It took me a while to figure out what I truly hate about this commercial, which just sets me off every time it comes on the air (and that is often.) I finally figured it out: It's the fact that this commercial makes having high blood pressure look like fun.
These people are having an absolute ball because it's so easy for them to check their blood pressure; for some reason, they are dancing all over the place- maybe because they just checked and found that their resting heart rate was nice and low and decided that was too boring. Great message- "if you've got high blood pressure, don't sweat it, just get this gizmo and you're good."
Um, no. If you've got high blood pressure, get control over your diet, get on an exercise program, and fix that issue before it Ends you. Being able to monitor it is nice and everything, but this is basically the same as being able to check your blood sugar any time you want- and then going ahead and stuffing yourself with cake and seeing that Hey Isn't That Interesting, My Blood Sugar is Spiking Go Figure. Personally, I don't worry about my blood sugar levels because I don't eat sugar. I don't worry about my blood pressure because I keep myself at a healthy weight, exercise my cardiovascular system* and don't eat crap. I guess the alternative is to just get one of these stupid things, except that they don't fix any problems. They just give you a fun way to watch yourself fall apart.
Don't stop dancing, because that's pretty good exercise. But get those stupid-ass grins off your face and stop thinking you've accomplished something because it's easier to monitor your descent into bad health.
This is getting depressingly common- more and more gadgets and more and more drugs and less and less simple advice to do things that kind of require personal effort. Doesn't bode well for the future, but I guess a lot of these people won't be around in the future anyway.
*Sometimes I even dance, though I prefer running and hitting my heavy bag. But to each his own.
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