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The Rise and Dangers of Competitive Eating
TLDR Competitive eating has a long history, with the rise of the sport in the late 90s. It can have dangerous consequences, but competitive eaters have learned techniques to expand their stomachs and smaller people may have an advantage.
Timestamped Summary
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Competitive eating is the topic of discussion in this podcast episode.
03:37
Competitive eating has a long history, with the first recorded competition taking place in 1916 at Nathan's Hot Dog stand in Coney Island.
07:18
In the late 90s, George and Richard Shea took the concept of eating contests to the next level and called for participants, leading to the rise of competitive eating, with Takeru Kobayashi dominating the scene by eating 50-60 hot dogs in 8-10 minutes.
11:03
Competitive eater Sonya Thomas holds multiple records for eating large quantities of food, including 35 bratwursts in 10 minutes, 167 chicken wings in 32 minutes, and 44 main lobsters in 12 minutes.
15:04
Competitive eater Joey Chestnut holds numerous records in competitive eating, including eating 68 hot dogs in one sitting.
18:53
Competitive eating techniques include breaking the wiener in half, stuffing it in the mouth with both hands, and quickly dunking the bun in water, but some contests have a no dunking rule.
22:17
Competitive eating can have dangerous consequences, including bulimia, water intoxication, and stomach paralysis.
25:59
Competitive eaters have learned how to block the signal from their brain to expand their stomachs, and smaller people may have an advantage because there is less resistance for their stomachs to stretch.
29:34
Competitive eaters have learned how to block the signal from their brain to expand their stomachs, and smaller people may have an advantage because there is less resistance for their stomachs to stretch.
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