@@marthaperdewHE HAD FAITH IN GOD. . He had so many physical and emotional issues. It’s so sad. Look at his family history. We didn’t even know he had all t hose family inherited diseases. I think he probably was always afraid it was going to get him too.
I really think you are right! I think at times in life, we yern for home. Home of that long ago when we felt safe & worry free. As children, we didnt have to worry about bills or car payments etc. We felt safe & loved & cld sleep. We really were the happiest as children. Most of us & when things get too hectic, we long for those simpler times. Even though Elvis didnt have to worry about the bills, there were still worries. Hard to explain but those old days meant to him but we all long for it! Whatever “it” was for him. Only he knew. We all need those feelings of being alright. Cared for & love.
poor Elvis, I know the feeling, when I was poor poor poor like staving my mom had just passed away and my dad got into a deep deep depression, and couldn’t work, At age of 14 I had to step up and provide for our family. I remember ppl eating lasagna, steak at my friends houses.. I was always so amazed of how fancy and delicious the food was. I only had that chance when I was at a party with lots food or invited to dinner at someone else’s place. Today it’s been 20 years since those trying times, I’m not rich or super wealthy, I’m still poor, but not as poor as I was when I was a kid. So today I see myself always shopping for food that I really liked as a kid but could never ever afford. sometimes I cry when I’m eating good food, cause I remember what it was like to have no good food or any food at all. I know the feeling Elvis.. 😔
Old habits die hard. Many people don't genuinely change. Remember, many people do that, especially after all the substance abuse he put his body through.
Dude, what? Mixing all that together and eating it sounds good to you? Separately, sure. But mixed all together? No way, that's a gross way to consume food.
certain pills especially pain medications (opioids) over time can paralyze the g.i. tract leading to severe constipation infection and sometimes death. straining on the toilet might have caused his heart attack.
It's been a lifetime on and off for me but recently I've rediscovered and in the midst of that found songs I've never heard and finally made it to Tupelo and then Graceland..frikken amazing!
BS. You just made that up. Everyone I’ve known who’s died from bad habits and bad diets did it throughout their whole lives and most people in my family tried to eat healthier and stopped smoking etc before the heart disease or whatever caught up to them.
Me too gonna get a rueben at Arby's based on this!! I'm serious and I think sauerkraut good for digestion I'm not expert but I think so !Elvis farted less than any man in recorded history😅😅 That's my own stats based on reasonable projections and digestion by sauerkraut😊😊
But you still have exactly what ypu had befor he passed away. The music. I live the ones that act like they knew him. Lol or was you one of the shameful females that trashed his car by acting like banshees in heat?
Do you know why Elvis ate like that? Because those are Home Foods.. of the South Land. No matter where Elvis eat these foods. H e was back at HOME in Tennessee with his Mother. Love grows deep.
@@cappiece3786 was not drug overdose! Cardic arrest.... he also had inherited genetic health genes .... read destined to die young by Sally Hoedel! This explains his genetic health struggles!
@@cappiece3786 He died of a heart attack. Did he have a problem with prescription drugs? You bet. Did he eat healthy, nutritious foods? I think we all know the answer to that. Was his colon fifty pounds, chalky and impacted? Damn right it was.
Comfort foods. look at what he was eating. There all Southern Style comfort foods. except the Sourkraut.... what is with that ...ewwwe. I think because of his state of mind. surrounding by people. but he was really a lonely man. He took refuge in the food he was eating. that's why he put on so much weight. A whole lot of lonely man comfort food eating.
True. I'd imagine store bought food back in Elvis day was much higher quality than it is today and who knows, maybe his family or someone made the homemade kraut. So many people on her whining about sodium in kraut lol...not even thinking he could have been an addict to drugs which as many know, many in showbiz have been on drugs.
And drugs. Ringo Starr once said that he felt sorry for Elvis, fame was destroying him. The Beatles went through all of it too, but they had each other to lean on Elvis had no one to understand what he was going through. I bet Elvis would'v liked to be a Mr. ed instead of being Elvis to be free! He was a prisoner in Graceland.
He was southern. That's not weird for southern people. Most people in my family ate all that stuff and lived in their 70's and 80's. The pills got him.
@@anasuyahpather7613 I don't care what I eat, because I don't care what happens to me. I hope to die soon. Life has nothing for me, so I've got nothing and nobody to lose.
I'm glad Elvis enjoyed eating whatever he wanted. And even when he did put on some extra weight, that Hunk was still gorgeously handsome!!! 😍😍😍 ELVIS FOREVER 👑❤️👑
That was because he had a deep emotional connection with bacon.🥓 He knew it was the cure for sadness and heart disease ..but tragically wasn’t able to eat enough of it in time. So sad.
His diet wasnt good but that didnt cause water retention on his body then organ failure?he was overworked and medicated 💊 staggering management friends, and family couldn't spot the bloating? it was obvious based on tv footage. Total tragedy 😢
What makes you think that of Elvis!?! He was given the uppers in Germany and then the Dr's who gave him so much uppers, that he NEEDED the downers to sleep after being awake for too long. He wasn't "naturally" an addictive character..personality. So many criticize Elvis without knowing the full story to his "habits." We're all creatures of habit with good and bad things.
Because Linda who was there for 4 half years said so and not just drugs but foods,and hobbies etc plus jerry schilling said elvis was up or down life of the party or alone upstairs while the party's downstairs.
