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The Latest on Vox. How a simple solution slashed child mortality in rural Kenyan villages By Dylan Matthews. Why Biden has disappointed on immigration By German Lopez. Hating work is having a moment By Rani Molla. Animals need infrastructure, too By Ben Goldfarb. Sign up for the newsletter Sign up for The Weeds Get our essential policy newsletter delivered Fridays. Thanks for signing up! Check your inbox for a welcome email. Few could ever have predicted that Harley Morenstein, co-creator of the Epic Meal Time YouTube empire, would ever become a poster boy for the ketogenic diet.

The bacon- and Jack Daniels-slinging Montreal native rose to fame in when he began introducing the world to obscenely gluttonous meals—think the pound Sloppy Big Ben Roethlisberger , or a ,calorie Halloween-themed Frankenpig bursting with bacon pasta—whipped up with an imaginative crew of friends. Warning: Do not watch his videos if you have a family history of heart disease.

View Iframe URL. Perhaps unsurprisingly, as the show gained notoriety, the former substitute history teacher found himself throwing back entire burger patties on set, as if he were snacking on a handful of chips. Also perhaps unsurprisingly, his weight skyrocketed and his energy levels waned.

While his whole-box-of-cereal days of yore are now but a fond memory, he stills look forward to the weekly cheat days that he's learned to embrace. We caught up with Morenstein to learn about what he eats at midnight when carbs are off the table; how he'd go about choosing a hypothetical last meal; and why knowing what you put in your body is the most epic feat of them all.

I was always sitting at the computer editing for extended periods of time, too, and then realized my diet, exercise, and sleep were all at a minimum. I was pounds at one point. At my most fit, I was at , but back then I was working out a lot, on top of being low-carb. I like cheese pizza. But I miss eating entire boxes of cereal. But Morenstein said he doesn't feel like he is responsible for sending a unhealthy message to his millions of YouTube viewers.

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