Posted on Monday, 13 July 2009

THE HUMAN HOT DOG VACUUM CLEANER I always thought it was a skinny Japanese guy that won these hot dog eating competitions and shamed the Americans. Well congratulations to Joey Chestnut and his stomach… who won Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest over the long weekend. He has beaten Takeru Kobayashi 3 times in a row now! As a nutrition student, I am completely amazed, appalled, and confused on how Chestnut’s stomach can do this. The human stomach can expand and shrink depending on how much food is inside. Generally, the stomach can only expand to 1.5 litres! Here is the nutritional aftermath of his 2007 win (66 hot dogs): This caloric intake is almost as much as an average man would need in 10 days! Don’t get me started on saturated fats. The competitors don’t really “eat” these hot dogs… they inhale them like vacuum cleaners! Chestnut must be a very active person. But 19600 calories???

THE HUMAN HOT DOG VACUUM CLEANER

I always thought it was a skinny Japanese guy that won these hot dog eating competitions and shamed the Americans. Well congratulations to Joey Chestnut and his stomach… who won Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest over the long weekend. He has beaten Takeru Kobayashi 3 times in a row now!

As a nutrition student, I am completely amazed, appalled, and confused on how Chestnut’s stomach can do this. The human stomach can expand and shrink depending on how much food is inside. Generally, the stomach can only expand to 1.5 litres! Here is the nutritional aftermath of his 2007 win (66 hot dogs):

This caloric intake is almost as much as an average man would need in 10 days! Don’t get me started on saturated fats. The competitors don’t really “eat” these hot dogs… they inhale them like vacuum cleaners! Chestnut must be a very active person. But 19600 calories???

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