Heart attack at the Heart Attack Grill. Time to rethink eating habits?

Heart attack at the Heart Attack Grill. Time to rethink eating habits?

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/man-suffers-heart-attack-while-eating-heart-attack-185717972.html?bcmt=1329338551435-e4966fa9-d5cb-48e3-a3c7-2e40af4e471d#ugccmt-container-b

Millions of Americans watch what they eat. But one Las Vegas man has painfully discovered that where you eat can have a big impact on your health as well. In a story almost too bizarre to be true, a man suffered a heart attack after eating a "triple bypass burger" at the Heart Attack Grill in downtown Las Vegas, local affiliate Fox5 reports.

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Some of the menu items available for diners at the Heart Attack Grill include: The butterfat milkshake, non-filtered cigarettes, "flatliner" fries and four different burgers, each rated on an ascending scale of one bypass to the quadruple bypass burger.

Here's one of their ads:



Oh, that spokeman died at the age of 29...

Originally posted by 53north:

And yet they had this knowledge thousands of years ago when the original Gospels were written by the Nazarine and Essene sects. . .
(see my vegetarian post on my blog).

Oh wow, they can still smoke in their establishments?
That's impressive.

Oh the irony!

I hate Heart Attack Grill since the "owner" "pretends" to be a doctor and mocks the patients!

Originally posted by thedawgfan:

Oh wow, they can still smoke in their establishments?
That's impressive.

Oh, no. I can see were the bit about buying non-filtered cigarettes can be misleading, but the law here is that you can't smoke in restaurants. You can smoke in bars and clubs and the casinos, unless management forbids it, though. (Dottys, a chain of small casinos got sued because they were offering pre-prepared food to customers and allowed smoking and this fell into a legal gray area)

Originally posted by jbrothernew37:

Those guys are nearly health food by comparison

http://www.syracuse.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/dc-group-calls-for-closure-of-heart-attack-grill/5a040b7b0782460ea58818c78a6f8a35

DC group calls for closure of Heart Attack Grill
Feb. 16, 2012, 6:35 p.m. EST
AP
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Washington, D.C.-based anti-meat advocacy group is asking the owner of a Las Vegas restaurant that prides itself on unhealthy meals to shut down after a customer suffered a medical episode and was hospitalized.

Officials for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine said Thursday they sent a letter to Heart Attack Grill owner Jon Basso, asking him to "declare moral bankruptcy" and close the restaurant.

I wouldn't say to close the place, but people need to be aware that a place like this is a very once in a while thing and to eat extremely light for the rest your meals; in addition eat there for lunch and not dinner.

I heard a comment yesterday wondering if the heart attack was related to the food, or more to the scantily-clad waitresses ...

The waitresses!

Originally posted by jbrothernew37:

The waitresses!

Well, you can see where they don't eat.

Let them eat until they explode.
However, there's a very simple way to prevent it, just tax people by the kilogram. Fair, simple and effective.

Regarding the waitresses I'm sure that they could be used at some much more entertaining things than serving hamburgers to fat people.

Originally posted by Belfrager:

However, there's a very simple way to prevent it, just tax people by the kilogram. Fair, simple and effective.

Or tax high calorie food at a higher rate. It can be justified citing health care expenses stemming from obesity.

Originally posted by Belfrager:

Regarding the waitresses I'm sure that they could be used at some much more entertaining things than serving hamburgers to fat people.

The economic reality is that we still have 12.4% unemployment, so the girls probably just had to take the first job they could get.

Heaven on a bun!
Bless us, O Lord, for these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty. Through Christ our Lord we pray. Amen.

As a punishment Jaybro for that I would make you eat that.

Yours,

Anonymous Presbyterian,
Glasgow

Geez, Jaybrah, don't give them any ideas for their next menu item

Porno-food. And they pray for it...

Originally posted by Belfrager:

Porno-food. And they pray for it...

Oh, man--- think of the prayers!!!!

"Our Father, who art in Heaven, please protect us from what we are about to eat-----".

Judging from the photos, this gets the crossed butter-knife award. You cross the butter knives, hold them before you and shout "Back! BAAACCKK!!!" as the waitress approaches with your order.

Note: I admit to liking a cheeseburger and fries as much as anybody. But, if the photos don't lie, what they're serving there is insane.

Originally posted by mjmsprt40:

"Our Father, who art in Heaven, please protect us from what we are about to eat-----".

Well, I'll admit that genuine protestant variation...

Originally posted by Belfrager:

Porno-food. And they pray for it...

Always give thanks to the Lard, for He provideth for the haves.*
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* Not so much for the have-nots, however. I wonder why that is.
The Lard is often a puzzlement. I must remember to sent the Pope an email on this issue.

