By: Jim Goetz After five long years of anticipation, the experiment was finally set to begin. All of the preliminary lab work was in. Brain mapping was in. Physical performance figures were in. The panel had decided which burger to consume. All that was left was to begin. Dr. Mike asked to begin on July 5 so he had the option of consuming an alcoholic beverage on the 4th. He had one single beverage and that was that. Without organized fireworks and large barbeques to attend this year, partying by intoxication was out. Why individuals enjoy themselves with intoxication as means to celebrate whereas memories of that event are shadowy with often regret of either actions or feelings the next morning occur, I am unsure. But I digress.
Athletes can consume up to 1.6 g/kg. This puts Dr. Mike around what he needs through hamburger patties. An average individual would be more along the lines of 0.8g/kg. While the fat percentage of calories is 64% (not officially 80%), the lack of any carbohydrate whatsoever should cause him to achieve a state of ketosis pretty quickly. This will be tested via urine and blood along the way. Most likely the urine strip will no longer turn purple due to him utilizing the ketone bodies for fuel to survive daily. There were many ways to go about obtaining what we decided would be a weeks worth of burgers at a time. Going daily would be a pain and instrusive to operating both the FIT Clinic and FIT Lab at Functionised. Going a couple times per week still delivers cold hamburger patties afterwards and the next day. So we chose to purchase 140 each week. With the restaurant itself being closed, we had to go through drive through. Perhaps we can do a delivery service in the future but realistically, I wanted to see the reaction on the faces of the employees in the drive through when we ordered 140 burgers. It was quite priceless!!! Dr. Mike got to enjoy his first 10 burgers around 2 pm as he routinely intermittent fasts (16/8) and we had to close the Lab. After the burgers were brought out to our vehicle, we popped the trunk and he enjoyed as we took some film and photos. He said he felt a bit full so stopping at 10 was a good idea. The burgers in reality are not very big. They certainly lose a lot of water in the cooking process and I could have easily downed a couple dozen myself. They are not much bigger than the White Castle burgers I grew up with at 1 am coming home from Yankee games with my dad. We went back to his place to do a little more filming. He consumed another five and left the rest for dinner. The day of filming and food was fun. I myself went home and had a couple end grass fed burgers with some broccoli coated with Primal Kitchen chipolte mayo and a Zevia (Root Beer). The experiment has officially begun. The project is far from over.
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