@@Gigi1111Layna so true. Elvis just wanted to sing and act. At first he was having a blast doing just that. Then these vultures seen a gold mine and worked him into an early grave. Shame on this guy for saying anything about blaming his eating on his death. Parker, the doctor's, and even this guy had a part leeching off of Elvis. Sad. This guy only talks about Elvis because nobody would listen to him about his own life.
@@Gigi1111Layna nobody is criticizing him at all! I don’t understand all of you rushing to defense in the comments. People are just making statements there is no hate here. This guy even said he loves Elvis but the man had problems. You can’t hold someone so high on a pedestal that they do no wrong. Everyone is human and falls prey to things like drugs and other bad habits. Nobody is saying anything bad about Elvis so calm the hell down and hop off of Elvis’s dick alright
Creepiest people Elvis could have ever had round them. This ultimate betrayer was one of the worst. UGH. Elvis ate the Southern diet that all my family did. This sycophant exaggerated everything. I think he was pathological in his disdain for Elvis.
when my brother died he was in his early 20’s, and about a year prior he started going back to places or asking to go back to places he had been to or known from when he was much younger
So sad, food was his friend and those who he thought they were. Let's take care of each other and at times all we can do and should do is pray foe our friends. Prayer warriors 🙏 Blessings to all.
Best Elvis story still to this day. There was a sandwich shop in Denver that made some of the best sandwiches a specialty sandwich one time they all got on the Lisa Marie and Memphis and flew into Denver just for the sandwiches and flew back.
Yup...that sandwich is called the "Fool's Gold." It was a huge loaf sandwich that was filled with a jar of peanut butter, a jar of jelly and bananas. It was Elvis's favorite sandwich and he took his plane to Denver with his Memphis Mafia in the middle of the night and that's what they ate. Elvis had the means (airplane) and money to go and eat whatever and wherever he wanted. Something he didn't have in his childhood 😢 Elvis enjoyed his life as best as he could. ELVIS FOREVER 👑❤️👑
@@lilyramos6752 I couldn't remember the name of the sandwich that I know he knew exactly where to get it though at the time he said he had it only Denver Colorado.😂😂
I eat nearly same things. I am 70 plus. Everyone is different. Eat what you enjoy and enjoy what you eat. Live life! Too many people have too much to say about Elvis. He was unique. RIP Elvis.
Lamar Fike, a friend to the Presley family since the mid 50s, was explaining that Elvis would eat the same meal every day for several weeks until he got tired of it, indicating an addictive personality. He wasn't saying the meal itself was bad or unhealthy. And weighing at over 140kg, Lamar was hardly qualified to criticise anyone else's diet anyway 😃
I eat something over and over until I'm tired of it.... Could it be an addictive personality.... Or OCD... Who knows. I'm related to him through his mother's side of the family. I never met any of them though. Interesting hearing details about Elvis.
@@gussygatlin3093 I tend to do the same thing diet wise. Sauerkraut is actually healthy for someone's immune system. Something about the vinegar and pickling process. (Do you think we could be related - Gatlin?)
Ever notice in all of Lamars interviews he is always elevating himself above everyone like he's the hero of all his stories, and the smartest. Most everything he ever said was always critical. Very toxic person.
You can talk about Elvis any way you want but the fact remains that the doctors that gave him pills he had no illness for were responsible for his death.
@@cincin4515 DO YOUR RESEARCH --- ELVIS'S DOCTOR DR NICK LOST HIS LICENSE FOR OVERPRESCRIBING ELVIS NARCOTICS... AND ALSO JERRY LEE AND MANY OTHER STARS AT THE TIME
I mean yeah partially responsible but you know he was paying them to give him pills with no prescription. Or using other peoples names and their kids names for prescriptions. You don’t just get a doctor to give you free drugs for no reason come on
I just think it was not Lamar’s business, the guy was eating whatever he wanted with his own money, the problem is that ppl ne er ever left this guy alone!!!
People blame these guys for not helping Elvis, and when they say something to help him they are chastised. His diet was unhealthy. Given his health issues that didn’t help him.
Elvis not only ate that Southern food, but he had issues with prescription pills, which a lot of people don't like to face about him. But he was a human just like the rest of us and we didn't know squat about prescription o.d. back then. Poor guy. What a God given voice- no formal training.
@@tamaramadison7563 People are responding to the video, as is the norm. If you are speaking why is it important in regards to Elvis, his lifestyle and eating habits were major contributors to his early demise.
Lamar Fike, didn't have any room to tell anyone how to eat when he ate anything and everything he wanted. And had been over weight all his life. Elvis ate what whatever he wanted just like everyone else does.
I mean you can be unhealthy and still look out for people’s health. That’s like saying I can’t help someone eith depression because my depression is worse. If I’m 100 pounds or 400 pounds I’m still gonna look out for people close to me. Atleast if I’m 400 pounds i can say “hey watch out or you’ll end up like me”😂
@@gussygatlin3093 Sauerkraut has close to 1000mg of sodium for one cup. Bacon is not bad in moderation. Bacon has 193mg of sodium per slice. Mashed potatoes full of butter and whole milk. Gravy is high in sodium. If you have heart issues or high blood pressure sodium is not your friend. Did you see how bloated he looked. Sodium will cause edema. Fluid retention, which puts stress on the heart. If your healthy moderation is key. He wasn’t healthy, and he wasn’t eating these foods in moderation. When you have heart issues or high blood pressure the recommended sodium intake per serving is 300mg to 350mg. He was eating 3x that amount with just the sauerkraut.
