Vegetarian StarBlair River “Heart Attack Grill” Spokesman Dies (Video)

Blair River “Heart Attack Grill” Spokesman Dies (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on March 4th, 2011 in Actors, Food & Drink, Not So Vegetarian, Nutrition-Health-Fitness, Research + Science, Videos.

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Blair River "Heart Attack Grill"

Blair River, the spokesman for Heart Attack Grill, a restaurant known for its unhealthy, super-sized fatty meals like the Quadruple Bypass Burger and Flatliner Fries, has died at the age of 29.

Besides promoting dishes with names to match the medical conditions one might develop if they ate there regularly, Heart Attack Grill offered anyone who weighed over 350 pounds free food.

Some are pointing a finger to flu or pneumonia as the reason for River’s death.

According to some experts, his weight–575 pounds–may have played a factor in him succumbing to the virus. Yes, along with high blood pressure and heart disease, washing down fries cooked in pure lard with the butterfat shake may prevent some from fighting off what simply throws everyone else in bed for a week or two.

Research has shown that morbid obesity may hinder recovery from the flu.

During the 2009 H1N1 epidemic, it was documented that people with extreme obesity found it harder to fight this infection. A study published in journal PloS One found that hospitalized flu patients with BMIs of 40 or higher were almost three times more likely to die than those with normal BMIs.

In one commercial for Heart Attack Grill, the voiceover states that the restaurant’s menu may not be for everyone and side effects include, “sudden weight gain, repeated increase of wardrobe size, back pain, male breasts growth, loss of sexual partners, lung cancer, tooth decay, liver sclerosis, stroke and an inability to see your penis.” The actor also warns that mild death may occur.

At least they give proper warnings.

Heart Attack Grill’s motto is that they serve food with a “taste worth dying for.”

At 29 years of age, that has to be false advertising.

We’d rather save the dollars used to purchase the Single, Double, Triple or Quadruple Bypass burger (containing one, two, three and four beef patties, respectively), pay for a flu shot once a year and use the change to buy hummus wraps.

The video featuring Rivers promoting Heart Attack Grill can be seen below.