{"id":621648,"date":"2024-05-24T05:25:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T02:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/competitive-eater-takeru-kobayashi-retires-due-to-health-concerns\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T05:25:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T02:25:04","slug":"competitive-eater-takeru-kobayashi-retires-due-to-health-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/competitive-eater-takeru-kobayashi-retires-due-to-health-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"#Competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi retires due to health concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3db8326c5f3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3db8326c5f3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/competitive-eater-takeru-kobayashi-retires-due-to-health-concerns\/#Takeru_Kobayashi_%E2%80%98Ive_eaten_10000_hot_dogs_in_career\" >Takeru Kobayashi: &#8216;I&#8217;ve eaten 10,000 hot dogs&#8217; in career<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/competitive-eater-takeru-kobayashi-retires-due-to-health-concerns\/#Kobayashis_brain_affected_by_competitive_eating\" >Kobayashi&#8217;s brain affected by competitive eating<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"7810580001\" title=\"Joey Chestnut wins 15th Mustard Belt at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/07\/05\/USAT\/a92e4ec3-bbf8-454a-9350-bba19eada009-hot_dog_contest_logo.jpg\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/07\/05\/USAT\/a92e4ec3-bbf8-454a-9350-bba19eada009-hot_dog_contest_logo.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">Joey Chestnut wins 15th Mustard Belt at Nathan&#8217;s Hot Dog Eating Contest<\/p>\n<p>Joey Chestnut didn&#8217;t let a protester get in his way as the world champion secured his 15th Mustard Belt at the Nathan&#8217;s Hot Dog Eating Contest.<\/p>\n<p>Claire Hardwick, USA TODAY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi, the six-time Nathan&#8217;s Hot Dog Eating Contest champion, has announced his retirement from the sport due to rising health concerns.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve decided to retire from competitive eating. It\u2019s all I&#8217;ve done for the last 20 years,&#8221; Kobayashi, 46, announced in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81436688\">Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;Hack Your Health &#8211; The Secrets of Your Gut,&#8221; <\/a>a documentary film that explores how food, the digestive system and gut health relates to overall well-being.<\/p>\n<p>Kobayashi said decades of overeating for sport has left him with no <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>etite or no sensation of fullness, which his wife Maggie James said has caused Kobayashi to go days without eating anything at all.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/05\/24\/USAT\/73827695007-afp-usnathans-hot-dog-contest.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/05\/24\/USAT\/73827695007-afp-usnathans-hot-dog-contest.JPG?crop=2877,2157,x91,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/05\/24\/USAT\/73827695007-afp-usnathans-hot-dog-contest.JPG?crop=1616,2156,x760,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/05\/24\/USAT\/73827695007-afp-usnathans-hot-dog-contest.JPG?crop=3059,1721,x0,y0 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"TIMOTHY A. CLARY, AFP\/Getty Images\" caption=\"Six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi of Japan takes part in the 2006 Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"><\/media-image><\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE FIT THAN FAT:<\/strong> Should competitive eaters be considered athletes?<\/p>\n<p>James said her husband feels his body is &#8220;broken.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hear people say they\u2019re hungry, and they look very happy after they\u2019ve eaten. I\u2019m jealous of those people because I no longer feel hunger,&#8221; Kobayashi said in the documentary. &#8220;I hope to live a long and healthy life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-banner><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-inline>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Takeru_Kobayashi_%E2%80%98Ive_eaten_10000_hot_dogs_in_career\"><\/span>Takeru Kobayashi: &#8216;I&#8217;ve eaten 10,000 hot dogs&#8217; in career<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Kobayashi jumpstarted his career in 2000 during an appearance on the Japanese variety show\u00a0&#8220;TV Champion,&#8221; where he consumed 16 bowls of ramen in one hour. He set a world record at the 2001 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nathan%27s_Hot_Dog_Eating_Contest\">Nathan&#8217;s Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Contest<\/a>, held annually on July 4, by eating 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes. (The previous record at the time was 25\u215b hot dogs). He won the Mustard Yellow Belt six consecutive years from 2001 to 2006.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sure that I&#8217;ve eaten 10,000 hot dogs since the beginning of my career,&#8221; Kobayashi said in the film.<\/p>\n<p>Kobayashi does not just eat hot dogs. He&#8217;s held world records over his career with different foods, ranging from Buffalo wings, lobster rolls and cow brains to hamburgers, tacos and pizza. The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Takeru_Kobayashi#World_records_held\">list<\/a> goes on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-inline>\n<p>&#8220;I am Japanese but I&#8217;ve eaten like an American. I think that&#8217;s what damaged my body,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I overeat because I\u2019m a competitive eater. &#8230; When you eat too much, you don\u2019t savor the taste or fully enjoy the smell of the food. You ignore you body\u2019s signals, like fullness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>In order to prepare for competitions, Kobayashi said he would spend months expanding his stomach with food.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have to gradually build up your gut by eating larger and larger amounts of food, and then be sure to work it all off so body fat doesn&#8217;t put a squeeze on the expansion of your stomach in competition. I start my regimen about two months before a big competition,&#8221; he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/meet-lean-mean-eating-machine-flna1c9447394&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjH4LqnjKWGAxUEM0QIHXB9DE8QFnoECBoQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw3SfZR3HO-SsLG7EW3m72as\">said<\/a> in 2004.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"><\/cta-atoms-container-inline><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kobayashis_brain_affected_by_competitive_eating\"><\/span>Kobayashi&#8217;s brain affected by competitive eating<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Kobayashi underwent multiple tests during the documentary to diagnose his lack of appetite and reduced sense of smell. Doctors and scientists determined that Kobayashi&#8217;s chronic overeating has affected his nervous system and that his brain is still trained to think he&#8217;s competing or eating highly processed foods, despite stepping away from competition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I used to crave cakes and curries when I was little. I don&#8217;t feel that joy about eating anymore,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It\u2019s scary to think that the brain and gut are so closely related. It makes me want to be more careful with what I eat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-banner><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"7802356001\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"><\/media-gallery-promo><\/p>\n<p>Although Kobayashi won&#8217;t be competing at Coney Island on the Fourth of July anymore, he&#8217;s not giving up hot dogs completely. Kobayashi said he&#8217;s on a mission to &#8220;create a healthier hot dog&#8221; that features traditional Japanese ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What\u2019s influenced me more than competitive eating is the hot dog,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I am worried about what my next step will bring, but I am also excited about my future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2024-05-24 01:48:20 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2024-05-24 01:48:28 +0000 UTC\"><\/lit-timestamp><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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