Website design By BotEap.comLife 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.

Website design By BotEap.comElvis Presley is a legend. A great singer who opened many paths. However, his cause of death is still not conclusively known. Was it the drugs he was taking? Or the massive food intake from him that finally killed him? The situation is further complicated by the fact that it is believed that he was taking some of the drugs to try to control his weight.

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Website design By BotEap.comWe 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.

Website design By BotEap.comElvis was consuming more than 85,000 calories a day and sitting around doing nothing more strenuous than reaching to change channels on his TV. 85,000 calories is more than enough to keep an elephant alive. Presley’s favorite daily diet was a 12-inch-long bun filled with bacon, peanut butter, and strawberry jelly. Each had around 42,000 calories. Elvis ate two every day along with other snacks like hamburgers and fried white bread.

Website design By BotEap.comThe answer to our question is, yes, Elvis, who conquered the fickle and fiercely competitive music industry, did not live up to the enticing aroma and taste of the food. He just ate himself to death.

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Website design By BotEap.comThe Elvis era ushered in a new era of super-rich celebrities. The new medium of television helped create a new generation of super-rich entertainers. Elvis with his good looks and his suggestive dancing 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 concentrate on weight issues.

Website design By BotEap.comIt’s helpful to note that many of these huge stars were literally starved and hard-pressed for cash right before their big leap to celebrity status. Just like Elvis.

Website design By BotEap.comSuddenly they find themselves in a situation where they don’t have to worry about money. Situations where they 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.

Website design By BotEap.comMost of us seem to end up in a similar situation when we get comfortable jobs that we enjoy. A fairly successful young executive or businessman will surely have a problem with obesity, no wonder it’s a national crisis.

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Website design By BotEap.comIt is clear that if Elvis had exercised, even a little, he would have lived much longer. If he had lived in this information age, he also would have had many other “less painful” ways to control his weight.

Website design By BotEap.comBut the real danger zone, if we’re going to learn anything from Elvis, is in the mind. Presley had reached a situation where there was nothing left to accomplish. There was no new challenge, not even on the horizon, that interested him. That was the really dangerous point and that is the really deadly place for anyone. It happens to a lot of celebrities these days with devastating consequences.

Website design By BotEap.comThe lesson is that no matter how successful you are, you need a constant supply of new challenges and new ventures and formidable tasks to take on all the time. It seems to be true that when the mind falls asleep, the body does the same with devastating consequences.