William Randolph Hearst, one of the richest men in the world at the time always had a catsup bottle on the table at Hearst Mansion in California. It reminded him of the picnics his family had as a child. Elvis was eating his comfort food.
Sadly towards the end I personally think it was depression that led to his overeating.... he'd lost his way and sadly he knew it, he was a very smart man. The book Red West and Sonny West wrote floored him, people saw behind the screen for the first time and despite his fantastic voice,looks & talent he knew the game was up.....still the greatest singer of all time though and forever my idol...RIP Elvis..👍👍👍👍
In moderation, and not with the health issues he had. One cup of sauerkraut has close to 1,000mg of sodium. He had high blood pressure and heart issues. Most cardiologists recommend under 300-350mg of sodium per serving. You could see he was swelling.
@@gvgv3515 OK....let's look at the science ( lol ) A cheetah , a lion , a leppard and Jordan Peterson eat Meat ...muscular and lean A hippo , an elephant , a rhino and elvis eat vegetation ....fat as f@$k Facts don't lie 🤣😂
It's the frying of the potato and fatty toppings people's put ON the potatoes that's bad. An oil free, meat free, starch based diet is the healthiest diet there is. Potatoes have every nutrient to survive and thrive. Read "The Starch Solution," by Dr. John McDougall. I read one of his first books 30 years ago and it changed my life. I'm in my 60's, don't need any pills, have a small waist, a ton of energy, no aches or pains, and was tested and found to have a body of an elite athlete.
THANK YOU SO VERY WELL SAID!!!! THAT'S WHAT THEY DID THEY TRIED TO CONSTANTLY CONTROL ELVIS!!!!!! I AM SOUTHERN I AM HEALTHY I AM 55 I HAVE NO HEALTH ISSUES I EAT LIKE THIS A LOT NOT DAILY BUT A LOT ITS COMFORT FOOD!!!! MY DADDY AT THIS WAY HIS WHOLE LIFE HE JUST PASSED AWAY OF COVID 2 YEARS AGO AGE 73... MY GRANDMOTHER AT THIS WAY SHE LIVED TO BE 87 .... YES CONTROL IS WHAT THEY WANTED OVER E
Elvis MOM? HEART ATTACK. Elvis DAUGHTER? HEART ATTACK. Elvis? HEART ATTACK. Maybe, just MAYBE, Elvis had a congenital heart problem. This idea Elvis was "obese" or a voracious crackhead is literally retarded. Compared to the average rock star the dude was living like a square.
We all have our vice/s and Elvis had his. He was a great, multi-talented entertainer and very kind man by all accounts. That's how he should be remembered and celebrated for, not for his struggles (which we all have).
He used to have his favorite sandwiches flown on a private jet to him when he left the country. It was a whole loaf of bread with PB&J, bacon, and a whole bunch of other stuff I can’t remember. And he’d eat it in one sitting.
There doesn't seem to be much of a problem with Elvis' diet. Bacon is pork, a protein-rich fat that is released out of the body, potatoes and tomatoes are antioxidants, and cabbage is good for the body as a stomach and anti-cancer food.
Sauerkraut is full of sodium. Eating bacon in moderation is okay. Mashed potatoes are full of fat. Gravy is full of sodium. I am Southern I know how they made that food. The difference is, they worked hard out in the fields on the farm. Lard was used a lot.
@@stephenhogue5567 Elvis didn’t like fish. I don’t like frog legs. I am still southern, not a drop of northern in my blood. My family ran a farm and worked the coal mines.
Of course Lamar was well known for his love of salads and healthy eating!! If this guy told me the date, I'd have to check!! Look at pictures of Elvis in his last year, in MOST of them he isn't over-weight.
SO WHAT LAMAR FIKE - LIKE YOU DIDN'T EAT NONE OF THAT GOOD SOUTHERN COOKING -- IM TEXAN MY WHOLE FAMILY EATS LIKE THIS MY GRANDPARENTS LIVED INTO THEIR 80'S AND 90S
As I recall they said he had a horribly impacted colon from his opiate abuse, bad diet and a genetic predisposition. Every time he hit the john he be straining like a power lifter trying to lift a car...
I think he did a lot for you.when you worked for him. If he knew you would be talking about him like you do , he would probably give you a karate chop.
He sounded like he missed his mom and his comfort.
being famous left him empty
& lonesome... 😢....he tried food, drugs & sex but that only made things worse....
Faith in God, Family &
Tradition...😊....
Exactly
@@marthaperdewHE HAD FAITH IN GOD. . He had so many physical and emotional issues. It’s so sad. Look at his family history. We didn’t even know he had all t hose family inherited diseases.
I think he probably was always afraid it was going to get him too.
I think elvis just wanted to go back graceland hace his mumma and just sing like the old days no parker just what he used to be
Yep
That food was a deep emotional connection to his Mom and childhood. Elvis tried to hold on to the time he felt safe and truly loved. Sad
Sad or glad?
I really think you are right! I think at times in life, we yern for home. Home of that long ago when we felt safe & worry free. As children, we didnt have to worry about bills or car payments etc. We felt safe & loved & cld sleep. We really were the happiest as children. Most of us & when things get too hectic, we long for those simpler times. Even though Elvis didnt have to worry about the bills, there were still worries. Hard to explain but those old days meant to him but we all long for it! Whatever “it” was for him. Only he knew. We all need those feelings of being alright. Cared for & love.
