Binging on energy drinks killed world's heaviest man

The death of the world's heaviest man, who succumbed to a heart attack on Christmas Day, is being blamed on his enormous thirst for energy drinks.

Andres Moreno, a bedridden 38-year-old who lived in Ciudad, Mexico, weighed nearly a half-ton at his heaviest, but he had shed 300 pounds before undergoing a stomach bypass operation in October, according to the Daily Mail.

But while losing weight, he had developed a taste for the popular stimulant drinks.

"He drank more than six energy drinks a day according to his family and we believe it could be a lot more than six," said Dr. Jorge Ojeda, who told the Daily Mail he had examined Moreno on several occasions.

"As an obese man, although he was losing weight and was starting to move, exposing yourself to a stimulant can cause an irregular heartbeat, and that or a heart attack can lead to death."

To make matters worse, Moreno was diabetic.

Gastric Bypass Mexico, which arranged the bypass that removed three-quarters of Moreno's stomach, told the Daily Mail his consumption of energy drinks was the equivalent of a person with no health problems consuming 42 cans of Coke in three days.

Complications from peritonitis contributed to his death on Christmas. It took seven people to hoist him out of bed and onto a reinforced stretcher.

Moreno made headlines when soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo gave him a Real Madrid jersey and encouraged him to slim down and get healthy.

Moreno's goal was to drop a total of 800 pounds, leaving him at a relatively svelte 175. He dreamed of being able to raise a family.