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Big Mac attack: US man eats record 25,000th burger | Big Mac attack: US man eats record 25,000th burger |
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A retired prison guard in the US has eaten his 25,000th Big Mac. | A retired prison guard in the US has eaten his 25,000th Big Mac. |
It has been 39 years to the day since Don Gorske ate his first nine. | It has been 39 years to the day since Don Gorske ate his first nine. |
At a ceremony in his honour at a McDonald's in his hometown of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, he said he would continue to eat Big Macs "until I die". | At a ceremony in his honour at a McDonald's in his hometown of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, he said he would continue to eat Big Macs "until I die". |
Mr Gorske, 57, appeared in the 2004 documentary film Super Size Me, which looks at the impact of a daily diet of McDonald's food. He is thin and his cholesterol is said to be low. | Mr Gorske, 57, appeared in the 2004 documentary film Super Size Me, which looks at the impact of a daily diet of McDonald's food. He is thin and his cholesterol is said to be low. |
"When I was 19 years old I had eaten my first 1,000 Big Macs and I was kind of like, I thought how long before I hit 10,000?" he said before eating the world record 25,000th burger on Tuesday. | |
"Then it was like boy, by the time I hit 25,000 I will be old and retired. Well wouldn't you know, I'm not super old, I am 50-something, but I am retired and stuff, but you don't dream of living so long as to reach a milestone like that." | "Then it was like boy, by the time I hit 25,000 I will be old and retired. Well wouldn't you know, I'm not super old, I am 50-something, but I am retired and stuff, but you don't dream of living so long as to reach a milestone like that." |
Blender burger? | Blender burger? |
Mr Gorske says he eats a Big Mac in 16 bites and keeps track of his consumption on calendars. | Mr Gorske says he eats a Big Mac in 16 bites and keeps track of his consumption on calendars. |
Every week he buys six on Monday and eight on Thursday and keeps them in his fridge or freezer until he is ready to eat them, he says. | Every week he buys six on Monday and eight on Thursday and keeps them in his fridge or freezer until he is ready to eat them, he says. |
He said his wife told him the end will come "when she has to put them in a blender". | He said his wife told him the end will come "when she has to put them in a blender". |
Doctors have said they do not recommend Mr Gorske's diet. | Doctors have said they do not recommend Mr Gorske's diet. |
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