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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

US man extends record for most Big Macs eaten in a lifetime to over 34,000

Don Gorske surrounded by Big Macs in 2021.
‘Many people thought I’d be dead by now’: Don Gorske surrounded by Big Macs in 2021. Photograph: Guinness World Records

Don Gorske did not have many people betting on him to live into his 70s with his half-century-old habit of eating Big Mac hamburgers daily.

But cutting down his intake of the famous McDonald’s burgers to two a day (rather than his previous high of nine), skipping fries with his meals and walking six miles daily for exercise has not only helped him become a septuagenarian – it has also allowed him to extend his Guinness world record for most Big Macs eaten in a lifetime to more than 34,000.

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