Fast-food diet often unhealthy

The Dec. 10 article about the 63-year-old, 6-foot, 2-inch man who eats two Big Macs daily (for a total of 29,000 so far, and a hoped-for 40,000 by age 86) should be read with caution by the general public (“Tally hits 29,000”).

The writer estimates that the man eats fewer than many people’s general average calories daily, and notes that the man’s cholesterol hasn’t ever been over 160mg/dL.

One of the most intelligent, virtuous and helpful people I’ve known died at age 49 of a stroke after eating a steady diet of fast food over the years. It was a great loss to many people.

Some people have a special body chemistry that enables them to eat fast food, drink alcohol and/or smoke without any bodily harm, but they’re in a minority. News writers should tell us often how small those minorities are. Also, when some people enter a high-fat preparation fast-food place, they can’t stop with a burger, Coke, yogurt and fruit but add additional calories’ food to their meals.

The subject of the article is said to be famous for appearing in the documentary “Super Size Me.” I believe that that film was made as a warning against fast-food diets, a film produced by a man who ate fast food daily for a month and gained 50 pounds in that month.

The general public should be warned that not everyone can safely imitate the subject. The world can’t afford losing more good guys because of their over-optimistic decisions to imitate the subject.

M. Holasek Cudahy