Lol
He never got over loosing his mother
He was a chester the child ________😂
poor Elvis, I know the feeling, when I was poor poor poor like staving my mom had just passed away and my dad got into a deep deep depression, and couldn’t work,
At age of 14 I had to step up and provide for our family.
I remember ppl eating lasagna, steak at my friends houses.. I was always so amazed of how fancy and delicious the food was.
I only had that chance when I was at a party with lots food or invited to dinner at someone else’s place.
Today it’s been 20 years since those trying times, I’m not rich or super wealthy, I’m still poor, but not as poor as I was
when I was a kid.
So today I see myself always shopping for food that I really liked as a kid but could never ever afford.
sometimes I cry when I’m eating good food, cause I remember what it was like to have no good food or any food at all.
I know the feeling Elvis.. 😔
Hope things are good for you now
Man these southerners always make me hungry when they start talking about foods.
He ate what his family could afford when he was young.
Sounds pretty darn healthy compared to what I had to eat when I was a kid
Everybody ate what their family could afford until recently. What planet are you from?
Old habits die hard. Many people don't genuinely change. Remember, many people do that, especially after all the substance abuse he put his body through.
@@cincin4515 Are you addressing your question to me? Because remember I said he ate with his family could afford at the time.
There was only the 3 in his family many families were bigger and struggled
Who doesn't love gravy smothered with mashed potatoes 😋 ..RIP King 🕺
🤭😋
AMEN 🙏🏻
sounds good to me actually. He was reverting back to childhood for comfort.
BS. He had the munchies from all the drugs.
@@cincin4515 your ignorant
Groan
I would actually loved all of Elvis food to be honest
Dude, what? Mixing all that together and eating it sounds good to you? Separately, sure. But mixed all together? No way, that's a gross way to consume food.
He realize he was trapped in his own prison. The colonel totally screwed him over crazy.
You watch a film full of lies and assume Parker is responsible for everything.. Stop being a sheep..
Read Ray connolly book.. excellent
Yes and so did Priscilla
What makes me so mad is he allowed him to! Always saying that Priscilla would’ve been a better manager!
@@colinsludds9249calm down incel
I think his Pill Addiction had more to do with a sudden heart attack on the shitter than the food
certain pills especially pain medications (opioids) over time can paralyze the g.i. tract leading to severe constipation infection and sometimes death. straining on the toilet might have caused his heart attack.
@@kennethmorris7878 EXACTLY. WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL HIM ABOUT STOOL SOFTENERS? OR PRUNES? OR CASTOR OIL ?
@@graceburrell8800 He was on Laxatives that Dr. Nick prescribed for him, but it was much too late as his colon was twisted.
Exactly
The liquid cocaine didn’t help
I have recently found a sudden love for Elvis and his beautiful voice and songs. ❤
Me too😊
Mee three❤.have read most of his books
It's been a lifetime on and off for me but recently I've rediscovered and in the midst of that found songs I've never heard and finally made it to Tupelo and then Graceland..frikken amazing!
Wellcome to our world!
Me also,really like 69-70 what other albums are really soulful? The touch on let's be friends is heavenly 🤩
When some people know they are dying, they resume eating the comfort foods from their past as health is no longer a concern.
Very true. I’ve heard of people with lung cancer who had quit smoking before the diagnosis, resume smoking.
BS. You just made that up. Everyone I’ve known who’s died from bad habits and bad diets did it throughout their whole lives and most people in my family tried to eat healthier and stopped smoking etc before the heart disease or whatever caught up to them.
@@mackdeen7021 my grandpa died of lung cancer but quit smoking 43 years before he was diagnosed. Lived only 2 weeks after the diagnosis.
He's not dead, he goes by Bob Joyce, preacher in Benton, Arkansas.
@@glenbolton7333 you do realize that Bob Joyce is only 68 years old don’t you? Do the math.
As a German it makes me proud that he liked Sauerkraut. 😂
Bout to go eat me some sauerkraut, mash potatoes, bacon and tomatoes RIGHT NOW!!
Can you cook me some too 😂
Looks delicious 🤤
👍🏼👍🏼😃
Sounds delicious. Nothing really terrible 'cept bacon and gravy.
Me too gonna get a rueben at Arby's based on this!! I'm serious and I think sauerkraut good for digestion I'm not expert but I think so !Elvis farted less than any man in recorded history😅😅 That's my own stats based on reasonable projections and digestion by sauerkraut😊😊
He was a real southern guy what would one expect. I miss him.
But you still have exactly what ypu had befor he passed away. The music. I live the ones that act like they knew him. Lol or was you one of the shameful females that trashed his car by acting like banshees in heat?
Do you know why Elvis ate like that?
Because those are Home Foods.. of the South Land. No matter where Elvis eat these foods. H e was back at HOME in Tennessee with his Mother. Love grows deep.
he never died from food he died of a drug overdose
@@cappiece3786 was not drug overdose!
Cardic arrest.... he also had inherited genetic health genes .... read destined to die young by Sally Hoedel! This explains his genetic health struggles!
