{"id":4655,"date":"2011-03-05T04:06:02","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T02:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ultimatefatburner.com\/?p=4655"},"modified":"2015-02-16T09:03:33","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T14:03:33","slug":"r-i-p-blair-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/r-i-p-blair-river\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Blair River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/community\/chandler\/articles\/2011\/03\/03\/20110303chandler-heart-attack-grill-spokesman-dies-500-pound-man0303.html#ixzz1FfHnJeE2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">He was the spokesmodel for the &#8220;Heart Attack Grill,&#8221; in Chandler, AZ.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Blair River was a big guy with a big heart.<\/p>\n<p>River, who stood 6-foot-8 and weighed about 575 pounds, gained a measure of fame in the past year as spokesman for the Heart Attack Grill, a west Chandler restaurant that specializes in thick hamburgers and fries. He died on Tuesday at the age of 29.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of death is currently unknown, but friends are speculating that it was the result of his contracting pneumonia after a bout with the flu.<\/p>\n<p>Heart Attack Grill is an unabashedly unhealthy restaurant &#8211; the menu consists of huge burgers, milkshakes and fries cooked in lard &#8211; and having such a big man as a spokesman was part of its tongue in cheek &#8220;glorification of obesity.&#8221; But those who knew River said he was more than the larger-than-life caricature he portrayed in promoting the restaurant.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nWhile the cause of Mr. Blair&#8217;s death is currently unknown, it&#8217;s probable that his weight and\/or diet played a role. If nothing else, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-hospitalist.org\/article\/the-obesity-problem-in-u-s-hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it&#8217;s more difficult to transport, diagnose and treat morbidly obese people<\/a> &#8211; and in a critical care situation where time is of the essence, such issues\u00a0can make the difference between life and death. Likewise, a chronically high fat\/sugar\/calorie diet that&#8217;s low in veggies\/fruits\/fiber\u00a0can complicate one&#8217;s\u00a0recovery from a serious disease or infection, regardless of weight.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a situation like this that makes the Heart Attack Grill&#8217;s\u00a0whole &#8220;Ha-ha-ha, our food will kill you&#8221; schtick even more repellent. Owner Jon Basso is selling\u00a0a dangerous delusion: that you can\u00a0routinely extend a middle finger to basic health and fitness advice without serious consequences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/rebels-without-a-cause\/\" target=\"_blank\">I said it before<\/a> and I&#8217;ll say it again: dying from lifestyle-related diseases isn&#8217;t a joke.\u00a0And no food or dish is worth dying for&#8230; especially the\u00a0greasy,\u00a0revolting crap on display here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">[youtube:http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zbKRSYAuSNg]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Ewwww&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He was the spokesmodel for the &#8220;Heart Attack Grill,&#8221; in Chandler, AZ. Blair River was a big guy with a big heart. River, who stood 6-foot-8 and weighed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,28],"tags":[444],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4655"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4655"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9741,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4655\/revisions\/9741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}