Man, 70, has eaten a record 34,000 Big Macs in his lifetime

Weird But True

By Brooke Steinberg

He’s lovin’ it.

One man has eaten greater than 34,000 McDonald’s Large Macs in his lifetime — and even broke his own record.

Don Gorske, 70, has prolonged his Guinness World Records title for probably the most Large Mac burgers eaten in a lifetime after consuming 728 extra Large Macs all through 2023.

He now stands at 34,128 Large Macs.

“Individuals who have watched me eating a Big Mac usually remark that I appear like I’m consuming one for the very first time,” Gorske mentioned.

One Big Mac — which is made up of two beef patties, Large Mac sauce, pickles, lettuce, onion and American cheese, sandwiched in a sesame seed bun — incorporates 590 energy.

Surprisingly, the retired jail officer hasn’t had any well being points from the consumption of all these burgers.

“Many individuals thought I’d be lifeless by now however as an alternative I’ve been a file holder for my twenty fourth 12 months – certainly one of Guinness World Data’ longer-running file holders, in order that’s fairly cool to me,” he added.

“Out of respect to my mom, from 1973 to 1981, I ate one non-Large Mac meal a day as a result of she was nervous about my well being. On April 1, 1981, she let me relinquish that promise when she mentioned: ‘In the event that they haven’t killed you by now, go forward.’”

To remain wholesome, he walked six miles per day and ditched the fries that got here along with his order.

“I’m wholesome as a horse. I weigh 190 kilos, and my ldl cholesterol is 165,” Gorske, from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, instructed The Put up in 2018. “I’m higher than regular.”

Below 200 is taken into account to be good levels of cholesterol, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

Gorske was first awarded the Guinness World Data title in 1999.

He had his very first Large Mac nearly 52 years in the past in Might 1972 and didn’t look again.

“In that second, I mentioned: ‘I’m going to in all probability eat these for the remainder of my life.’ I threw the cartons within the again seat and began counting them from day one,” he instructed Guinness World Data.

Ever since that life-changing day, Gorske has stored a file of each Large Mac he’s eaten, even conserving all of the containers and receipts.

He’s so well-known at his native McDonald’s that they actually have a picture of him on the wall — and even proposed to his spouse Mary within the parking zone.

“She has put up with lots of obsessive compulsive issues I do and hasn’t let my Large Mac factor get to her,” he shared.

Gorske began off consuming 9 Large Macs per day, however now has lower it down to 2: one for lunch and one for dinner.

Since retiring, he stopped driving himself to McDonald’s each day and as an alternative buys them in batches twice every week. In line with the record-keeping firm, Gorske will eat a contemporary Large Mac when he picks up his order and can microwave the remainder at dwelling when he’s hungry.

He doesn’t eat a lot else, both.

Gorske even tried a Whopper from McD’s competitor Burger King as soon as in 1984, and determined he would stay loyal to the burger from the Golden Arches.

“After I like one thing, I keep it up on a regular basis,” he instructed Guinness World Data.

Gorske skips breakfast and, apart from Large Macs, will solely eat small snacks at evening corresponding to ice cream, a fruit bar or potato chips. He additionally used to like lobster, however hasn’t had it in over 28 years.

“If I had a greenback for each time I used to be instructed the place to stay my Large Macs, I may have retired 10 years sooner,” he quipped.

Gorske’s eating exploits were featured within the 2004 Morgan Spurlock documentary “Tremendous Dimension Me.”

In the meantime, movie star chef Curtis Stone not too long ago told Fox News Digital it’s “in all probability a good suggestion” for McDonald’s to put a “health warning” on its Double Big Mac.

“You possibly can eat fast-food every now and then,” Stone mentioned. “That’s as much as you, in fact. I might simply watch out with it.”