Competitive Eating is a Sport

Host: Rekaya Gibson

Co-host: Angela Spears, Dream Living Coach

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Competitive Eating

• Yes, competitive eating is a sport.
• Competitive eating is an activity in which participants compete against each other to consume large quantities of food in a short time period, usually about 8 to 10 minutes. Person consuming the most food wins prizes.
• Popular in the United States, Canada, and Japan
• Major League Eating (MLE), headquartered in New York, is an organization that sanctions professional competitive eating events and television specials.
  • Signature Championship Belt: The Mustard Yellow Belt
  • Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest, July 4
    • Male Winner: Joey Chestnut (72 hot dogs)
    • Female Winner: Miki Sudo (41 hot dogs)
  • All Pro Eating is the only Independent Competitive Eating organization in the world. It officially sanctions competitive eating contests.

Source: Wikipedia

• Competitive Eating Fun Facts:
  • Competitive eaters practice by eating and drinking large quantities to stretch out their stomachs.
  • Eaters starve themselves before a contest to have great stomach capacity
  • Participants eat standing up
  • Eaters swallow tennis-ball sized clumps of food.
  • Water is used as lubricant to prevent eaters from choking.
  • Some contest prohibits liquids. Nathan does, but you can moisten food.
  • No condiments (some competitions allow them)
  • Vomiting disqualifies eater.
  • Eaters can have food in their cheeks when time is called and it counts toward their total if they swallow it within 30 seconds.
  • No recorded deaths, but stomach can rupture and you can get water intoxication.

Sources: (Reader’s Digest and Mental Floss)

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