An Unbalanced Diet: Competitive Eating

AN UNBALANCED DIET: COMPETITIVE EATING AT FOOD SERVICE WAREHOUSE, WEFINDCOMPETITIVEEATING PRETTY GROSS,BUT STILL KINDOF INTRIGUING.HOW DO THEY DOIT?HOW MUCH ARE THEY REALLY EATING? AND JUSTHOW BADISITFOR THEM? LET'S FINDOUT! JOEY CHESTNUT ATE 68 HOT DOGSIN 10 MINUTES. HE ATE 20,196 CALORIES IN HOT DOGS AND BUNS. THAT'S ENOUGH ENERGY CONSUMED TO POWER HIS BODY FOR 7 DAYS (SEDENTARY) JOEY CHESTNUT AVERAGE PERSON KEY o=2000 CALORIES HE'SDELIVERINGENERGY TOHIS BODY 4,00OX FASTER (140,676 WATTS) THAN A TASER (36 WATTS) IF HE DID 26,000 PUSHUPS AFTER THE CONTEST, HE'D BURN ALL THOSECALORIES RIGHT BACK OFF! 1. THESE CALORIES WOULD BE ENOUGH TO POWER A LIGHT BULB FOR 60 DAYS "SUCCESSFUL SPEED EATERS EXPAND THE STOMACH TO FORM AN ENORMOUS FLACCID SAC CAPABLE OF AÇCOMMODATING HUGE AMOUNTS OF FOOD" OLEGZHORNITSKIY ATE 9 JARS OF MAYONNAISEIN8 MINUTES MAYO RECOMMENDED DAILY INTAKE OF FAT:65 GRAMS AMOUNTOFFAT THAT OLEG INGESTED: 2,791 GRAMS MAYAMAYO MMAYO HE CONSUMED ENOUGHENERGY TO POWER A PRIUS FOR 45 MILES 45 MILES ASTUDY SPECULATES THAT, "PROFESSIONAL SPEED EATERS EVENTUALLY MAY DEVELOP MORBID OBESITY, PROFOUND GASTROPARESIS, INTRACTABLENAUSEA AND VOMITING, AND EVEN THE NEED FOR A GASTRECTOMY." SONYA THOMAS ATE 65 HARD BOILED EGGS IN 6 MINUTES AND 40 SECONDS THISISEQUIVALENT TO 15 WEEKS WORTHOF EGGS FOR THE AVERAGEPERSON IF YOU'RE LIKE US, YOU MAY HAVE SAID"YUCK" A FEW TIMES WHEN READING THIS OVER. FORTUNATELY, NO OFFICIAL COMPETITOR HAS SUFFERED ANY DIRECT SHORT-TERM HEALTH ISSUES FROM SUCH RECKLESS EATING. COMPETITIVEEATING TAKES MONTHS OF REPARATION, SO DON'T REACH FOR THOSE MAYO JARS IN THE FRIDGE WITHOUT A STRICT TRAINING REGIMENT! INFOGRAPHICPREPAREDBY FOOD SERVICE WAREHOUSE FOOD SERVICE FSW WAREHOUSE SOURCES: HTTP://WWW.IFOCE.COM/-MAJOR LEAGUEEATING ANDINTERNATIONALFEDERATIONOF COMPETITIVEEATING HTTP://WWW.AJRONLINE.ORG/CONTENT/189/3/681.ABSTRACT-STUDY TITLED"COMPETITIVE SPEEDEATING: TRUTH ANDCONSEQUENCES" NUTRITIONALINFORMATION TAKENFROMFOOD COMPANIES'PUBLISHED NUTRITIONDATA