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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

‘Really like Big Macs’: meet the US man who has eaten a record-extending 35,000 burgers

A man smiles while surrounded by hamburgers
Donald Gorske is the US’s foremost Big Mac enthusiast. Photograph: Kevin Scott Ramos/Guinness World Records

If chowing down on Big Mac hamburgers daily for more than 50 years had ever inflicted any harm on him, Donald Gorske would probably get himself evaluated for an obsessive disorder, he admitted.

But he has attained a measure of fame, having held since 1999 the Guinness World Record for most Big Macs eaten over a lifetime – while maintaining his cholesterol and blood sugar levels have always been normal.

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