Could It Be Just Psychological ?

Here's a sample of lechon . As you can see the roasted pig's body was chopped already with the head intact still .
@SIMPLYD (90722)
Philippines
September 23, 2015 3:27am CST
Yesterday , my officemate and I had our office driver , bought us a kilo of lechon belly . As some are familiar with my posts , lechon is a roasted whole pig with the skin so crispy , with a picture I attached herewith. But this lechon belly from Cebu , we haven’t tried yet , so we bought a kilo and divided the pieces into two and I ate mine at lunch time . My officemate ate hers last night since she had a brunch before lunchtime . After eating the lechon belly , in a little while I felt dizzy . I was scared and had the company nurse take my Blood Pressure . It was normal though ; 110 / 70 . So I was thinking my cholesterol might have crept up above the normal. So I drank green tea and sniffed my White Flower embrocation . After a while , I wasn’t feeling dizzy anymore . My officemate and I was laughing for buying that fatty lechon belly . But at least we were able to taste for ourselves how delicious it is . But my feeling dizzy after eating that fatty lechon belly , could it be just psychological because I don’t eat ever the fat of the pork since I know it is bad for the health ? Your thoughts please . . . .
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
23 Sep 15
I don't know if you drank while you were eating or it had to much salt to it but pork tends to make people act weird eating it and especially since you haven't eaten it for awhile.
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@Lushlala (4028)
• Gaborone, Botswana
23 Sep 15
It probably wasn't psychological. I'm glad to hear that you're ok, though. Maybe it was because it was very fatty, and you had too much because it was so delicious?
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Sep 15
I guess , i just had too much of it since it's half kilo . But after a while i was already okay .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
27 Sep 15
@Lushlala In a few moments it was gone already .
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@Lushlala (4028)
• Gaborone, Botswana
24 Sep 15
@SIMPLYD Aww i'm glad it wasn't anything serious, and that you're now better :)
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
23 Sep 15
Yes, it has to be the thoughts. If you are mentally presuming that something is bad, and still consume it, the body reacts differently. Once I was bitten by a snake, and I was being told repeatedly that all snakes are not poisonous, until they got me to the doctors. Later, I came to know that though this is a fact that not all snakes are poisonous, it is also a fact that many a times it is the scare that plays things bad.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Sep 15
Precisely . The thought of the scary side effect is what i thought to have caused me to be dizzy ! It's a good thing the snake that bit you wasn't a poisonous one .
• China
23 Sep 15
I doubt if it was that the flow of blood to your brain was scant for a moment then ,because your blood pressure is on the low side and that when you had your meal.Normally people feel sleepy after meals .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Sep 15
Yes, i could be that too . But i think now that it was really a psychological one since my officemate didn't feel that way , when she even is taking a maintenance for her high BP and cholesterol. But i am glad it scared me so next time i will not eat that dish again.
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@Gwensmom (504)
• United States
14 Oct 15
If I eat fatty meat, I end up not feeling too good. My stomach and feeling woozy. Some people can eat the fat that comes with a piece of meat. I just never have been able to handle it.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
15 Oct 15
That happens really because we are not used to eating the fat of the meat . And i experienced that at that moment , so i felt dizzy .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
17 Oct 15
@Gwensmom Yes, that is how those whose gallbladder was already removed feels .
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@Gwensmom (504)
• United States
16 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD My daughter can't eat fatty food either. She doesn't have her gallbladder and fatty foods make her sick.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
23 Sep 15
If your office mate didn't feel ill after eating hers, it was obviously ok. So yes, it was psychological.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Sep 15
Yes, she didn't feel anything like that when she ate it for her dinner that night she said . Although she laughingly said she took simvastatin ( cholesterol blocking pill ) after eating them . So she also told me it was psychological .
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
24 Sep 15
Maybe your body is not just used to it? sorry - I don't really know.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Sep 15
Precisely , because i usually don't eat the fat part of the pork even if i always eat pork.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
25 Sep 15
I really would have thought it would have been your blood pressure. But I guess not. Some foods are just very rich to the body and have effects.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
27 Sep 15
The BP is okay . It was 100 /70 . Very normal . Though , i was thinking that since while i was eating it , i was scared it might raise my cholesterol , made me felt that way . Psychological .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
28 Sep 15
@inertia4 I am trying as much as i can . But sometimes , it can really be an irresistible temptation .
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
27 Sep 15
@SIMPLYD Well sometimes rich foods make us feel strange. So maybe next time stay away from that place.
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• Indonesia
29 Sep 15
Oh well, it could be psychological. If you could enjoy it with no worry, perhaps it will be better. Mind also become reality
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
29 Sep 15
Indeed the mind is so powerful . I was eating , while at the back of my mind , i am worried that it might elevate my cholesterol beyond what is normal. So maybe that's why i felt like that after eating that .
