--- title: Man Eats Chipotle Burrito Bowls Every Day description: Find out what he ordered every day and why he never got sick of it canonical: https://time.com/3964734/man-eats-chipotle-every-day/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-20T20:24:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:03:04.095Z og:title: Meet the Brave Man Who Has Eaten Chipotle Every Single Day for Months og:description: "My brain found the consistency of the experiment to be 95% delicious" og:url: https://time.com/3964734/man-eats-chipotle-every-day/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16fbc4460b6a3504/69868cdb1eebf7703e370a3b/173671225-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: A Chipotle Restaurant Ahead Of Earnings Data og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meet the Brave Man Who Has Eaten Chipotle Every Single Day for Months twitter:description: "My brain found the consistency of the experiment to be 95% delicious" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16fbc4460b6a3504/69868cdb1eebf7703e370a3b/173671225-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meet the Brave Man Who Has Eaten Chipotle Every Single Day for Months > Sponsored content. 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Fallon/Bloomberg A Chipotle Mexican Grill steak burrito is arranged for a photograph at the Sunset and Vine store in Hollywood, California, U.S., on Tuesday, July 16, 2013\. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg Bloomberg/Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 20, 2015 8:24 PM UTC Many of us claim to really like—or even really _love—_Chipotle. “I am obsessed with Chipotle!” we say, our cheeks flushed with tomatillo and satisfaction. “I _know_ guac is extra,” we purr, giddy with excitement about the divine flavors soon to come. Here’s the thing, though: none of us love Chipotle like Mark Rantal loves Chipotle. For the past few months, the Colorado Springs resident has eaten lunch at his local Chipotle every day. Every. Single. Day. “The whole thing was totally an accident. On Monday I decided to get Chipotle and on Tuesday I made the same decision, then got lunch with my friend there on Wednesday,” Rantal [told ](http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/meet-guy-eaten-chipotle-103-days-counting/story?id=32522982)ABC News. “We laughed about it at lunch and he asked how long I thought I could go. And that began the thought.” Last week, Rantal hosted [an Ask Me Anything](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3dezm7/ive%5Featen%5Fchipotle%5F101%5Fdays%5Fin%5Fa%5Frow%5Fask%5Fme/) on Reddit. At that point, he’d been eating Chipotle for 101 days. He said he gets the same thing every time: --- > “” --- “My brain found the consistency of the experiment to be 95% delicious,” Rantal said in the AMA, adding that he has only felt tired of the food a handful of times. For the most part, the routine has been comforting. Check out [the full AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3dezm7/ive%5Featen%5Fchipotle%5F101%5Fdays%5Fin%5Fa%5Frow%5Fask%5Fme/) to find the answers to further questions like what else he eats throughout the day, how much water he drinks and how Chipotle employees have reacted. ## Transcript [00:00] The FDA announced it is moving towards a ban of trans fat. [00:04] Here's what you need to know. [ MUSIC ] Trans [00:11] fat is the byproduct of partially hydrogenated oils. We get [00:15] trans fat when, under specific conditions, manufacturers [00:19] bubble hydrogen gas through oil, and turn the liquid oil into [00:23] a substance with any thickness they want [ MUSIC ] This [00:27] not only gives food a desired texture, but it also increases [00:30] the shelf life of processed foods, like cookies, frozen pizza, [00:34] and doughnuts. However, trans fat [00:38] clogs arteries and increases the risk of heart disease. It's [00:41] estimated that if industry produced trans fat was eliminated, [00:45] 20, 000 heart attacks and 7, 000 heart related deaths [00:49] would be prevented each year. The FDA released a [00:53] preliminary determination that partially hydrogenated oils [00:56] are no longer generally recognized as safe. Without [01:01] this classification, trans fats cannot be added to foods [01:04] without FDA approval. [ MUSIC ] If this is [01:08] finalized, these oils become unapproved food additives, [01:13] and illegal to sell. It'll take some time before trans [01:17] fat are completely out of our food system. Some foods like [01:20] doughnuts, cookies, and frozen pizza still have trans fat. [01:24] So, the FDA is allowing a 60 day commenting period for [01:27] the food industry to suggest a time frame that's realistic for [01:31] them. 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