Pop a Metoprolol and take an extra spritz of nitroglycerin, my gravy-wallowing and fried-food snorting Okies, because according to a new study released by the CDC, if you’re lucky enough, your heart is probably going to get clogged up and explode inside your chest like your daddy and your daddy’s daddy before him. It’s an Oklahoma tradition!
No matter how healthy we, as a state, think we are, these not-all-that-startling findings by the Center for Disease Control –released in the form of an easy to read infographic—show the “most distinct causes of death in each state,” all of which make an ample amount of heavy-breathing sense considering we, as a proud people, have found ways to veganize chicken fried steak and consider ranch more important to a salad than, say, tomatoes.