Takeru Kobayashi Loses Hunger Signals

In 2024, Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi, a six-time Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion, announced in the Netflix documentary Hack Your Health: Secrets of Your Gut that he was retiring from competitive eating after decades of contests left him unable to feel hunger or fullness. He said he now has no appetite and sometimes goes days without eating, while his wife described his body as broken.

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