My clock radio alarm goes off at 4:30 this morning and since it’s Sunday I don’t have to hit the floor stumbling like Pavlov’s dog. Since it’s Sunday, I don’t hear the usual news program. Instead, I hear, “The following is a paid commercial announcement.”
I was only half-awake, but here’s what I remember: It seems that almost everything that ails you (arthritis, obesity, etc., etc.) is due to your blood being too viscous. Your blood gets weighed down by all of the toxins and becomes full of “blood sludge”. Of course, their product will remedy this.
Not that they had any credibility, but if they had they would have lost it when they used the automobile analogy. According to them, your blood is like the oil in your car. Over time, it becomes full of sludge and it becomes too viscous. That’s why you must change the oil in your car. Your blood is apparently the same.
Now, for all you non-automotive types out there, the oil in your car is required to be viscous (to a point). That’s it’s job. You have to change it because it loses its viscosity over time when subjected to heat and pressure. The infomercial writers should have done their homework.
I think you misheard. The proper term is “vicious” blood – to stay healthy your blood must unflinchingly destroy all invaders. Your blood must be so savage that foreign microorganisms will seek wimpier targets.
I do remember a lady calling in to say her doctor had told her that her platelets were sticking together, making her blood too viscous. The good pitch man said that these pills would take care of the sticky platelets.
Maybe she just needs to rub some WD-40 onto her hands. I heard it was good for arthritis, too.
Hey, be glad it wasn’t the infomercial where the guys says all you need is a good bowel movement and then proceeds to discuss the size of his and various other people’s BM’s. I’m glad I was insomniacally playing on my computer and didn’t look at the TV in case there were pictures.
You just reminded me of something I forgot. Apparently, my blood is too viscous. The last time I tried to donate platelets, my serum cholesterol was so high that it stopped up the centrifuge. The technician was none too happy about it and informed me (rather snarkily) that the kit cost $60.00 and they were going to have to throw that one away. They stopped calling me to come down and donate after that.
So, maybe there it something to this blood viscosity thing.
