Quote: (04-05-2017 10:07 PM)godfather dust Wrote:
What the hell happened?
It's not only choking that kills them. When such an obviously unnatural act is performed, the cause of death is almost irrelevant. The whole thing is basically disgusting. There are more deaths than you'd think, some strange indeed. Forget choking - I bet most people trying it don't even know that they have some sort of underlying predisposition to joining the Darwin Awards nominee list.
Try heart attack...
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Chili pie: A 64-year-old Australian man suffered a heart attack during a pie-eating contest last year. His last words, according to the Brisbane Times, were “jeez, this chili pie is hot.’’ (A spokesman for the restaurant that hosted the competition said the pie “was not overly hot.’’)
What about "vomiting to death":
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Egg and cheese-filled steamed buns: A 23-year-old Taiwanese man vomited uncontrollably, passed out and died during a steamed bun eating competition at his college. The prize had he come out on top? Approximately $60.
Previously mentioned - water intoxication:
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Water: In 2007, Jennifer Strange, 28, drank about two gallons of water in an effort to win a Nintendo Wii for her three children. She finished in second place, went home, and died of acute water intoxication.
Some pros don't deliberately bring up the food after a contest:
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several of the best competitive eaters told Deadspin that they don’t just throw the food back up when the contest is over, but actually digest it. For hot eating champion Joey Chestnut, that would mean about 17,000 calories, 1,000 grams of fat and over 45,000 milligrams of sodium being suddenly introduced to his digestive system. And that just doesn’t seem healthy. A 2007 study in the American Journal of Roentgenology found that competitive eaters run the risk of stretching their stomachs to the point that they can’t return to their original size after the contest, which would require the surgical removal of part – or all – of their poor, overworked stomachs.
Article has a great heading - Eating Contests: Don’t Do Them
https://www.boston.com/culture/food/2014...nt-do-them