NCBI ROFL: Competitive speed eating: truth and consequences.

Discover how a speed-eating champion expands their stomach to consume food rapidly in this insightful study.

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"OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our investigation was to assess the stomachs of a world-class speed-eating champion and of a control subject during a speed-eating test in our gastrointestinal fluoroscopy suite to determine how competitive speed eaters are able to eat so much so fast. CONCLUSION: Our observations suggest that successful speed eaters expand the stomach to form an enormous flaccid sac capable of accommodating huge amounts of food."

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