Bodybuilder who ate 10,000 calories a day and drank eight cans of energy drink died of cancer

A bodybuilder, who gorged on junk food and drank eight cans of energy drink to gain weight, died of liver cancer caused by years of steroid abuse.

Fitness enthusiast Dean Wharmby, 39, from Rochdale, died in July after a five and a half year long battle with with his illness.

Obsessed with gaining size, to obtain the perfect bodybuilder's physique, he survived on a 10,000 calorie a day diet of burgers, pizzas and bacon sandwiches - washed down with seven to eight cans of energy drink.

The dad of one also took anabolic steroids to boost his energy and sculpt his muscles - something coroner Lisa Hashmi said was a 'direct cause' of his death.

At his inquest Mrs Hashmi said Mr Wharmby's death should serve as a reminder to people of the dangerous of using steroids.

She said: 'I find on the balance of probabilities that in such a fit, health-conscious young man the most probable cause of his liver tumours was the misuse of anabolic steroids.

'To my mind, there is a direct, causal link with Dean's death.

'Dean's death and the precious loss of such a young life in such circumstances ought to send out a very clear message to all those involved in the body building and fitness industries. 

'Use of anabolic steroids, which is apparently rife throughout, is not without inherent risk.

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