After the death of Lisa Marie, people are also remembering her father, Elvis Presley and his weight gain topic has been in the headlines. Many are wondering to know whether his weight gain is the reason for his death or not. Well, most of his admirers pointed out that his many attempts at diet and dangerous exercise were the reason for his death but according to the medical investigation, the 6ft tall American singer was dead due to a heart attack.
Elvis Presley was an American singer and actor born and raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Vernon Elvis and Gladys Love. Elvis was an average student who enjoyed participating in extracurricular activities during his school days. After impressing his schoolteacher with a rendition of Red Foley's country song Old Shep during morning prayers, the famous musical figure became more interested in music.
Elvis began his musical career by learning to play the guitar at the age of six. He gradually began taking guitar lessons, and in 1950 began practicing regularly under the tutelage of Lee Denson. Elvis then began working as an usher at Loew's State Theater when he was 15 years old. Presley studied and played by ear despite having no formal music training and being unable to read music.
Elvis Presley was one of the few artists who changed the course of popular music in the twentieth century. Some of his popular songs include Love Me Tender, Jailhouse Rock, In the Ghetto, and An American Trilogy. After the death of Lisa Marie, people are also talking about her late father. Many are wondering about Elvis's death. To know about Elvis Presley's weight gain and the reason for his death, read this article.
Elvis Presley's weight gain has been in the news for so long. People want to know if his weight gain was linked to his death or not. The singer tried many things to reduce his weight including a medically induced coma, but failed every time and ended up gaining three and a half stones. Many of his fans blamed his death on his numerous diet failures and risky workouts, but a medical examination revealed that the 6' tall American singer died of a heart attack.
Presley's weight gain has been a hot topic since 1960 when he was twenty-eight. The musical legend was reported to appear more wealthy than before. After 1967, when admirers found that his weight had stretched to almost 200 pounds, everyone was shocked and pointed to binge eating as the cause of weight gain.
Binge eaters frequently consume unusually large amounts of food and are unable to stop eating. Stress, dieting, negative feelings about body weight or shape, the availability of food, or boredom can all trigger binge eating episodes. The majority of binges involve more than 1,000 calories consumed, with a quarter of binges exceeding 2,000 calories.
People have witnessed a timeline of all of Elvis Presley's physical appearances. Elvis, who had maintained his weight in 1969, was once again in the public eye for gaining weight following his divorce in October 1973. He was reported to gain more than 100 pounds at that time.
After that, Elvis reached the level where he would frequently rip his pants while performing. He claimed that his weight gain was the reason that kept him from continuing his acting career in Hollywood and that it had an effect on his ability to perform in front of a camera and an audience. All of his behaviors were explained by the cause of his weight increase.
After having problems with weight gain and body image issues, Presley reportedly wanted to regain his former figure as a sex symbol, which led him to take extremely dangerous measures to lose weight. Not only that but Elvis also tried of following a diet in which he consumed nothing but jelly made of his favorite black cherry soda and bananas.
Following many attempts at losing weight, he also tried a medically induced coma as a last option, but his last attempts did not last long when he fell out of his bed and woke up on his own. All of his diet and exercise attempts failed after he discovered that he had gained three and a half stone, but that it had ballooned to 25 stone over time. Even though he was able to survive from stone, he had to take a lot of medicine.
Elvis was also allegedly suffering from water retention and looked bloated from pills he took for different illnesses he had as a sow, and, after suddenly getting his bowels moving again, he could look noticeably slimmer within just a few days. Elvis was having lots of health issues lately, and according to the Mirror, Elvis Presley's health continued to deteriorate, resulting in glaucoma, hypertension, liver damage, and an enlarged colon, which caused a heart attack.
The medical investigation confirmed that Elvis Presley died of a heart attack on August 16, 1977, at the age of 42, at his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, despite the fact that many people believed he died as a result of the medication he consumed. At the time of his passing, Elvis weighed an astonishing 350 pounds, or 180 pounds more than he had a decade earlier.
Talking about Elvis' favorite foods, he used to love enormous breakfasts complete with sausage, bacon, eggs, fried potatoes, home-baked rolls, and coffee. He has a tremendous appetite for breakfast. By the time of gaining more weight, Elvis was also named a Fat Elvis in the press.