Blisstree » competitive-eating http://www.blisstree.com Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:03:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Health Risks of Speed Eating http://www.blisstree.com/articles/health-risks-of-speed-eating/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/health-risks-of-speed-eating/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:27:31 +0000 Cherie Burbach http://www.blisstree.com/?p=97665 Post from: Blisstree

Health Risks of Speed Eating

]]> You may think it’s fun to watch speed eaters cobble down hotdogs this weekend, but the “sport” of competitive eating has some considerable health risks. While the percent of the speed eating population is not large enough to warrant a scientific study, several former speed eaters are dealing with obesity, clogged arteries, and other gastrointestinal problems.

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One competitive eater even found that after a while, his stomach would not register being “full” when he ate normally. This condition, called peristalsis, means that the stomach is not contracting. Despite the health risks, however, many speed eaters look back on their “reign” fondly.


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Health Risks of Speed Eating

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Eating to Win

]]> Takeru KobayashiThis post isn’t really about Asian food, I know, though you can browse through the Records section at the International Federation of Competitive Eating website to see the record holders for things like Chinese dumplings, rice balls, and SPAM (which many Asians love).

Two of the top competitive eaters in the world, though, are Asian — JapaneseTakeru “Tsunami” Kobayashi who won the most recent Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs contest, and Korean-American Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas, whose most recent record was 60 Virginia Ham Biscuits in 8 minutes. Nice piece of trivia worthy of addition to this blog.

To me, the most impressive record is an amazing 17.7 pounds of cow brains which Kobayashi devoured in 15 minutes. Don’t know if I should say “Wow”, “Yikes” or “Blech!”.

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