Who Knew - Competitive Eating Is Bad For You

I'm not really sure why this would come as a surprise to anyone, but apparently it is - competitive eaters have higher rates of diabetes, acid reflux and other problems than the average person. Not that this is likely to stop anyone with an inclination to become a competitive snickerdoodle snarfer from doing so.

In 2007, four University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine doctors who specialize in gastroenterology and radiology conducted an experiment on the stomach activities of a competitive eater and an average eater.

The average eater ate seven hot dogs before he felt sick. Champion speed eater Tim Janus ate 36 hot dogs in 10 minutes before doctors intervened.

Janus, a trim 29-year-old at the time, insisted that he did not feel full. Through training and competing, he no longer felt full regardless of how much he ate. His stomach did not have muscle contractions called peristalsis, which move the food down the digestive tract.

Instead, the hot dogs sat in his stomach and "protruded enough to create the distinct impression of a developing intrauterine pregnancy," the doctors wrote.

Blurgh.

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