@@kop8291 he died of an opiates overdose that gave him cardiovascular heart failure
@@cappiece3786 He died of a heart attack. Did he have a problem with prescription drugs? You bet. Did he eat healthy, nutritious foods? I think we all know the answer to that. Was his colon fifty pounds, chalky and impacted? Damn right it was.
Comfort foods.
look at what he was eating.
There all Southern Style comfort foods.
except the Sourkraut.... what is with that ...ewwwe.
I think because of his state of mind.
surrounding by people. but he was really a lonely man.
He took refuge in the food he was eating.
that's why he put on so much weight.
A whole lot of lonely man comfort food eating.
Sauerkraut is one of the most nutrient rich foods you can eat, it may have been the one thing that kept him going.
It's only downfall is that its high in sodium, but yes its very good for your gut health, digestion, etc
True. I'd imagine store bought food back in Elvis day was much higher quality than it is today and who knows, maybe his family or someone made the homemade kraut. So many people on her whining about sodium in kraut lol...not even thinking he could have been an addict to drugs which as many know, many in showbiz have been on drugs.
Not if you have a histamine intolerance ...
When you go from being poor , then you could eat anything you want or have anything, maybe you can't help going to the extreme. Love Elvis
He loved his mother's southern traditional cooking and look at what she produced and beautiful human being.
It was what he was raised on, southern cuisine.
kids don't do drugs
@@cappiece3786 of course kids don't do drugs.... what are you saying?
@@kop8291 Elvis died of a drug overdose
He was broken and only had comfort in food.
And drugs. Ringo Starr once said that he felt sorry for Elvis, fame was destroying him. The Beatles went through all of it too, but they had each other to lean on Elvis had no one to understand what he was going through.
I bet Elvis would'v liked to be a Mr. ed instead of being Elvis to be free! He was a prisoner in Graceland.
im more impressed that this dude was so involved in Elvis’ eating habits that he knows what he was eating in 57. 😂
😂😂😂😂👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
He wasn’t even around in ‘57? 🙄
@@lynnshrader1218 lamar fike? He met elvis in 54 but started working for him in 57.
It was the Memphis Mafia’s business to know everything about Elvis. They were paid to know these things.
@@mattskustomkreationsExcept this guy was huge his entire life so what was Lamar eating? Vicki
He was southern. That's not weird for southern people. Most people in my family ate all that stuff and lived in their 70's and 80's. The pills got him.
Exactly I think he was worked to death. Check out his Vegas schedule, it was 7 days a week 2 shows a day. No human should ever be subject to that.
@@anasuyahpather7613 I don't care what I eat, because I don't care what happens to me. I hope to die soon. Life has nothing for me, so I've got nothing and nobody to lose.
@@DonscottmusicThat’s the spirit son, I hope you’ll achieve your goals as soon as possible!
Megacolon
@@Donscottmusic I hope things change for you, that's no way to live
Sauerkraut is good, especially if you ferment it yourself.
He was a beautiful person❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The picture of health telling Elvis what he should be eating.
@@على_شحمI believe that comment was aimed at Lamar.
Lamar was always fat and sloppy.
I'm glad Elvis enjoyed eating whatever he wanted. And even when he did put on some extra weight, that Hunk was still gorgeously handsome!!! 😍😍😍 ELVIS FOREVER 👑❤️👑
"I really don't want to know" as Elvis sings so much better than any of the folks forgetting what privacy or loyalty mean, including about Elvis
Y’all are weird!! There is good and bad in everyone. Y’all like to live in Lala Land!!!
@@BlackberryTitties some are betrayed, other ones are betraying, I prefer to stay beside the first ones
That was because he had a deep emotional connection with bacon.🥓 He knew it was the cure for sadness and heart disease ..but tragically wasn’t able to eat enough of it in time. So sad.
His diet wasnt good but that didnt cause water retention on his body then organ failure?he was overworked and medicated 💊 staggering management friends, and family couldn't spot the bloating? it was obvious based on tv footage. Total tragedy 😢
its food and the drugs combined that killed him
Terrible him criticizing someone who gave him anything he wanted...elvis is the king
I wander what Lamar himself used to eati cause he was during all his life 10 times heavier than elvis in his last 2 years.
@@hatim4790 Elvis was 230 lbs...
Elvis God love him definitely had a addictive personality no middle ground always took things to the extreme.
What makes you think that of Elvis!?! He was given the uppers in Germany and then the Dr's who gave him so much uppers, that he NEEDED the downers to sleep after being awake for too long. He wasn't "naturally" an addictive character..personality. So many criticize Elvis without knowing the full story to his "habits." We're all creatures of habit with good and bad things.
Because Linda who was there for 4 half years said so and not just drugs but foods,and hobbies etc plus jerry schilling said elvis was up or down life of the party or alone upstairs while the party's downstairs.
@@Gigi1111Layna so true. Elvis just wanted to sing and act. At first he was having a blast doing just that. Then these vultures seen a gold mine and worked him into an early grave. Shame on this guy for saying anything about blaming his eating on his death.
Parker, the doctor's, and even this guy had a part leeching off of Elvis. Sad.
This guy only talks about Elvis because nobody would listen to him about his own life.
@@Gigi1111Layna nobody is criticizing him at all! I don’t understand all of you rushing to defense in the comments. People are just making statements there is no hate here. This guy even said he loves Elvis but the man had problems. You can’t hold someone so high on a pedestal that they do no wrong. Everyone is human and falls prey to things like drugs and other bad habits. Nobody is saying anything bad about Elvis so calm the hell down and hop off of Elvis’s dick alright
Sounds like a good southern menu to me, he definitely had good taste 👍
Sounds yummy and not horrible for ones health( not every day though)
You’re so right all of it is good for you except for the bacon
And except for the gravy with the fat in the mashed potatoes.
