Low-Fat Fried Food? Competitive Eaters.
Hmm...I want to see how many CALORIES less this new batter is. Lowering fat, without reducing calories, doesn't necessarily make you lose weight. Fat substitutes should only be training wheels to wean you off of the real thing. In the long run, it's still better to develop a taste for HEALTHY unsaturated fats, instead.
Food Chemist Develops Protein-Based Batter for Healthier Frying (Science Daily):
Deep-fried fish could get healthier with a new protein-based batter extracted from the muscle of discarded fish parts. When coated onto the fish it forms a barrier, locking in taste and moisture while blocking out fat.
Stephen Kelleher, a food chemist who founded Proteus Industries in Gloucester, Mass., says, "People like fried food, but there's a lot of bad things associated with fried food." Understanding the bittersweet fondness for fried cuisine, Kelleher invented a way to cook low-fat, fried food.
Articles about Proteus.
Competitive Eaters May Have Ability to Suppress Satiety Hormones (Science Daily): [See video of eating contest]
Eating champions are able to keep gorging on food way past beyond the point where most people would be nauseated by food. While they practice to expand their stomach, much of their skills may come from suppressing the hormones that signal to the brain that the stomach is full, gastroenterologists say. Doctors hope that studying competitive eaters will help learn more about gastric diseases.
Now, for the first time, gastroenterologists want to study competitive eaters to learn the secrets of power eating.
"These competitive eaters are an interesting group of people who seem to have abilities that many people in the normal population don't have," David Metz, a gastroenterologist at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, tells DBIS.
Many competitive eaters train for an event by chugging gallons of water to help stretch the stomach. Others eat large quantities of low-calorie, high-fiber foods, like cabbage, that stay in the stomach longer before breaking down. Doctors believe expert eaters may have the ability to keep eating after they're full by suppressing the stomach signals to the brain that indicate it's satisfied.
"As the food starts emptying into the small bowel, that switches on hormone stimuli. If those are dampened or blocked, you can eat beyond it," Dr. Metz says.
And, ever notice many winners are thin? It's possible their stomachs can expand more since there is little fat to push against it. Dr. Metz says, "As long as the stomach can relax, they'll be able to get more in, relative to the guy who is big and has a lot of abdominal fat."
Doctors hope studying competitive eaters will help learn more about gastric diseases and learn what it took to beat Shoudt, who placed a proud second in this contest. The winner devoured 36-and-a-half hotdogs, eight more than Shoudt could swallow!
The hot dog eating contest winner, in the video, was a skinny Asian girl!
Food Chemist Develops Protein-Based Batter for Healthier Frying (Science Daily):
Deep-fried fish could get healthier with a new protein-based batter extracted from the muscle of discarded fish parts. When coated onto the fish it forms a barrier, locking in taste and moisture while blocking out fat.
Stephen Kelleher, a food chemist who founded Proteus Industries in Gloucester, Mass., says, "People like fried food, but there's a lot of bad things associated with fried food." Understanding the bittersweet fondness for fried cuisine, Kelleher invented a way to cook low-fat, fried food.
Articles about Proteus.
Competitive Eaters May Have Ability to Suppress Satiety Hormones (Science Daily): [See video of eating contest]
Eating champions are able to keep gorging on food way past beyond the point where most people would be nauseated by food. While they practice to expand their stomach, much of their skills may come from suppressing the hormones that signal to the brain that the stomach is full, gastroenterologists say. Doctors hope that studying competitive eaters will help learn more about gastric diseases.
Now, for the first time, gastroenterologists want to study competitive eaters to learn the secrets of power eating.
"These competitive eaters are an interesting group of people who seem to have abilities that many people in the normal population don't have," David Metz, a gastroenterologist at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, tells DBIS.
Many competitive eaters train for an event by chugging gallons of water to help stretch the stomach. Others eat large quantities of low-calorie, high-fiber foods, like cabbage, that stay in the stomach longer before breaking down. Doctors believe expert eaters may have the ability to keep eating after they're full by suppressing the stomach signals to the brain that indicate it's satisfied.
"As the food starts emptying into the small bowel, that switches on hormone stimuli. If those are dampened or blocked, you can eat beyond it," Dr. Metz says.
And, ever notice many winners are thin? It's possible their stomachs can expand more since there is little fat to push against it. Dr. Metz says, "As long as the stomach can relax, they'll be able to get more in, relative to the guy who is big and has a lot of abdominal fat."
Doctors hope studying competitive eaters will help learn more about gastric diseases and learn what it took to beat Shoudt, who placed a proud second in this contest. The winner devoured 36-and-a-half hotdogs, eight more than Shoudt could swallow!
The hot dog eating contest winner, in the video, was a skinny Asian girl!