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What competitive eating does to the body

By Mandy Oaklander

Senior Editor

Nothing screams July 4th like a good old-fashioned hot-dog eating contest. (The most famous one in the world happens tomorrow in Coney Island.) But as health journalists, we had to wonder: what do speed-eating competitions do to the human body?

Matt Fuchs spoke to a doctor, along with former and current champs, to find out what exactly happens to all those calories. It isn't pretty.

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Today's newsletter was written by Mandy Oaklander and edited by Jeffrey Kluger.