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Warren Buffett eats McDonald's for breakfast, drinks 5 Cokes a day, and devours cookies and ice cream. Here are the investor's 11 best quotes about his iconic diet.

Warren Buffett may be 92 and one of the richest people on the planet, but he still has a child's taste for fast food, sugary sodas, and sweet treats.

The famed investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO counts burgers, hot dogs, and ice cream among his favorite foods. He munches on McDonald's for breakfast, guzzles five cans of Coke every day, and demolishes cookies and chocolates.

Fittingly, Berkshire owns See's Candies and Dairy Queen, while Coca-Cola and Kraft Heinz are among the largest holdings in its $300 billion stock portfolio.

Buffett has defended his eating habits — and voiced his disgust at vegetables and other healthy options — during interviews, in his yearly letters to shareholders, and at Berkshire's annual meetings.

Here are Buffett's 11 best quotes about his diet, lightly edited for length and clarity:

1. "I've gotten to 92 with the habits of a 6-year-old. So far, it's working. Charlie's 99 and he doesn't eat any better than I do. I found everything I like to eat by the time I was six. Why should I fool around with all these other foods? If somebody told me I would live an extra year if I ate nothing but broccoli and a few other things all my life, I would say, 'Take that year off the end of my life and let me eat what I like to eat.'" (CNBC)

2. "I think happiness makes an enormous amount of difference in terms of longevity. And I'm happier when I'm drinking Coke or eating hot fudge sundaes or hot dogs." (CNBC)

3. "I'm one quarter Coca-Cola. If I eat 2,700 calories a day, a quarter of that is Coca-Cola. I drink at least five 12-ounce servings. I do it everyday. I have three Cokes during the day and two at night." (Fortune)

4. "I checked the actuarial tables, and the lowest death rate is among 6-year-olds. So I decided to eat like a 6-year-old. It's the safest course I can take." (Fortune)

5. "I follow a very simple rule when it comes to food. If a three-year-old doesn't eat it, I don't eat it." ("The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life")

6. "Broccoli, asparagus, and Brussels sprouts look to me like Chinese food crawling around on a plate. Cauliflower almost makes me sick. I eat carrots reluctantly. I don't like sweet potatoes. I don't even want to be close to a rhubarb, it makes me retch. My idea of a vegetable is green beans, corn, and peas. I like spaghetti and grilled cheese sandwiches. I'll eat meat loaf but wouldn't order it in a restaurant." ("The Snowball")

7. "During the meeting, Charlie and I will each consume enough Coke, See's fudge and See's peanut brittle to satisfy the weekly caloric needs of a NFL lineman. Long ago we discovered a fundamental truth: There's nothing like eating carrots and broccoli when you're really hungry – and want to stay that way." (2015 letter)

8. "There's a lot to be said about being happy with what you're doing. If I'd been eating broccoli and Brussels sprouts all my life, I don't think I'd live as long. I would approach every meal thinking it's like going to jail or something." (2015 meeting)

9. "When I compare drinking Coca-Cola to something that somebody would sell me at Whole Foods — I don't see smiles on the faces of people at Whole Foods." (2015 meeting)

10. "I like eating the same thing over and over and over again. I could eat a ham sandwich every day for 50 days in a row for breakfast." ("The Snowball")

11. "I don't eat any Chinese food. If necessary, serve me rice and I'll just move it around on my plate, and I'll go back to my room afterward and eat peanuts." ("The Snowball") (This was Buffett's response when Bill and Melinda Gates asked what he liked to eat ahead of a group vacation to China. Buffett made sure to speak up after suffering through a disastrous sushi dinner a few years earlier, and was served hamburgers, french fries and Cherry Coke throughout the trip.)

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I love Egg McMuffins. I have eaten thousands over the years. I was thrilled when McDonalds went to an all day breakfast menu. I could eat them 3 meals a day. I was bummed when they stopped doing that...at least around here they did.

Next to Bacon and Eggs, Egg McMuffins are the greatest innovation in breakfast history.

I could eat bacon and eggs "till the cows come home". And we all know how long it takes cows to walk home.

Gotta go "real butter" on the 4 slices of toast. That's a given/and or mandatory imo.

No doubt, over the years, that meal was a heavy factor in my receiving a an RCA stent due to a 95% blockage.