Wow, what a story. I can't say that I believe in heart attacks. It's an algor conspiracy to get tardbon tax. But the science is still uncertain about heart attacks.

Originally posted by rjhowie:

As a punishment Jaybro for that I would make you eat that.

Yours,

Anonymous Presbyterian,
Glasgow

I have a problem choking down a White Castle burger, affectionately called 'sliders' here.
























Affectionally, your ex-Catholic friend.

Originally posted by jbrothernew37:

Originally posted by rjhowie:

As a punishment Jaybro for that I would make you eat that.

Yours,

Anonymous Presbyterian,
Glasgow

I have a problem choking down a White Castle burger, maliciously called 'sliders' here.




















Affectionally, your ex-Catholic friend, Jaybro.

Originally posted by jbrothernew37:

I have a problem choking down a White Castle burger, affectionately called 'sliders' here.

I had already explained about slider's, to Belfrager's disgust. Now he has a pictures of the nasty things. A few years ago, a read an article about the calorie density of various fast foods (Heart Attack grill wasn't included) and sliders were at the top of the list.

As for Howie, I don't think he deserves to be grossed out by those...

'Sliders' because both tops and bottoms are greasy, I might add.

I have a friend living in Indiana who loves Sliders. I can hardly stand the things, they're about as close to being inedible as can exist and still be sold as "food". So, he can have my share of the things. Good thing: They're small, so if you have a hankerin' for the burgers you can eat a sack full of them. Bad thing: Pretty much the same thing, plus they have enough grease to run a railroad. One other good thing, for you out-of-towners: Sliders seem to be a Midwestern American thing, so if you don't live around here you're unlikely to run across one-- unlike the ubiquitous McDonald's offerings.

If you happen to be a stoner, I can see where you would get the craving, though

Slider Heaven

Originally posted by Sanguinemoon:

I had already explained about slider's, to Belfrager's disgust. Now he has a pictures of the nasty things.

Originally posted by jbrothernew37:

'Sliders' because both tops and bottoms are greasy, I might add.

One could discuss the Freudian interpretations of such a tendency for greasy "sliders"... but I'll pass on that.
Compared with this, Slow Food Movement it's almost tantric sex...

having said all i am gona kip munching anythng called food and jbro that pic motivates.....why make yoself a slave to your eating timetable....comeon and eat...death always and has bn ther...hahahahaha:yes:

Try this delicious treat, courtesy of White Castle? I call it the Pyramid of Death

Ewww, gross! OK, that's it...post reported, Jaybro

Now starring on "That's Inedible", Jaybro's photo of White Castle.

Noth America and Great Britain have a similar problem and that is obesity. Neither of us seems to be effectively dealing with it yet?

Indeed. In America, we seem to be getting a culture of quantity of food over quality. Places are such as Heart Attack Grill and Whattaburger are considered by many to be so great because it's so much food. Even more upscale places have the same issue. I went with my brother and sister to a restaurant in the MGM Grand hotel and didn't want to spend a lot of money on food, so I decided to just get a hamburger. The smallest one I could find was 1/2 pound and I felt sick to my stomach afterward. I would have been happier with a meal half the size.

That's one of the reasons I like Taco Bell — as far as fast food goes — although I only like hidden and perhaps some of those Fresco menu items. If you ask they'll replace any meat with black beans, e.g. in some kind of burrito or soft taco. I think the chalupa supreme with black beans isn't bad at all. In fact it's quite a vegetarian-friendly place. A "cheese quesadilla with extra sauce" is sort of a staple item for us, but their menu only lists it with chicken or something. As you can see, that's what I mean with hidden menu items: everything I like is with something left out or replaced. If I were them I'd really advertise this whole vegetarian friendliness a lot more, as you can just get a couple of things that are relatively decent and healthy — yes, I'm serious, but I suppose you can easily eat unhealthy too — and it's quite cheap to boot. For the most part I'd say I like it better than actual American restaurants.

Anyway, I went to this place called Cheesecake Factory once (I believe it's a national chain?) and ordered a caesar salad or something: I ate the leftovers for lunch for the three following days. I suppose that at least made the prices seem slightly less exorbitant, but I hardly see the point of serving it all to me on what could be a serving plate for an entire family. I wonder how they'd respond if you came in there with four people and ordered one menu item.

Originally posted by xyzoneon:

I can't say that I believe in heart attacks. It's an algor conspiracy to get tardbon tax. But the science is still uncertain about heart attacks.

That is frighteningly bizarre. I can't even come up with a good question to try to understand. All I have is:
Um, if some of your relatives died of heart attacks would you believe in them? How about if you had one? What do you mean "believe in"?