@@carolhunt2023fat ain't bad for you
The King eats what the King wants.
Then look what happened to the "king"
With friends like the mafia, who needs enemy's?
True..and an ex wife like that too!!
Creepiest people Elvis could have ever had round them. This ultimate betrayer was one of the worst. UGH. Elvis ate the Southern diet that all my family did. This sycophant exaggerated everything. I think he was pathological in his disdain for Elvis.
when my brother died he was in his early 20’s, and about a year prior he started going back to places or asking to go back to places he had been to or known from when he was much younger
Why does it matter what he ate? I never hear of reporters disecting other people's eating habits. Leave him alone.
Exactly, and those 3 foods are good And hearty, better than fried chicken, french fries etc,
Doesn't matter if he was eating that 24/7 if your addicted to drugs as he was that's what will kill u. So sad.
R.I.P. Aaron Elvis Presley 🙏🏼
So sad, food was his friend and those who he thought they were. Let's take care of each other and at times all we can do and should do is pray foe our friends. Prayer warriors 🙏
Blessings to all.
Bless you ❤ thank you so much 😢
Best Elvis story still to this day. There was a sandwich shop in Denver that made some of the best sandwiches a specialty sandwich one time they all got on the Lisa Marie and Memphis and flew into Denver just for the sandwiches and flew back.
Yup...that sandwich is called the "Fool's Gold." It was a huge loaf sandwich that was filled with a jar of peanut butter, a jar of jelly and bananas. It was Elvis's favorite sandwich and he took his plane to Denver with his Memphis Mafia in the middle of the night and that's what they ate. Elvis had the means (airplane) and money to go and eat whatever and wherever he wanted. Something he didn't have in his childhood 😢 Elvis enjoyed his life as best as he could. ELVIS FOREVER 👑❤️👑
@@lilyramos6752 I couldn't remember the name of the sandwich that I know he knew exactly where to get it though at the time he said he had it only Denver Colorado.😂😂
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I eat nearly same things. I am 70 plus. Everyone is different. Eat what you enjoy and enjoy what you eat. Live life! Too many people have too much to say about Elvis. He was unique. RIP Elvis.
Amen 👍
I totally agree 😊
Lamar Fike's eating habits were exemplary of course.
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He lived way longer than Elvis lol
Lamar Fike, a friend to the Presley family since the mid 50s, was explaining that Elvis would eat the same meal every day for several weeks until he got tired of it, indicating an addictive personality. He wasn't saying the meal itself was bad or unhealthy. And weighing at over 140kg, Lamar was hardly qualified to criticise anyone else's diet anyway 😃
The meal was bad and unhealthy.
I eat something over and over until I'm tired of it.... Could it be an addictive personality.... Or OCD... Who knows. I'm related to him through his mother's side of the family. I never met any of them though. Interesting hearing details about Elvis.
@@gussygatlin3093 I tend to do the same thing diet wise. Sauerkraut is actually healthy for someone's immune system. Something about the vinegar and pickling process. (Do you think we could be related - Gatlin?)
@@ginblossom70 😆😆😆 We could be related too.
140kg = 308lbs. for the ones who aren't gay and use imperial measurements
Ever notice in all of Lamars interviews he is always elevating himself above everyone like he's the hero of all his stories, and the smartest. Most everything he ever said was always critical. Very toxic person.
Agreed!
You can talk about Elvis any way you want but the fact remains that the doctors that gave him pills he had no illness for were responsible for his death.
Grow up. Rich people will get their drugs one way or another. And still do.
@@cincin4515 DO YOUR RESEARCH --- ELVIS'S DOCTOR DR NICK LOST HIS LICENSE FOR OVERPRESCRIBING ELVIS NARCOTICS... AND ALSO JERRY LEE AND MANY OTHER STARS AT THE TIME
He was over medicated.
Have you read destined to die young by Sally Hoedel? This book explains his genetic health genes from birth
I mean yeah partially responsible but you know he was paying them to give him pills with no prescription. Or using other peoples names and their kids names for prescriptions. You don’t just get a doctor to give you free drugs for no reason come on
My grandpa ate breakfast for every meal Country ham, bacon, sausage and eggs with biscuits and red eywd gravy. lived until he was 98
I just think it was not Lamar’s business, the guy was eating whatever he wanted with his own money, the problem is that ppl ne er ever left this guy alone!!!
People blame these guys for not helping Elvis, and when they say something to help him they are chastised. His diet was unhealthy. Given his health issues that didn’t help him.
Elvis not only ate that Southern food, but he had issues with prescription pills, which a lot of people don't like to face about him. But he was a human just like the rest of us and we didn't know squat about prescription o.d. back then. Poor guy. What a God given voice- no formal training.
So why is this important
@@tamaramadison7563 People are responding to the video, as is the norm. If you are speaking why is it important in regards to Elvis, his lifestyle and eating habits were major contributors to his early demise.
…and Priscilla
The food had nothing to do with his death. How stupid to insinuate that . We all know that the pills he took and the stress of fame killed him.
All the fried food and sugar didn't do him any good...
