Talk:Don Gorske

message: Most of the links provided are now broken. RFabian (talk) 22:58, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Broken Links

message: THe section refering to his diet is pure speculation and adds nothing factual to this article. It is simply a "magazine" article and is for pure ego. No facts were presented. For instance there is no established claim a man must eat 2,000 calories if sedentary. In fact latest research shows one needs about 11 calories per pound to maintain weight. This is far less than 2,000 calories given up in the section. The section was full of opinion and unestablished speculation.
Have also seen that the guy only drinks Seven Up or so, and in Super Size Me his cholesterol is stated as 140.
Using this formula, if he weighs 180, that's 1980 calories -- hardly "far less" than 2000. But where does Gorske say Big Mac's are his **only** source of food? I see the 90% comment, so that still leaves antoher 10%, which this author is completely ignoring. Duckncvr (talk) 22:35, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The basal metabolic rate of a sedentary man of average height and weight is about 2000 calories. http://www08.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=basal+metabolic+rate. RFabian (talk) 22:58, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  unestablished fact 

message: The article seems to contain a number of speculative claims about the nutritional value of Big Macs that I thought should be backed up by some authority.  I have tagged the section, and inserted  tags at some statements that I thought should have some authority backing them up.  Smerdis of Tlön 18:31, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tagging this article for original research 

message: It is my opinion that the article, particularly the last part about his hometown being embaressed about him, it almost certainly simply someone's personal view.  But I leave it up to someone who could perhaps find a citation.  Jmlk17 00:14, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Same here, so I removed the NPOV tag. ObtuseAngle 19:51, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV

message: However, nothing is known about the health of his colon, kidneys, gall bladder or liver.
You might as well add "or his brain, or his appendix, or the little finger on his right hand" for all the value this adds to what is supposed to be an impartial encyclopedia article. If nothing is known, there is nothing to be said, so don't mention it. 217.155.20.163 23:04, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rhetoric 

message: While reading this entry, I got the impression that this person is no longer living. Perhaps it needs some rephrasing? --70.167.58.6 (talk) 15:03, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tone of entry sounds like he's deceased. 

message: I don't want to sound like a metric-nazi, but it's kilocalories (or Calories with a capital C) the article is talking about. 2000 calories is roughly the amount of energy in a mouthful of milk. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wouter halswijk (talk • contribs) 13:03, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Calories 

message: Where the response from McDonalds? I know a franchise owner congradulated him and gave him a party for the 25,000 big mac but nothing from McDonald's. AnthonyTheGamer (talk) 15:22, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  McDonald's Corporation Response 

message: Several sites list his birthday as November 28, 1953 (age 63 as of February 2017) but a few say that's unconfirmed. Anyone know a good reliable source for it? Ala Bahma (talk) 14:40, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  How old is he now?