]

not in it's self but if you eat that kind of thing every day or even if you just eat grease, fatty and lot's of salt than your chances are going to go up. I'm not saying you should cut that type of food out all together but just keep an eye on how much of it you eat.

if you are worried about eating right and want to change you can look up on Google about healthy diets or go see a dietitian, link there's a website that should help you out.

PS: this should be under health

[ihatework]

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[Alexias]

I'm pretty sure that has happened to someone that ate at a place with heartattack in the name. The burger had 10,000 calories.

[EverythingReal]

One burger? No, of course not. It's the constant overeating of fatty foods that will build up the plague in your arteries that will cause the heart attack.

[Anonymous]

It's an exaggeration for the most part. Eating monster burgers every day could very well lead to that, though.

[zagor]

Not just one. The saying refers to those who do it regularly.

[Anonymous]

Not just a burger