Just five seconds into this self-proclaimed “Super Bowl of competitive ... took X-ray images of one speed-eater in action and ...

Based on fluoroscopy scans during the study, the researchers found the competitive eater’s stomach was capable of expanding to accommodate significantly more extra food. The control subject ate ...

Following the study, the competitive eater's stomach showed it could expand as he consumed the food. 'The key to success in competitive speed eating is the ability to slowly train and adapt ...

If you find competitive eating contests hard to stomach, imagine what it's like being the stomach of a competitive eater. Metz and colleagues studied speed eater Tim Janus for a study published in ...

If you want to be a champion in the world of competitive eating, there are two key factors: how fast can you get food to your stomach, and how much your stomach can hold. Normally, the human ...

Competitive eaters train to lessen those risks by expanding their stomach capacity. Matt Stonie, the only man not named Joey Chestnut to win the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in the last 17 ...

The first step is teaching your stomach to handle more and more food before telling your brain it's full. Competitive eaters do this by drinking progressively larger amounts of water over short ...

Japanese competitive eater Takeru ... said he would spend months expanding his stomach with food. "You have to gradually build up your gut by eating larger and larger amounts of food, and then ...