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@skysnap (20154)
23 Sep 15
I think it could be psychological. Some of the time if we churn too much of the negative thoughts then the body puts us in the hibernation mode. this is depressing mode where people react at you all the time. I can tell you that it is harder to get out of it unless you work on this. so make sure you go out often and meet new people else this sort of headache and fatigue often leads to stress.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Sep 15
That's what i was thinking , that it was psychological . Actually , i don't often get headaches . As to feeling dizzy , i do sometimes, specially nowadays that i am having insomnia and the lack of sleep makes me feel dizzy .
@Lushlala (4028)
• Gaborone, Botswana
23 Sep 15
@SIMPLYD Maybe it was solely because of eating that pork fat. It could have been a combination of lack of sleep and all that fatty meat.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Sep 15
@Lushlala Yes , indeed . besides i think it's the fear of its detrimental effect to health while i was eating it . But i must say , it was delicious though .
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@sofssu (23662)
23 Sep 15
I really wouldn't know.. I hardly ever eat pork.. and n o fat at all. But The picture did make me feel nauseous. I am not too much of a meat eater.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Sep 15
See , just because you are not a meat eater , you feel nauseous . I really think it's psychological because while eating it and seeing that it's fatty , i was already scared .
@sofssu (23662)
23 Sep 15
@SIMPLYD That says it all. Maybe it was psychological.. maybe also physical.. sometimes feeling too full also disturbs your orientation.
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
23 Sep 15
I do not believe that the fat can make you feel dizzy, I am pretty sure it was psychological. Enjoy your lechon and forget about health fear when you eat it.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Sep 15
You answer made me happy , my dear ! But after i have already tasted that lechon belly , i told my officemate that at least i know for myself that it's not a dish that will make me crave for it the next time around .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Sep 15
@LadyDuck The meat itself including the skin and the fat is so delicious , in fairness . I know that you will like it too if you ever get a taste of it .
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
24 Sep 15
@SIMPLYD I imagine it's a bit too greasy, I am sure that there are other parts of the lechon that are much better.
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
23 Sep 15
It could very well be psychological. Just think of women who have false pregnancies. Their minds make there bodies go through the physical changes just as if they were pregnant.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Sep 15
Yes, i agree to that . We always feel something bad because we think that way .
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
26 Sep 15
@SIMPLYD Our minds are capable of so many things.
@jrlcentral (2601)
• Roxas, Philippines
24 Sep 15
Wait... let me wipe off the drool off my face... heheh.. Anyways, it could be your system is just not used to amount of fat you have eaten at that time. Or it could be that you were already so hungry and ate too fast.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Sep 15
I think it's the first reason you said. And while eating i was scared it might elevate my cholesterol since it's sometime elevated ..
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
28 Sep 15
@jrlcentral Indeed , i agree to that .
• Roxas, Philippines
24 Sep 15
@SIMPLYD well.. it could have been psychological then.. just be careful. Our minds could be very very powerful.
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
23 Sep 15
It was probably a reaction to the salt more than the fat. A reaction to fat wouldn't make you dizzy it would give you pain. If you were worried, then it might have been psychological.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Sep 15
I think i agree with you there . But psychological or not , at least i have tasted the dish already and won't be craving for it anymore.
@etavasi (749)
• Malaysia
23 Sep 15
Wow this makes me so hungry and want some of this, do you still have some, share to me please if not later i will keep dreaming to eat food like this. Haha i think it just your feelings or psychology. Maybe the weather are too hot also can cause your dizziness. The pork not so bad health just don't over eating like every days pork. Just need to be balance diet i think so.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Sep 15
Oh if only i can send you some through email. But i assure you that lechon is so delicious . Yes, i eat pork every other day , but no fats . I guess , eating the fat that time scared me so it made me dizzy psychologically.
• Philippines
23 Sep 15
The pork fat was probably the culprit. They are not healthy at all. Maybe it raised your cholesterol level somehow causing the dizziness. It's funny to know that you are as well using White Flower embrocation, lol! I use it a lot and always carry one with me all the time.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Sep 15
Precisely , that was what in my mind while eating it with the fat and all - it might raise my cholesterol . Oh the white flower ? I always have it in my bag and it's so useful to me . So you too ! They say it 's the old people's way . But I don't care , because i like it since it helps a lot during some minor ailments and itches .
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• Austin, Texas
23 Sep 15
It's not psychological. Your body is making adjustments as a result of your dietary changes.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Sep 15
Oh , so that's why ! Now , i know .
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@wiLLmaH (8801)
• Singapore, Singapore
24 Sep 15
Haha! No it is not psychological. So you must take care. :)
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Sep 15
You are scaring me . But , i won't repeat eating the fat of the pork ever again .
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@ashuli (1196)
• India
23 Sep 15
cant comment much as I am 100% vegetarian
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Sep 15
Oh really , you are amazing that you are a vegetarian . I also would like to be one , but i just can't because i am more of a carnivorous person.
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