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TFD: 'The Rock' eats more than 800 pounds of cod every year

April 7, 2015 at 9:52PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

OK, we're not sure this qualifies as a sports story, but what the [redacted] is going on?

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson eats an unholy amount of food every day, including more than two pounds of cod. Five Thirty Eight crunched the numbers, and …

The average American man in his forties consumes 2,734 calories daily, according to data from the USDA. Johnson eats roughly 1,000 calories a day in cod alone. Annualized, Johnson eats about 821 pounds of cod per year. According to FishChoice, Pacific cod goes for $1.75 per pound, meaning Johnson spends roughly $1,400 per year on cod. As all our cod consumption slowly progresses past sustainable levels, let's all consider Dwayne Johnson uniquely responsible.

I probably eat about a pound of salmon a week. One pound. I thought that was a lot. The Rock and I are roughly the same size, so this makes no sense.

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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