If I were to eat until I was stuffed and then say eat some more, would I run the risk of distending my stomach? What sort of problems could I expect?
Stomach pain, vomiting, indigestion. You’d really have to work at it to have a risk of damaging your stomach through overeating.
“Nobody can eat fifty eggs.”
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It seemed like a nice round number.
“My boy says he can eat fifty eggs, he can eat fifty eggs.”
Well, if you ate 'til you burst, you could probably expect Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman to investigate…
Eating to the point of gastic rupture was very well documented in 1983 in a case involving a Mr. Creosote. In addition to being witnessed by dozens of people at the scene, the event was also caught on film! The result was…disturbing.
You may find you get more informative answers over at dimensions, where they have a good message board. I don’t know if you have to join/pay to post there, but you may be able to find your answer anyway.
I believe there is a significant group of people who enjoy this sort of thing, and I’ve never heard of it causing a problem (other than weight gain). Doesn’t mean that you can’t distend your stomach this way, though.
But that mint was wafer-thin!
Incidentally, I asked about this once. If I weren’t the lazy bastard I am I’d go find the thread.
[thread=251728]Cool Hand Luke’s Eggs[/thread].
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