Incredible record: man ate 19,000 hot dogs, study found irreparable damage he suffered

There are many world records, but some of them are somewhat unusual. This is the case of Joey Chestnut, a man from the United States who holds the world record for eating hot dogs.

As we learned, the man ate over 16 years 19,200 hot dogs and it caused irreparable damage to his health. A recent medical study he underwent Joey He claims that consuming so much of this fast food took away years of his life.

Despite the health diagnosis, the 37 year old man assured that he will continue to eat hot dogs unless you start to gain weight and have problems with your body. This is because he considers himself to be in good health.

There are days, The Washington Post published a study conducted by the University of Michigan which stated that eating a single hot dog can cut 36 minutes of a person’s healthy life. This post was viralized in the various social networks where some Internet users have referred to the man with the world record.

One of the people who spoke about the famous university study was sports journalist from the United States, Gary Sheffield Jr. through his account of Twitter made visible the case of Chestnut. “Joey Chestnut would be dead already,” he wrote, quoting the note.

And it is that according to what was revealed by the University of Michigan, the 19,200 hot dogs What chestnut He has eaten in the last few years, one year and 115 days have been left in his life. However, on July 4, the man wasted two days of his life eating 76 hot dogs in just 10 minutes, breaking his own record.

The American Joseph christian “Jaws” participates in various culinary competitions. In addition to the hot dogs, the man competed by eating twinkies, pastrami sandwiches, cups of ramen noodles, okra, lamb sandwiches, pierogi, tamales, blackberry pie, a shrimp cocktail and gyroscopes.

As it became known, Joey He started his participation in these competitions at the age of 21. It was his brother who saw his potential by watching him eat on days when Chestnut visited the family home during the holidays.

Although he is known for his ability to eat, Joseph is a student engineer. However, all of them stand out for being number 1 in the International Competitive Food Federation.