Eggs are a superfood. Skip the sausage/bacon and repace it with some oatmeal or grits and you have a healthy breakfast.

a few months ago I had eggs and blueberries for breakfast and felt invincible all day

My breakfast weakness are the Hardee's biscuits. They're just so good and the closets I've ever found to home made in fast food. The sausage, egg and cheese is my go to and sometimes they'll run specials like the steak, egg and cheese. If I'm doing fast food for breakfast, which is pretty rare, I'm doing Hardee's.

Hardee's still sell that sausage gravy and biscuits in Tennessee? That's about the last place I've had it, probably ten years ago now. It rivals any sit-down restaurant.

My strange breakfast is my biggest meal of the day. I eat between 3:30 to 4:30 am most mornings.
1 banana
2 peanut butter sandwich with whole wheat bread.
3. Four egg whites
4. 1 oz low or no salt cashews
5. One square of dark chocolate
6 one ounce of baked lays


Ya I need to drop the chips but its my weakness, but it beats the 6 to 8 ounces of regular chips I use to eat every day.

Yes.

In Tennessee, Hardee's is a sit down restaurant. What are you talking about! LOL

Seriously, for breakfast they are packed. Lined up around the building. They must do 90% of their sales in the morning beacuse the rest of day they do zilch.

Well… here we go… I don’t want to get into specifics because I only just found out yesterday and don’t have all the info myself… but… I got a cancer diagnosis from some recent tests that were done. The staging hasn’t been done yet but it is cancer none the less.
My hope is it’s stage one, which in this type of cancer is very curable. If it’s stage two or more my life could get very unfun… or come to a close. I have faith I caught it early.

Once I know more I’ll share more. Anything I can do to help others be proactive in getting screening done.

In the mean time, prayers please.

You have mine.

Wishing you all the best and I will pray for you to have the strength to beat that dreadful disease.

Thanks. Yesterday was rough. It wasn’t the news I had hoped to hear, but when the doctor called me directly I knew it wasn’t going to be good. It’s hard not to be freaked out.
Now off to work I go to take care of terminal patients while I face my own mortality in the back of my mind. Fun.

I can understand, being older.

We all tend to think the worst. Just chill until you know what you know, then deal with it from there.

I am pulling for you.

Said a prayer for you and I will continue, my friend.

Keep your head up and try your best to stay positive. Just imagine a day, soon in the future, when you can brush this off and say "that was close, glad I found out early".

You will certainly be in my prayers. Man, cancer is a tough one. My wife had a huge cancer scare a few years back but it turned out to be benign. That alone was scary enough. I'm not one who posts a lot of personal information on here but if you feel comfortable doing so please keep us updated. Again, you are in my prayers.

You are in my Prayers-

and F*** Cancer

Thanks everyone. I went and talked with my boss this morning. She’s awesome. I know I’ll be supported on that front.
My girlfriend is a hospice nurse too. We work together. She’s a rock. She’s also vegan. I’m in the process of radically changing my diet. I’ve been at it for about a week now as I started, for other reasons, cholesterol, prior to hearing my cancer screen test results. I’m going to do everything in my power nutritionally to help my body heal. Last night I ate beets for the first time as an adult. A hated food as a child. My GF made a really delicious beet salad. I was surprised. Lol

Anyway. Back to work.
Thanks for thinking of me.

Fight that fight and be well.

I'll be praying for you bud.

Prayers on the way. Heal well.

I've been ignoring this thread intentionally, not wanting to think about how old I'm getting..... and then saw your post today. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

We’re mortal. There’s no ignoring it. Putting off regular screening as we age only places us at higher risks for worse outcomes when we finally do get screened, or have symptoms of disease/cancer. And often times by the time you have symptoms things have progressed to a point of deeper concern… and harder to treat.
We only live once. Living in denial of how we age can take years away from our already, in the grander scheme, short lives.
If you’re over 50 you need to get poked and prodded.
Just do it.

Prayers from here Port.....

I've had cancer and they caught it in time. Prostate. Ironically, it was spotted/diagnosed/whatever during a left side hernia mesh install surgery.

My father died of cancer/tumor (brain) in May of 1973, 12 days after I turned 16.

Again, prayers.........!

Port you'll be in my prayers. I was sorry to hear your news. I lost my wife in February of 2022 to cancer and it was awful to see what she went through. Miserable rotten disease. I get pissed every time I hear the word. Miss her every day. Stay strong my friend! I'll be thinking and praying for you. Keep us updated.

Quick update.