Lamar Fike, didn't have any room to tell anyone how to eat when he ate anything and everything he wanted. And had been over weight all his life. Elvis ate what whatever he wanted just like everyone else does.
I mean you can be unhealthy and still look out for people’s health. That’s like saying I can’t help someone eith depression because my depression is worse. If I’m 100 pounds or 400 pounds I’m still gonna look out for people close to me. Atleast if I’m 400 pounds i can say “hey watch out or you’ll end up like me”😂
Plus most of his life was slender especially 1968 to 1972.
He wasn't. He was just telling it like it happened
I saw Fike in an interview where he was very disrespectful and disgusting in his language used talking about female fans of Elvis.
Lamar was a treasure!! One of the most brutally honest men EP had around him. That’s why he kept him!!
OH SHUT UP!!! HE WAS ARROGANT AS HE** ONLY WANTED TO TALK BS ABOUT ELVIS AFTER ELVIS DIED... NOTHING GOOD!!!!!!!!! EVER BY FIKE
Elvis elegía a las personas más fieles y honestas para tener un personal de confianza 😊😊😊😊
Food was the only friend Elvis had
No it wasn't. He had plenty of friends including this dude. How can you sad arses just make up sad crap you know nothing about?
Ouch. Whom could he trust? Really?
He was on Epstein island, shalomming it up
That food is infinitely healthier than the vast majority of food people eat.
That sounds like a 80% healthy diet to me
Are you being facetious?
Bacon isn't bad.... Sauerkraut is good for your gut.... Tomatoes are ok... The mash potatoes & gravy might be starchy... But it's not the worst food.
@@gussygatlin3093 Sauerkraut has close to 1000mg of sodium for one cup. Bacon is not bad in moderation. Bacon has 193mg of sodium per slice. Mashed potatoes full of butter and whole milk. Gravy is high in sodium. If you have heart issues or high blood pressure sodium is not your friend. Did you see how bloated he looked. Sodium will cause edema. Fluid retention, which puts stress on the heart. If your healthy moderation is key. He wasn’t healthy, and he wasn’t eating these foods in moderation. When you have heart issues or high blood pressure the recommended sodium intake per serving is 300mg to 350mg. He was eating 3x that amount with just the sauerkraut.
Salt is good for you don’t believe the hype
@@escapetoparadise2226 You only need 500mg of sodium to survive each day.
William Randolph Hearst, one of the richest men in the world at the time always had a catsup bottle on the table at Hearst Mansion in California. It reminded him of the picnics his family had as a child.
Elvis was eating his comfort food.
I once read that Elvis said, "eating was the only enjoyment he had."
The post mortem found 4-month-old compacted stool. 😢
Sadly towards the end I personally think it was depression that led to his overeating.... he'd lost his way and sadly he knew it, he was a very smart man. The book Red West and Sonny West wrote floored him, people saw behind the screen for the first time and despite his fantastic voice,looks & talent he knew the game was up.....still the greatest singer of all time though and forever my idol...RIP Elvis..👍👍👍👍
Elvis was like the Irish great Irish food ❤
Elvis didn’t die from his food diet.
Heck yea…nothing wrong with enjoying good food!
In moderation, and not with the health issues he had. One cup of sauerkraut has close to 1,000mg of sodium. He had high blood pressure and heart issues. Most cardiologists recommend under 300-350mg of sodium per serving. You could see he was swelling.
I like those things too. I am 88 years old.
Grandma Sue in central Indiana
He felt obliged to keep everyone paid.
The food didn’t give him a heart attack.. “meds did it”
People on the spectrum do things like that too. Becoming obsessed or preoccupied with particular activities or foods. I do that.
As a fan of 4 of those things, sounds like some good eating.
Salute to the King lol
Tomatoes , potatoes and the stuff in sauerkraut are all vegetables ...
Says it all
The only unhealthy stuff was the bacon and of course gravy. The concoction was a rudimentary BLT. THE bread was replaced by the mashed potatoes!❤
@@gvgv3515 OK....let's look at the science ( lol )
A cheetah , a lion , a leppard and Jordan Peterson eat
Meat ...muscular and lean
A hippo , an elephant , a rhino and elvis eat vegetation
....fat as f@$k
Facts don't lie 🤣😂
i heard when he died, his bowels hadnt moved for 4 months
I always laugh at this remark from Lamar Fike. A man who was extremely obese himself.
On this occasion, Lemar opened his big mouth for $$$.
I guess its rich coming from this fella
Lamar sounds jealous that Elvis took all the snacks!
Still Love ELVIS! In my time frame!
Actually, the worst thing he was eating were the potatoes.
It's the frying of the potato and fatty toppings people's put ON the potatoes that's bad. An oil free, meat free, starch based diet is the healthiest diet there is. Potatoes have every nutrient to survive and thrive. Read "The Starch Solution," by Dr. John McDougall. I read one of his first books 30 years ago and it changed my life. I'm in my 60's, don't need any pills, have a small waist, a ton of energy, no aches or pains, and was tested and found to have a body of an elite athlete.
what about bacon and gravy? all fat
You're funny the potatoes? Are you kidding me? He ate a ton of ice cream, cookies, jelly, peanut butter and fried bread....
Saurkraut & Mash Potatoes together are a perfect match 😋 😋
Elvis was like a Michael Jackson stardom drove him crazy
Sour Crout is actually good for you because it's fermented. Fermented food are really really good for us
That’s better food than 95% of the population eats. Unreal.
