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So, without further ado, let's make some mac and cheese. Here we go. [Music]
The video chronicles Nikocado Avocado's dramatic weight gain from 155 to 352 lbs, exploring his vegan past, mukbang rise, and health struggles.
Key Takeaways
- Nikocado Avocado's weight gain is closely linked to his mukbang content and diet changes.
- Veganism initially helped him maintain a lower weight but also caused health problems.
- The toxic vegan community influenced his decision to leave veganism behind.
- Mukbang videos often promote excessive eating, impacting both creators and viewers.
- Personal and health struggles are a major theme in Nikocado's public persona and content.
What the video covers
- Nikocado Avocado began as a vegan mukbanger living simply in Colombia after meeting his boyfriend in 2014.
- He initially weighed around 150-160 pounds and maintained a vegan diet for nearly four years.
- His vegan lifestyle led to health issues including B12 deficiency, hypoglycemia, and a rotted tooth.
- He found the online vegan community toxic and eventually renounced veganism, shifting to non-vegan mukbangs.
- Nikocado's mukbang videos grew in popularity, characterized by oversized portions and long durations.
- He experienced rapid and significant weight gain, reaching 352 pounds, more than double his starting weight.
- Despite awareness of his weight gain, he justified overeating and unhealthy habits, attributing some changes to stress or medical mysteries.
- His content often featured personal drama, including conflicts with his boyfriend, which attracted substantial views.
- The video discusses the psychological impact of mukbang videos on viewers and the trend towards extreme food consumption.
- Nikocado's transformation highlights the physical and mental toll of his lifestyle and content choices.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and Making Mac and Cheese
- 01:14Life in Colombia and Vegan Beginnings
- 01:51Weight Gain and Contrast to Starting Weight
- 02:34Leaving Veganism and Online Community Toxicity
- 03:13First Mukbang and Rise in Popularity
- 03:51Health Issues and Weight Realizations
- 04:58Personal Struggles and Relationship Drama
- 08:30Mukbang Culture and Overeating
- 09:30Psychology of Mukbang and Viewer Impact
- 12:14Conclusion: Transformation and Consequences
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cure this food's right in your brain i miss the old nick yeah [Music] approximately two weeks ago while sitting in his 2.3 million dollar penthouse apartment nicardo avocado would upload a video weighing himself to his channel with over 2.5 million
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I have gained weight, and I don't even know why. You guys know my weight's been spiraling out of control because my life is a disaster. There's no cure. This food's right in your brain. I miss the old Nick. Yeah. [Music]
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living a fairly simple life in colombia he'd moved there way back in 2014 after meeting his then boyfriend orlan in a vegan facebook group for men but problematically nicocado avocado didn't have much to do in colombia so he began
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Approximately two weeks ago, while sitting in his 2.3 million dollar penthouse apartment, Nicardo Avocado would upload a video weighing himself to his channel with over 2.5 million subscribers: 352, I think not.
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vegan he considered himself somewhat overweight most people that watch my channel know that i'm vegan i've been vegan for almost four years like another month or two would be like four year mark totally changed my life i used to
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His weight of 352 pounds is in stark contrast to his beginning weight of between 150 and 160 pounds. When I started mukbangs, I was 150 pounds, maybe 160. I can't really remember.
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rotted a tooth i had low b12 b12 deficiency i developed hypoglycemia i don't know if it's directly related to the veganism but i never had that before at a later date nico carto explained that being vegan had resulted in
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When he was a modest vegan living a fairly simple life in Colombia, he'd moved there way back in 2014 after meeting his then boyfriend Orlan in a vegan Facebook group for men.
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renouncing his vegan status and leaving the community of vegan youtubers no other community have i ever seen it like this i thought it was the raw vegans but it's just vegans in general on youtube i gotta leave you guys after a one month
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But problematically, Nicocado Avocado didn't have much to do in Colombia, so he began to upload videos of himself to the YouTube website playing violin and discussing the many aspects of veganism.
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carrots minus that green one which we don't use broccoli cauliflower fresh peas nicardo avocado stuck out like a sore thumb as a mukbanger because in the beginning the video type was almost entirely dominated by females additionally nickacada would almost
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This is my first ever mukbang. Mukbang, mukbang. I actually don't know how to pronounce it, but anyways.
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views in a couple of weeks which was a lot for me at the time and everyone was asking when's the next mukbang which ultimately resulted in the continuation of the series however as mukbangs became the dominant video type on his channel
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Where he would state that prior to becoming a vegan, he considered himself somewhat overweight. Most people that watch my channel know that I'm vegan. I've been vegan for almost four years, like another month or two would be like four year mark. Totally changed my life.
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perspective the meta seems to be the bigger the better no one wants to spend two minutes watching someone eat a bowl of cereal the most popular videos go for more than half an hour and include ridiculously oversized portions the
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I used to be opasso. I used to be like, like this.
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single video posted to the channel there's 45 here we're gonna see how many we can eat so here we go let's start in addition to this he will begin to swap out many of the clean relatively healthy meals in exchange for
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While it was certainly a benefit that veganism helped Nicocado lose weight and was assisting him in staying thin as he continued to maintain the vegan diet, it would go from a blessing to a curse.
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nikicata avocado seemed to naively believe that he'd maintained his original weight of 160 pounds however while doing a mukbang at the heart attack grill in las vegas nicaragua avocado would step on their scale at which point he would be confronted with
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I rotted a tooth. I had low B12, B12 deficiency. I developed hypoglycemia. I don't know if it's directly related to the veganism, but I never had that before.