Originally posted by mjmsprt40:

Sliders seem to be a Midwestern American thing, so if you don't live around here you're unlikely to run across one-

Nope, they've been in the Northwest for a couple years. Weird name. I might have ordered them now and then except for the name.

Originally posted by Belfrager:

Let them eat until they explode.
However, there's a very simple way to prevent it, just tax people by the kilogram. Fair, simple and effective.

Simple and effective, but unfair. Trying to prevent it is anti-freedom. If I want to eat fatty stuff until I die of a heart attack at the Heart Attack grill, nobody has any right to stop me.

Educating about health is good, studying and adding to knowledge about health is good. and those are things that tax dollars should go for. Taxing to prevent unhealthiness is evil.

Originally posted by aefields:

Originally posted by xyzoneon:

I can't say that I believe in heart attacks. It's an algor conspiracy to get tardbon tax. But the science is still uncertain about heart attacks.

That is frighteningly bizarre. I can't even come up with a good question to try to understand. All I have is:
Um, if some of your relatives died of heart attacks would you believe in them? How about if you had one? What do you mean "believe in"?

I think your sarcasm receptors need readjustment

I wached a programme on television that showed an average man and woman of the 1960's then today and boy what a sad difference. But what was worse was the forecast of a couple decades from now. It is a physical nightmare if folk don't alter their eating habits. Over the last year I have managed with regualr exercise to lose half a stone by regular walking and such as well as trying as one can to be careful on eating. If you watch a lot of people if fast food places they don't reallyseem to even chew the damn food and can hardly wait to get the next massive bite in.

Cut to the chase: Since health care is the "responsibility" of the government, the costs are a budget item of the political branches. Any "behavior" that affects costs –on a statistical or anecdotal basis– is justification for government intervention: Rules, strictures, taxes; criminal prosecution…
Give the government the power to provide health care, the government will –and must, eventually– take the power to determine via proscription and prescription all behavior that impacts the bottom-line…

Make sure to write Santorum and Romney suggesting that Medicare and Medicaid be axed, because they might cause taxes on hamburgers to rise. Good luck with that. Well, Santorum might actually run with it, the screwball that he is.

Originally posted by Macallan:

Originally posted by aefields:

Originally posted by xyzoneon:

I can't say that I believe in heart attacks...

That is frighteningly bizarre..

I think your sarcasm receptors need readjustment

Hmmm... possibly. I don't know any reliable mechanics to work on them. Do you know anyone you could refer me to?

And now the Heart Attack grill claims it's second victim...

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/news/a378075/heart-attack-burger-bar-claims-its-second-victim.html

Yup, sorry for failing to report that. So when you guys come to Vegas, when you leave the airport in your rental car, just make a left on Paradise road. Just keep going until you reach the Strip and make a right. After a while you'll make it through the Strip and reach downtown. When you get to Fremont street, good luck finding a place to park But on the first level of Neonpolis you'll find the unhealthiest burgers you've ever seen.

Oh and don't forget to bring lotsa $$$ for your trip

Originally posted by Sanguinemoon:

Geez, Jaybrah, don't give them any ideas for their next menu item

I recently got a tattoo of a Big Mac.



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Originally posted by rjhowie:

As a punishment Jaybro for that I would make you eat that.

Yours,

Anonymous Presbyterian,
Glasgow

Shouldn't that be Obnoxious Presbyterian?

Originally posted by johnnysaucepn:

And now the Heart Attack grill claims it's second victim...

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/news/a378075/heart-attack-burger-bar-claims-its-second-victim.html

I was just about to post that:
http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/woman-collapses-at-heart-attack-grill-while-eating-double-bypass-burger.html

No Jaybro, that prefix is usually for militant Atheists and gung-ho's from somewhere but forget where.......

Originally posted by mjmsprt40:

Now starring on "That's Inedible", Jaybro's photo of White Castle.

There are none in Grand Rapids, but in the Chicago area! White Castle heaven...
Whoa, momma!
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Would it be improper to call McDonald's The Spawn of White Castle?

Originally posted by jbrothernew37:

Originally posted by mjmsprt40:

Now starring on "That's Inedible", Jaybro's photo of White Castle.

There are none in Grand Rapids, but in the Chicago area! White Castle heaven...
Whoa, momma!

Anudder quickie link fix. Oh, well.

Let's try this one

Edit: It seems the listing shown isn't complete. I happen to know of several not shown. There's one near Mannheim and Grand, one near where I live in Villa Park, and one near Carol Stream (North and Gary) just to name a few not showing on the map. The map doesn't show any of the White Castles outside of the near 'burbs of Chicago.

Thanks Mjm, Opera's http "helper" is a royal pain! I fixed my post, too.