Man, 71, who's eaten more than 35,000 McDonald's Big Macs gives astonishing health update

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By JOHN ELY DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE

Published: 07:28 EDT, 27 March 2025 | Updated: 09:51 EDT, 27 March 2025

Retired situation guard Donald Gorske has chowed done a colossal fig of Big Macs successful his lifetime, eating an mean of 600 a twelvemonth since 1972.

At 1 constituent the present 71-year-old from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, was eating 9 of the 580 calorie burgers per day, though helium has since reduced his intake to conscionable two.

His mammoth accomplishment has earned him a spot successful the Guinness World Records for the astir Big Macs consumed successful a lifetime, which arsenic of this month, sits astatine 35,000.

But what outgo has his decades-long accelerated nutrient fare had connected his health?

Surprisingly nothing, though helium suspects determination are intriguing reasons why. 

Speaking successful a clip connected YouTube, Mr Gorske's woman Mary said medics had fixed her hubby a cleanable measure of health. 

'His humor sweetener has been normal, his cholesterin has been exceptionally good,' she said. 

For his part, Mr Gorske admits that 'many radical thought I'd beryllium dormant by now'. 

Retired situation defender Donald Gorske has chowed done a genuinely colossal fig of Big Macs successful his lifetime, eating, connected average, implicit 600 a twelvemonth since 1972

But helium has credited his regular six-mile walks, and the information helium avoids adding fries to his meals, for his cleanable measure of health.

'I've stayed successful beauteous bully signifier because, for 1 thing, I'm benignant of hyperactive,' helium said. 

'I bash a batch of walking. I similar to gag with people, I archer them I "walk astir the block" but they don't cognize it's six miles astir our block.'

He besides told the Guinness World Records that helium is 'blessed with a precocious metabolism' and has discouraged others from trying to dethrone him.  

'I mightiness beryllium the lone idiosyncratic live who could devour Big Macs each time without sick effects,' helium said.

Mr Gorske said helium plans to support adding to his existent 35,000 full until helium dies oregon his teeth autumn out, with his woman forbidding him from putting a burger successful a blender.  

'If I devour Big Macs each time and I bash go, good my boys tin constitute down which Big Mac was the past 1 I ate and they tin archer radical "Oh this galore Big Macs volition termination you",' helium said.

Mr Gorske archetypal ate McDonald's flagship burger connected May 17, 1972.

It was a lawsuit of emotion astatine archetypal wound erstwhile Mr Gorske archetypal ate McDonald's flagship burger connected May 17, 1972. 

On that occasion, and for each Big Mac since, Mr Gorske has kept the receipt and accelerated nutrient instrumentality the burger came successful to beryllium his grounds achievement. 

Medical proposal states that consuming excessively overmuch accelerated food, which is typically packed with abdominous and salt, volition dramatically summation the hazard of a big of deadly wellness problems.

Diets affluent successful abdominous and brackish summation the chances of bosom illness and precocious humor pressure, some of which summation the hazard of bosom onslaught and stroke. 

A azygous American Big Mac contains 11g of saturated fat, conscionable implicit a 3rd of a man's recommended bounds of 30g.

The burger besides contains astir 2.7g of salt, astir fractional an adult's recommended regular bounds of 6g.

For comparison, a Big Mac sold successful the UK contains 8.8g of saturated abdominous and 2g of salt.  

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