Recently, the topic of "Japanese female stomach king Sugawara died of bowel cancer" appeared on the hot search, causing heated discussions among netizens about overeating.
In addition to the damage caused by overloaded food intake, many people may pay attention to the stomach of "big stomach king" is the same as that of ordinary people? What is the limit capacity of the stomach?
Experts interviewed
Shen Xiuhua, Professor, Department of Nutrition, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Professor of Gastroenterology, Subei People's Hospital, Jiangsu Province, Zhu Haihang
The Truth About the Big Stomach: Challenging the elasticity of the stomach wall
As the connecting organ of the esophagus and small intestine, the stomach is mainly used to store and digest food and belongs to the cavity organs; There is a "muscle layer" composed of smooth muscle outside the stomach wall, which is highly elastic.
Fasting state
Usually, the stomach is slightly contracted, and the stomach capacity is 50~100ml on an empty stomach, which is only about the size of an egg.
After a full meal
Because its muscular layer has a strong elasticity, after food enters, the stomach will expand dozens of times like a balloon.
The stomach volume of adult men after meals is generally about 1400 ml, up to 2400 ml, adult women about 1200 ml, the maximum can expand to 2000 ml (shaped like a large cola bottle).
Human stomach capacity is basically constant, and there is little difference between people. The reason why the "big stomach king" can eat a large amount of food at one time may be because the elasticity of the stomach is naturally better, and it can eat 2400~3200 ml every time, reaching the limit of stomach stretching.
Simply put, the "big stomach king" is just challenging the elasticity of his stomach wall and tossing the stomach wall muscles.
In the popular "Big Stomach King Competition" in Europe and the United States, participants usually go through several years of training, including stomach volume expansion, upper and lower jaw bite strength, breathing control and a series of other items, before becoming professional players. But this kind of "dehumanized" competition will also bring many health problems.
On July 4, 2022, the "Nathan Eats Hot Dog Contest" was held in Coney Island, New York, USA
For example, in the annual "Nathan Eats Hot Dog Contest" in the United States, professional competitors can eat dozens of hot dogs in 10 minutes, and the men's champion can even eat 63 hot dogs in 10 minutes. And ordinary people eat 2~3 sticks at a time is already very supportive.
Surveys show that athletes who have participated in the big stomach king competition or retired big stomach king for a long time will gradually face the health risks caused by lack of satiety.
Long-term stomach expansion training and competition may cause problems such as stomach enlargement and laxity; Forced swallowing may cause obsessive-compulsive nausea and vomiting.
Long-term eating, the body bears 4 kinds of burdens
For ordinary people, although it is not as large as the amount of food, long-term overeating or overeating will also bring a variety of burdens:
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Predisposition to obesity and metabolic syndrome
Frequent overeating, unable to fully consume the energy consumed, the body will convert excess food into fat for storage, obesity is the first problem to appear.
Once the weight exceeds the standard, it will lead to a series of diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, hyperuricemia and other chronic diseases.
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Predisposition to diseases of the digestive tract
If the diet is uncontrolled and the stomach continues to overexpand, the muscle fibers of the stomach wall will be thinned, and the elasticity will decrease, which will lead to weakening of gastric motility over time, causing stomach profiling, stomach weakness and even stomach rupture.
Long-term fullness of the stomach will promote the secretion of a large amount of gastric juice and destroy the gastric mucosal barrier. The damaged gastric mucosa cannot be repaired in time, which can easily lead to acute and chronic gastritis, gastric perforation, gastric ulcer, gastric bleeding and other diseases.
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The brain responds slowly
In order to digest too much food, the blood of the whole body is often concentrated in the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in insufficient blood supply to other organs, which is easy to make people dull and slow to react.
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Cardiac overload
When the digestive system takes up too many resources, the heart works hard. If you eat greasy, triglycerides adhere to the walls of blood vessels, and blood cells and blood vessels function down, leading to an increased risk of heart disease.
It should be reminded that although the stomach is easy to be expanded, it is not small. Therefore, some people rely on dieting to reduce appetite, which is not only ineffective, but also may interfere with the normal work of the glands that secrete digestive juices and induce stomach problems.
These habits quietly destroy stomach elasticity
The elasticity of the stomach is like a rubber band, if it is in a dilated state for a long time, it will weaken its telescopic function, resulting in the relaxation of the stomach wall during fasting. To achieve the same tension, more food is needed, and the amount of food is increased as a result.
To keep the elasticity of your stomach in a healthy zone, avoid the following bad habits:
Eat "very full" at every meal
How full do you have to put down your chopsticks? From a health point of view, "seven points of satiety" is more advocated, in addition to helping to control weight, it will also reduce the work pressure of body organs.
Specifically, you can grasp it this way: when you feel that your stomach is not full, but your enthusiasm for food has declined, stop chopsticks; Start eating when you feel a little hungry, and it's best to make sure you eat each meal at a fixed time.
Pay attention to chewing slowly when eating, chewing 15~20 times per bite of food to give the brain enough time to receive the signal of fullness.
Hungry and full
Some people, although they do not have the habit of overeating, cannot eat on order or go hungry.
If you are hungry for too long, the stomach acid will increase, which will damage the gastric mucosa, leading to gastric erosion and even gastric ulcer; Overeating can increase the burden on the stomach, resulting in stomach drooping and indigestion.
Eat with bad emotions
The gastrointestinal tract is the organ that can best express emotions, and some people are prone to stomach pain when they are angry.
Long-term tension and depressed emotions can cause neuromodulation disorders, weaken the protective barrier function of the gastric mucosa, cause impaired gastric function, and lead to chronic gastropathy.
In addition, do not carry "qi" when eating, and eating with negative emotions such as anger and sadness for a long time will also affect stomach function. ▲
Editor of this issue: Zhang Yu