Comments on: NCBI ROFL: Competitive speed eating: truth and consequences. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/20/competitive-speed-eating-truth-and-consequences/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/20/competitive-speed-eating-truth-and-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-29135 Mer Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:25:21 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/2009/07/20/competitive-speed-eating-truth-and-consequences/#comment-29135 Also <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v29QfOyuZ3Y" rel="nofollow"> the guy in Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life" </a> Also the guy in Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life"

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/20/competitive-speed-eating-truth-and-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-29134 Anonymous Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:33:42 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/2009/07/20/competitive-speed-eating-truth-and-consequences/#comment-29134 "blogborygmi", isn't it sad that they terminated the test? That would have been the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to test scientifically how the fat person in the movie "SEVEN" died. "blogborygmi", isn't it sad that they terminated the test? That would have been the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to test scientifically how the fat person in the movie "SEVEN" died.

]]> By: blogborygmi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/20/competitive-speed-eating-truth-and-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-29133 blogborygmi Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:09:10 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/2009/07/20/competitive-speed-eating-truth-and-consequences/#comment-29133 I've been following competitive eating research on <a href="http://blogborygmi.blogspot.com/2008/06/playin-with-your-food-like-its-some.html" rel="nofollow">my blog</a> for several years (morbid fascination). My favorite part of this paper is this quote: <br /><br />"Despite the speed eater’s insistence that he felt no sensation of satiety, fullness, bloating, or abdominal discomfort, we became concerned that further dilation of his already enormous stomach could be associated with a small theoretic risk of gastric perforation. Therefore, a decision was made to terminate the speed-eating test over the objections of our participant." I've been following competitive eating research on my blog for several years (morbid fascination). My favorite part of this paper is this quote:

"Despite the speed eater’s insistence that he felt no sensation of satiety, fullness, bloating, or abdominal discomfort, we became concerned that further dilation of his already enormous stomach could be associated with a small theoretic risk of gastric perforation. Therefore, a decision was made to terminate the speed-eating test over the objections of our participant."

]]> By: Deray http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/20/competitive-speed-eating-truth-and-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-29132 Deray Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:43:11 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/2009/07/20/competitive-speed-eating-truth-and-consequences/#comment-29132 So, the researches didn't know that the stomach can be trained to expand given that is a muscle sac? Talk about doing a little bibliographic research before you do experiments! So, the researches didn't know that the stomach can be trained to expand given that is a muscle sac? Talk about doing a little bibliographic research before you do experiments!

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