/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>During the film, Naughton went on an all-fast-food diet, mainly eating food from McDonald's. He kept his calories to around 2,000 and his carbohydrates to around 100 grams per day, but did not restrict fat at all. He also decided to walk six nights a week, instead of his usual three. After a month, he lost 12 pounds and his total cholesterol went down, without lowering his HDL, also known as good cholesterol.

>In a second experiment, Naughton ignored any caloric limit, but cut out most sugars and starches from his diet for a month. Eating foods such as cheeseburgers without buns, eggs fired in butter, bacon, steaks, sausage, fruits in heavy cream, green vegetables with slabs of butter, and fried shredded cheese as a snack. At the end of the month, his overall cholesterol dropped from 222 to 209, with his LDL having dropped from 156 to 130 and his HDL having increased from 49 to 64.