The days are counted for a content creator in Iloilo, Philippines who has gone ballistic in life and opted eating concrete hollow blocks to gain attention in social media. South Korean meokbang has been a hit in the Phillippines as mukbang, where content creators make gluttony or excessive eating as a subject for their contents. As expected, some will do relentless extremes.
A mukbang content creator recently died and the death was attributed to his gluttonic eating of massive food including fatty food such as Lechon which apparently led to his stroke or anneurism.
However, eating a foreign object such as concrete hollow block is extremely dangerous. Not only due to its physical contents such as sand and soil but also the toxic chemicals and trace metals that are used to manufacture cement. It will not only cause obstruction of the gut or digestive system but the chemicals absorbed into the body will also cause multiple health problems. These chemicals could distort the function of liver or kidneys, trace metals can be deposited in the body and cause disease and can also obstruct the blood circulatory system that will lead to long term health implications.
No matter how difficult life is or no matter how tempting social media is, aspiring content creators should not opt to these extremes. Netizens who have better mind control and discipline are advised to help such desperate content creators by not engaging or consuming their contents. Let us promote more humane contents such as having an engaging debate on certain issues, sports, travel, food and others.
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