There needs to be an Elvis cookbook
There is actually. My mother had it and used it frequently
There's nothing WRONG with those foods!! Sheesh!! No wonder Elvis was miserable when EVERYONE TRIED TO CONTROL THE MAN.
THANK YOU SO VERY WELL SAID!!!! THAT'S WHAT THEY DID THEY TRIED TO CONSTANTLY CONTROL ELVIS!!!!!! I AM SOUTHERN I AM HEALTHY I AM 55 I HAVE NO HEALTH ISSUES I EAT LIKE THIS A LOT NOT DAILY BUT A LOT ITS COMFORT FOOD!!!! MY DADDY AT THIS WAY HIS WHOLE LIFE HE JUST PASSED AWAY OF COVID 2 YEARS AGO AGE 73... MY GRANDMOTHER AT THIS WAY SHE LIVED TO BE 87 .... YES CONTROL IS WHAT THEY WANTED OVER E
10.000-12.000 calories of high carb food...sure nothing unhealthy about that at all...
@@eivindgjengstjohansen9625 That's fuzzy math for mash potatoes and sauerkraut...
@@davidsmock8235 look it up "Elvis lethal diet" it wasn't only mashed potatoes and sauerkraut...lots of cookies, cake and cheese burgers
@@eivindgjengstjohansen9625 I know more about Elvis than you ever will. I'm addressing EXACTLY what was said in the video...
Pass the gravy bowl . Jack !😂
The tomatoes & sourkraut are good food
My man just went w what felt good.
Being around Elvis in 1976-77 must’ve been like watching a slow motion suicide.
To bad he never had an intervention
Elvis MOM? HEART ATTACK. Elvis DAUGHTER? HEART ATTACK. Elvis? HEART ATTACK. Maybe, just MAYBE, Elvis had a congenital heart problem. This idea Elvis was "obese" or a voracious crackhead is literally retarded. Compared to the average rock star the dude was living like a square.
Yummy, you Rock Elvis FOREVER!
Now I'm hungry...
can't escape the ways of rural livin'
I don’t think his eating habits was as bad as his drug habits.
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Couldn’t have been 😂
Let Elvis spirit rest.
We all know about Elvis in last 65 years.
Right, show the man some respect.
He should have been a loyal friend… Judas the Glutton
That's a rotten thing to say,he was almost thin most if his life,he was being worked into the grave and the drugs gave him cravings
@@jacquelinepaul9731they were referring to Lamar. Not Elvis.
Sourkraut is one of the healtiest foods you can eat.
We all have our vice/s and Elvis had his. He was a great, multi-talented entertainer and very kind man by all accounts. That's how he should be remembered and celebrated for, not for his struggles (which we all have).
See the glitch with him eyeglasses when he whipes his eye.
All of that stuff is way better than the processed foods we're eating today.
Absolutely right!!
He used to have his favorite sandwiches flown on a private jet to him when he left the country. It was a whole loaf of bread with PB&J, bacon, and a whole bunch of other stuff I can’t remember. And he’d eat it in one sitting.
There doesn't seem to be much of a problem with Elvis' diet. Bacon is pork, a protein-rich fat that is released out of the body, potatoes and tomatoes are antioxidants, and cabbage is good for the body as a stomach and anti-cancer food.
Sauerkraut is full of sodium. Eating bacon in moderation is okay. Mashed potatoes are full of fat. Gravy is full of sodium. I am Southern I know how they made that food. The difference is, they worked hard out in the fields on the farm. Lard was used a lot.
Ladybugs I'm from down south as well you tell em like it is down here...
@@garybarnett6182 real Southern boys fish, hunt, go frog giging and eat frog legs!
@@stephenhogue5567 Elvis didn’t like fish. I don’t like frog legs. I am still southern, not a drop of northern in my blood. My family ran a farm and worked the coal mines.
Too much of anything is bad for you. The king didn’t have an off switch
When your young u can eat anything and feel invincible
Of course Lamar was well known for his love of salads and healthy eating!! If this guy told me the date, I'd have to check!! Look at pictures of Elvis in his last year, in MOST of them he isn't over-weight.
That guy looked at Elvis through those glasses.
SO WHAT LAMAR FIKE - LIKE YOU DIDN'T EAT NONE OF THAT GOOD SOUTHERN COOKING -- IM TEXAN MY WHOLE FAMILY EATS LIKE THIS MY GRANDPARENTS LIVED INTO THEIR 80'S AND 90S
Looks like Lamar never turned down a greasy 🍔 and 🍟
My dad who was fit and slender ate bacon and eggs 3 or 4 times a week.He died at 97,at 96 he chopped down a tree in our backyard.
I miss him so much. When he was alive, all was well with the world. Too bad those close to him didn't respect his privacy.
I started eating that. I call it “The Elvis Special”!!
As I recall they said he had a horribly impacted colon from his opiate abuse, bad diet and a genetic predisposition. Every time he hit the john he be straining like a power lifter trying to lift a car...
All the fried food and sugar Jesus...
@@eivindgjengstjohansen9625 yup, and like a series of debts, one day they had to be paid
I eat this now and enjoy every minute of it.
I think he did a lot for you.when you worked for him. If he knew you would be talking about him like you do , he would probably give you a karate chop.
He’d be fired immediately and exiled from Graceland. As well he should be.
Sounds good to me