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Digestive Hazard? The Science of Speed Eating
on Jul 4, 2007 in dan cesareos national geographic speed eating Gastro Girl joey chestnut Revolution Health digestive problems and speed eating nathan's famous hot dog eating contest The Science of Speed-eating I've often wondered how those competitive food-inhalers do it--consuming vast amounts of donuts, hot dogs, watermelon and everything in between. My wonder resurfaces every year on July Fourth as Nathans's Famous hot dog eating contest gets major medi...
7/04/2007 - Chestnut restores American values
on Apr 30, 2009 in July 4th Takeru Kobayashi Joey Chestnut Other Sports Can competitive eating be considered a sport? That depends -- when you see a 400-pound guy riding in one of those scooters at the mall, do you say, "Damn, that guy is athletic"? For most of us the answer is no. So then why do we get behind the Nathan...
6 People Who Made A Living Playing Retarded ‘Sports’
on May 10, 2009 in wtf backgammon beer pong competitive eating joey chestnut rock paper scissors texting Quick: what’s the dumbest way a person can make a living? Personal shopper? Doggie day care? Reality show star? Well, we can top all of those. There are people out there making money–and we’re talking real money–doing the typ...
Kobayashi beats Chestnut in pizza-flavored contest
on May 31, 2009 in Competitive eating Food miscellaneous Joey Chestnut Pizza Hut Tareku Kobayashi Tarkeu Kobayashi beats Joey Chestnut in a calzone eating contest a month before the big competition at Coney Island, which Kobayashi says may be his last.From the RSS feed of CalorieLab News (REF3076322B7) Kobayashi beats Chestnut in pizza-flavored c...
Handicapping the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest
on Jul 1, 2009 in Competitive eating hot dogs Joey Chestnut Nathan's Takeu Kobayashi Joey Chestnut and Tareku Kobayashi are expected to entertain the crowd once again with a close contest in the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.From the RSS feed of CalorieLab News (REF3076322B7) Handicapping the Nathan’s Famous hot dog ea...