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weigh yourself here so we're going to step right up that has to be wrong you guys i'm 200 pounds [Laughter] when revisiting the article discussing the psychology of mukbang watching the authors also claim that mukbang videos affect viewers perception of food
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At a later date, Nicocado explained that being vegan had resulted in numerous immediate health issues.
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doing large mukbangs without gaining any weight might have convinced him that he was immune to growing his very own large beer belly but when you're at the point of eating 10 000 calorie meals for your channel your quote-unquote fast
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In addition to this, Nicocado explained that he found the 2016 online vegan community to be extremely toxic.
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his content with the goal of gaining more views he would upload two videos shortly after becoming conscious of his weight stating i'm getting fat and i don't know why as well as say hello to my double chin where he would
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Why do vegans have to make everything about veganism? Why? There's so much more to life than veganism.
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of just not being so stressed because stress is our number one killer that's not our number one killer chips no our number one killer stress also believing that his weight gain was some kind of medical mystery there is a
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And as a result, he ended up renouncing his vegan status and leaving the community of vegan YouTubers.
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stating you better enjoy it while it lasts because i tell you it will not last i i'm gonna find a way to lose this weight however with the same diet the mindset that it was stress or water weight or a medical mystery and
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No other community have I ever seen it like this. I thought it was the raw vegans, but it's just vegans in general on YouTube. I gotta leave.
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to the hospital which in true nature of the 2017 youtube algorithm would gain a whopping 21 million views not only did this video further assist in making nickicardo avocado somewhat of a household name but it also showed him
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You guys, after a one month break, the first of many non-vegan mukbang videos would drop on the Nicocado Avocado channel.
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having such as specific arguments with his boyfriend often gained substantial view counts nicardo avocado uploaded videos such as what my husband did to me and i'm getting deported stating later that whenever he found himself in a bad mood his first natural inclination was
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And while he had made the decision to begin eating meat, he would still maintain a relatively clean diet, often inclusive of vegetables and rice.
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the nicocado avocado channel which unfortunately included his continual weight gain 12 months had passed since his last 206 pound weigh-in at the heart attack grill but it was visually clear that he was now substantially heavier so when asked about his weight in a mukbang
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One red onion, carrots minus that green one, which we don't use, broccoli, cauliflower, fresh peas.
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260 it was almost 270 pretty much 268 pounds nicocado avocado was 110 pounds heavier than he had been at the start a weight gain equivalent to the size of an average adult leopard if you were to add another 50 pounds to that
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Nicardo Avocado stuck out like a sore thumb as a mukbanger because in the beginning, the video type was almost entirely dominated by females.
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i will ever be 300 if i am trust me we're gonna make major changes however nicocado avocado hadn't changed his eating habits whatsoever and would simply continue eating larger and larger quantities justifying his awful diet and overeating by stating that his body had
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Additionally, Nicocado would almost always have his pet parrot sit on his shoulder while he ate, the absurdity of which assisting him in standing out from the crowd.
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until later in the next day which was obviously once again just another lie he told himself to deal with the reality of his own situation to assist with his mukbangs as his weight grew nicara avocado would also purchase a chair
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When discussing his first mukbang video, Nicocado Avocado would state, "My very first mukbang got like 50,000 views in a couple of weeks, which was a lot for me at the time, and everyone was asking, 'When's the next mukbang?'"
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avocado was certainly going to need this seat as less than 12 months after claiming he'd never get to 300 pounds he'd upload a video titled i'm 299.9 pounds well i finally reached 300 after this meal this video not only showed
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Which ultimately resulted in the continuation of the series.
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going so far as to say that he now wanted to hit 300 pounds 294.2 pounds what why am i losing weight why can't i hit 300. in the process nikata avocado had done the actual calculations on how long it would take
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However, as mukbangs became the dominant video type on his channel, his weight would begin to steadily increase.
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let's do 120 divided by five how many [Music] two years that's 24. i have to lose weight for two years i'm just not gonna do it how about that how about i feel so much better concluding that he had passed a point of
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In the psychology of mukbang watching, published in January 2020, the study found that the viewers' vicarious pleasure demanded a large quantity of unhealthy food to be consumed.
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500 and then 600. i'm in the other rooms like who cares now too late i ain't going back this unsurprisingly caused further complications in his relationship discrimination no one discriminates that thing out my way you pass it so what's
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And from a relatively uninformed outsider's perspective, the meta seems to be the bigger the better.
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publicly increased substantially you're the worst thing that ever happened to me that's okay with me i'll sleep just fine tonight with that notion i used to be so happy without you you're such a mistake however despite the monstrous weight gain and crumbling
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No one wants to spend two minutes watching someone eat a bowl of cereal.
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poor people they struggle oh i just need popcorn i could sit here and watch them struggle all day nicara avocado would announce that he'd purchased a 2.3 million penthouse apartment in las vegas after adding yet another 50 pounds to his body weight
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The most popular videos go for more than half an hour and include ridiculously oversized portions.
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the dilemma that nikikata avocado has found himself in being the exchange of health for money or on an even deeper level the exchange of health for meaning sure nicotta avocado could quit doing mukbangs tomorrow he'd probably lose a
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The reason for which being because it creates connection and possibly even a guilt-free environment seeing other people eat very large portions of unhealthy food messily and open to public.
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continue to mukbang every day without it eventually resulting in something that would take him out of the game altogether [Music]
Topics:Nikocado Avocadomukbangweight gainveganismYouTubehealth issuesB12 deficiencyonline communityfood consumptionmental health