They believe they caught it in stage one. I’ll need a CAT scan and an MRI yet to confirm it hasn’t gotten into my lymph system… which could the lead to the liver. If the stage one is confirmed I’ll have to have surgery to remove the area and surrounding tissue. This is all in the best case scenario.
Thanks everyone for the thoughts and prayers.

My duty as a nurse is to say this…
If you’re a male 50 or older, go get your prostate exam and colonoscopy. Don’t put it off. Stop putting it off if you have.
Please be proactive. We never know what could be growing inside us but there are easy measures to check. Do it.

Sorry to hear about your diagnosis Port. They got the bladder cancer out of me, but I have an oncology appointment coming up to check the rest of me too. Pain levels shot way up last August and there are concerns. Good news is, since healing from the bladder procedure, that level is back down a bit, so fingers crossed here too. In June I get another scope, if all goes well, it will be annually after that. And I’ll probably be doing that the rest of my life. The least invasive bladder cancer is also the most aggressive at coming back. Fun Fun.

Dr has been on me for my last 2 physicals to get a colonoscopy, but I have put it off. Being 50 in July, a coworker died from colon cancer two weeks ago, another friend called me yesterday and told me he has leukemia. I figure next Monday for my physical I will agree to do it this year.

Do it. My dad kept putting it off and died of colon cancer.

I just had a colonoscopy due to my age. Everyone should be sure to get the scope and not the cologuard/pill camera. Nothing beats/replaces the real thing. Those other things can't take samples or remove polyps.

Glad you are on the path to being cured Portland!

Do it Frenchy. Don't delay. I put it off for years as well and ended up with stage IV color cancer that had metastasized to my liver. Been fighting that now for almost 8 1/2 years.

I had a colonoscopy in the middle of February. It was the first time in 11 years. They found one pre-cancerous polyp. I have to go every 3 years now. Prudent thing to do for everyone. GM I'm sorry to hear about your health issues. You'll be in my prayers also.

Never been a big biscuit eater, and Mama was from Alabama, so I have eaten a few. I like English Muffins myself. That said, I like Bogangles over Hardees. Sometimes I want a ham biscuit, and Bo's is where I go. Damn good Cajun chicken as well.

I did say I have family in Louisiana, didn't I ?. They use Cajun spice and hot sauce like many use salt and pepper.

There have been some Bogangles pop up here locally as of late. I know I like Popeyes spicey chicken which is as close to Cajun as I have been able to find around here. But then we have Nashville Hot Chicken. I'll have to give Bogangles a try.

Saw this of Facebook. Should fit in nicely here.

I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting a few minutes I honked again. Since this was going to be my last ride of my shift I thought about just driving away, but instead I put the car in park and walked up to the door and knocked.. 'Just a minute', answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor.
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 90's stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it, like somebody out of a 1940's movie.
By her side was a small nylon suitcase. The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets.
There were no clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard box filled with photos and glassware.
'Would you carry my bag out to the car?' she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to assist the woman.
She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the curb.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. 'It's nothing', I told her.. 'I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother to be treated.'
'Oh, you're such a good boy,’ she said. When we got in the cab, she gave me an address and then asked, 'Could you drive
through downtown?'
'It's not the shortest way,' I answered quickly..
'Oh, I don't mind,' she said. 'I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice.’
I looked in the rear-view mirror. Her eyes were glistening. 'I don't have any family left,' she continued in a soft voice.. ‘The doctor says I don't have very long.' I quietly reached over and shut off the meter.
'What route would you like me to take?' I asked.
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator.
We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she'd ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
As the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon, she suddenly said, 'I'm tired. Let's go now'.
We drove in silence to the address she had given me. It was a low building, like a small convalescent home, with a driveway that passed under a portico.
Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up. They were solicitous and intent, watching her every move.
They must have been expecting her.
I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair.
'How much do I owe you?' She asked, reaching into her purse.
'Nothing,' I said.
'You have to make a living,' she answered.
'There are other passengers,' I responded.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly.
'You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,' she said. 'Thank you.'
I squeezed her hand, and then walked into the dim morning light.. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life..
I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly lost in thought. For the rest of that day,I could hardly talk. What if that woman had gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift? What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked once, then driven away?
On a quick review, I don't think that I have done anything more important in my life.
We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments.
But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.
PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID, OR WHAT YOU SAID ~BUT~ THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.
At the bottom of this great story was a request to forward this - I deleted that request because if you have read to this point, you won't have to be asked to pass it along you just will...
Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance.

We all are pulling for you. Remember, it's always darkest before the dawn.....