Man suffers heart attack at Heart Attack Grill

• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-02-21 01:40

  (CBS) The Heart Attack Grill saw its name in action yesterday when a diner suffered a heart attack at the restaurant. The man was eating a 6,000-calorie Triple Bypass Burger at the Las Vegas branch of the restaurant, HealthPop reported. Moments later, he was wheeled out of the restaurant after a waitress - dressed as a nurse, as part of the restaurant's gimmick - called 911.
  
  At the restaurant, owner Jon Basso calls himself "Dr. John" and his waitresses "nurses." Diners wear hospital gowns. The restaurant's slogan is "A taste worth dying for."
  
  CBS This Morning sat down with the "doc" himself - and what did he have to say? "Who doesn't want to risk a little danger once in a while?"
  
  "I'm here to tell you straight up that I'm here to make a buck," Basso said. "Anything that's legal that you want to eat or drink that's fun, that enriches your life at the moment, I will sell it to you. If I could put danger back into hamburgers, all the better."
  
  A cell phone video of the man suffering a heart attack was quickly posted online after the incident while tourists snapped pictures. According to Basso, "Even with our own morbid sense of humor, we would never pull a stunt like that."
  
  Although the burgers containing thousands of calories are certainly no good for one's health, cardiologist Dr. Sohail Anjum told CBS News, "I don't think hamburger bite or eating a whole hamburger can give you a heart attack."
  
  The heart attack - and Heart Attack Grill - spotlights America's growing obesity epidemic. Obesity increases risk for numerous health conditions, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, stroke, liver disease, sleep problems, and osteoarthritis.

  
  
  http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57379613-10391704/heart-attack-grill-heart-attack-what-does-restaurant-owner-have-to-say/
  
  [video=youtube;s2JVfAoyG4o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=s2JVfAoyG4o[/video]
  
  

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  oh gosh
  the burgers look terrible
  
  and if you're unfamiliar with the restaurant
  [video=youtube;zbKRSYAuSNg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKRSYAuSNg[/video]
• Akemii wrote on 2012-02-21 01:45
  They look so delicious. All those girls are so cute too.
• paladin wrote on 2012-02-21 01:52
  It appeals to men more then women
  Meat and boobs
  Any questions
  But the owner is right
  He did nothing wrong,its his store
  Captalism thrives on choice
  the guy choice to eat there
• Cynic wrote on 2012-02-21 01:58
  People shouldn't really try and blame the owner when it's actually the fault of the customers. Don't shove something down your throat if you know you have a risk of getting sick/dying from it.
• Mello wrote on 2012-02-21 02:16
  Eric Cartman and I eat there all the time!
• Kollin wrote on 2012-02-21 02:19
  >Heart Attack Grill
  >A taste worth dying for
  >Customer has a heart attack
  
  

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  It is the mans own fault for putting such garbage inside of him. No clue why anyone would want to eat that, it looks disgusting and ever more unhealthy than regular fast food.
• truefire wrote on 2012-02-21 02:20
  I've never been the healthiest eater, and for that, I can understand the restaurant's philosophy. The incident says more about customer irresponsibility than it does about anything that the restaurant promotes. That said, I don't want to suffer cardiac arrest or end up morbidly obese, but I'm not about to give up every tasty thing on this planet to superficially prolong my life just for the sake of living longer.
  
  That also said, that restaurant's not for me. Partially because I've never been much of a burger fan. Partially because while I don't mind eating some unhealthy things, that's more than a bit hardcore for me. Lard cooked in lard wrapped in lard handled by lard with a side of lard-fried fries? Walkin' away. Now. Never mind that I rarely touch beef and never mess with pork at all. You don't need that much indulgence of any kind to make something tasty.
  
  Poultry and seafood ftw.
• Lan wrote on 2012-02-21 02:30
  [SPOILER="Spoiler"]Wonder if he opened this restaurant to kill fat people, in a totally legal manner as they have signed a waiver.[/SPOILER]
• Blassreiter wrote on 2012-02-21 02:31
  They admitted that it's not healthy so they better not get closed down because of this incident.
  
  I rather go to a buffet than do this.
  
  

  Quote from Lan;780600:

  [SPOILER="Spoiler"]Wonder if he opened this restaurant to kill fat people, in a totally legal manner as they have signed a waiver.[/SPOILER]

  
  
  Hah.
• paladin wrote on 2012-02-21 02:38

  Quote from Lan;780600:

  [SPOILER="Spoiler"]Wonder if he opened this restaurant to kill fat people, in a totally legal manner as they have signed a waiver.[/SPOILER]

  
  
  He would not lan
  Killing customers= less money
  If your customers even fat stay alive and come back to eats thats money in the bank
  The world runs on emotions and money
• Lan wrote on 2012-02-21 02:39

  Quote from paladin;780611:

  He would not lan
  Killing customers= less money
  If your customers even fat stay alive and come back to eats thats money in the bank
  The world runs on emotions and money

  
  
  But isn't it the customers who are over 350 lbs eat free? So he may be trying to get rid of the morbidly obese
  /conspiracytheory
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-02-21 05:42

  Quote from Cynic;780552:

  People shouldn't really try and blame the owner when it's actually the fault of the customers.

  
  This, basically. We can't compensate for stupid shit. If people make terrible decisions, they're gonna make terrible decisions and that's that. All we can do is help. Taking away the ability to eat stupid cheeseburgers restricts freedom and is the first step towards disaster.
• Sayoko wrote on 2012-02-21 08:39
  LOL. Real nurses are upset about the heart attack grill.
  
  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,235679,00.html