What Elvis Presley's death teaches us about obesity

Life is a classroom where we must all observe and learn and become better people. There is no better way to learn than to learn from the practical experience of others.

Elvis Presley is a legend. A great singer who opened many paths. However, the cause of his death is not yet conclusively known. Were they the drugs he was taking? Or his massive food intake that finally killed him? The situation is further complicated by the fact that he was believed to be taking some of the medications to try to control his weight.

Did Elvis Presley’s diet kill him?

We all need a minimum of 1,500 to 1,800 calories a day to stay alive. People who do heavy work and therefore burn a lot of calories need even more calories, up to about 10,000 per day.

Elvis consumed more than 85,000 calories per day and was sitting doing nothing more strenuous than reaching out to turn on the channels on his television. 85,000 calories is more than enough to keep an elephant alive. Presley’s favorite daily diet was a 10-inch-long bun filled with bacon, peanut butter, and strawberry jam. Each had around 42,000 calories. Elvis would eat two every day along with other snacks like hamburgers and fried white bread.

The answer to our question is, yes, Elvis, who conquered the fickle and fiercely competitive music industry, was no match for the seductive aroma and flavor of food. He only ate to death.

Why do most celebrities have a weight problem?

The Elvis era ushered in a new era of super rich celebrities. The new television medium helped create a new generation of super rich artists. Elvis with his good looks and suggestive dance was especially suited to it. Since then, two issues have been consistently and regularly associated with super rich celebrities. Drugs and weight problems. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on weight issues.

It is useful to note that many of these big stars were literally starving and struggling for cash just before their big jump to celebrity status. Just like Elvis.

Suddenly they find themselves in a situation where they don’t have to worry about money. Situations where you don’t have to hold down a nine to five job to put food on the table. That’s where all the trouble seems to start.

Most of us seem to end up in a similar situation when we get comfortable jobs that we enjoy. A slightly successful junior executive or entrepreneur is sure to have a problem with obesity, no wonder it is a national crisis.

What we can learn from Elvis

It is clear that if Elvis had exercised, even a little, he would have lived much longer. If you had lived in this information age, you would also have had many other “less painful” ways to control your weight.

But the real danger zone, if we want to learn something from Elvis, is in the mind. Presley had reached a situation where there was nothing left to accomplish. There was no new challenge, even on the horizon, that interested him. That was the really dangerous point and that is the really deadly place anyone can be. It happens to many celebrities these days with devastating consequences.

The lesson is that, successful as it is, you need a constant supply of new challenges and start-ups and formidable tasks to take on all the time. It seems true that when the mind falls asleep, the body follows the suite with devastating consequences.

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