The death of Andres Moreno was caused by his extreme weight and unhealthy lifestyle; as a result, he died of a heart attack due to drinking 6 energy drinks a day, his death was covered by news stations. Andres was a 38-year-old man who was very heavy. He ended up dying from a heart attack. A few causes that led up to his death were extreme weight gain. Not exercising and eating healthy is a big cause to gaining weight quickly. Andres weighted 70 stones, he was known as the world's fattest man. Andres died on Christmas day, two months prior to this he got a major weight lose surgery where three-quarter of his stomach was removed. He then started to work out to be able to get this surgery, he lost 9 stones naturally to get his surgery. Not only was he severely overweight at 38 years old, he was also as a …show more content…
Energy drinks have a lot of sugar, and Andres was a diabetic. Not monitoring how much sugar you intake can cause very high blood pressure and can lead to other serious problems. Not only did Andres not care and got highly addicted to these energy drinks, he didn't know that just because he was exercising and losing weight, these energy drinks made him have an irregular heart beat and that led to a tragic death. Energy drinks are the worst thing to drink before or during a workout. Your heart rate will ride intensely and can cause your heart to beat faster or even stop completely. Even though Andres was trying to do the right thing, it ended up leading to his death. Making sure you do enough research on the risk of drinking energy drinks. “As an obese man, although he was losing weight and was starting to move, exposing yourself to a stimulated can cause irregular heartbeat, and that or a heart attack can lead to death.” (ojeda) This quote is saying even though he was losing weight and had lost a bit of weight doesn't change the fact that drinking energy drinks can cause your heart to beat