The Internet is a vibrant source of health information: it can tell us what
to eat, how much to drink, what sports to play, what to think and even when we
will die (supposedly). While some have dubbed the health information available
on the Internet as dangerous鈥攁nd in many cases fuelled by vested
interests鈥攚ho can blame surfers for taking a look? At least the Net makes
house calls.
Continually overtired? A visit to the CyberDiet site at
www.CyberDiet.com/profile/profile.html may help.
Enter your age, weight, activity level and
body frame size, and it will calculate how many grams of proteins,
carbohydrates, fats and vitamins you need to eat to keep your energy level
up鈥攁nd shed unwanted pounds. If you think exercise might aid your
ailments, think again: sports injuries can be painful and permanent. The Sports
Injury Calculator at www.sportscover.com/inj_calc.htm will reveal that your
chances of getting injured while playing darts (6 per cent for a 25-year-old
male) are far less鈥攗nsurprisingly鈥� than when playing rugby (60 per
cent).
For those waking up with too many hangovers, the Self-Scoring Alcohol
Check-up will ask you how much you drink, why you drink and where you drink. The
quiz will tell you whether you control your drinking or whether your drinking
controls you. Check out www.habitsmart. com/chkup.html.
Advertisement
When the going gets tough, lie down on the couch of Cyberia Shrink at
www.psychtests.com/, which claims to have the largest collection of
psychological tests on the Web. Find out the cause of your worries, your IQ,
whether you are the jealous type鈥攁nd even if you鈥檇 be good in sales.
The ultimate health question is, of course, 鈥淲hen will I die?鈥� See how many
billion seconds you have left at the absurd www.deathclock.com. Enter your date
of birth, sex and outlook on life鈥攑essimistic, sadistic, or
indifferent鈥攁nd let the death clock tell you which day will be your
last.
