Food contests are shows with a large audience in the United States. There’s nothing more iconic than a hot dog eating contest on July 4. Participants manage to devour a large amount of food in a short time. As did recent Nathan’s contest champion Joey “Jaws” Chestnut , with a record of 49 hot dogs in just 10 minutes.
The participants of the contests to eat hot dogs, hamburgers, tacos, burritos, wings, donuts, slopper and more, are not improvised . While some experienced and successful competitive eaters do not practice at all, others have training to perform this activity.
Far from what might be thought, despite the fact that competitors devour large amounts of high calorie food, the best competitive eaters are not overweight, they even have athletic bodies.
In food competitions not only the title of winner and peculiar recognitions such as “the mustard belt” are at stake, but also attractive cash prizes.
How competitive canteens are prepared
Before the competition, the canteens are prepared in different ways such as :
Weight training and vigorous exercise to build muscle and increase your metabolism. Maintain a low percentage of body fat .
Pract They can stretch their stomachs for the main event by drinking gallons of milk or water . Water is one of the best options since it has the advantage that it does not contain calories. Many fibrous and filling foods such as oatmeal are also eaten.
Generally, a person’s stomach can expand to hold about 1 liter of food. Water helps you practice having several pounds on your stomach, while quickly exercising with solid food.
Spoon University shares that Yasir Salem, one of the 10 World’s best competitive eaters, eat 3-4 pounds of broccoli or cauliflower twice a week to get ready.
During the competition
Some contestants jump and move their entire body while eating to make food slide easily down the esophagus and settle compactly on their stomachs.
After the competition
After competitions, most canteens follow healthy, low-calorie diets. Nathan’s Famous shares that the contestants have their stomachs so stretched out that they can no longer tell when they are full.
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