WebMD on competitive eating safety
WebMD has an article about the health impact of competitive eating. Joey Chestnut, Hall Hunt and Dr. David Metz are quoted.
If competitors are vomiting regularly, that could cause problems, Sitaraman says. Protracted vomiting can increase the chances of aspiration, or food getting into the lungs rather than the esophagus. This can lead to deadly pneumonia. But competitive eaters say vomiting at competitions is rare.
Sitaraman was surprised when, doing a search of the medical literature of the past several years, she found no reported complications from competitive eating, short of a single case of a jaw fracture. “Maybe [competitive eaters’] gastrointestinal tract has adapted and acclimatized to eat those calories,” she speculates.
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Anonymous said
August 23, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
It looks like those dogooder will have our sport shutdown in a few years.
Anonymous said
August 23, 2007 @ 3:51 pm
To anonymous, They should close down the sport..Its nolonger how much you can eat but how much you can numb your esophogus and strech your stomach.Its great now because nobody has gotten hurt. All it takes is one to really get hurt or wind up in the hospital, and the the spot gets closed down.The natural eaters will survive,and the water balloons will dry up
Anonymous said
August 23, 2007 @ 11:30 pm
I hope I am wrong but I thing a lot of thoses eaters have the food pumped out of thier bodys after the contest.
Anonymous said
August 24, 2007 @ 3:53 pm
The problem is the ifoce eaters a afraid to reply to this blog because the know they are not natural and are also bulemic.What a great sport
Anonymous said
August 24, 2007 @ 6:07 pm
The top IFOCE eaters are pulled aside by the top guys and told to be quiet.
Anonymous said
August 25, 2007 @ 2:03 am
Even if the top eaters are pulled aside , their health comes first.Bulemics will lose the enamal on their teeth and damage there throat.Is it worth it?