Are You at Risk for Popcorn Lung?

It seems like just about every day we're learning that more and more things in our homes can cause us to develop deadly, fearsome diseases. The latest, apparently, being that poisonous, dreaded, most dangerous of snacks - microwaved popcorn. Popcorn?

Seriously, after the story broke yesterday about the man who developed a lung disease from inhaling popcorn fumes, I just had to shake my head.What's next, poisonous curtain disease?

Really, I don't think you have to worry too much about your microwaved popcorn, unless, like this poor fellow, you really really love it and have been eating it and inhaling the fumes from it daily for ten years. If that's the case, you should definitely get a health insurance plan before popcorn inhalation becomes next on the list of dangerous activities!

But basically, you don't need to panic. Just living a sensible, healthy lifestyle and not worrying about every new possible disease that comes to light will keep your body healthy and your health costs down. And yes, get insured, just in case, because strange things do happen. That's exactly what your health insurance plan is for, to protect you against the unexpected.

There are three things this story should prompt you to do:

1. Make sure you have a varied diet
2. Get adequate health insurance coverage
3. Go ahead and finish that bag of popcorn. You'll be fine!