Today on Mythbusters, some classic weight gain myths are put to the test. First up: can a person really gain hundreds of pounds in a single sitting?
“It’s a scenario that we’ve all seen countless times in weight gain stories,” Kari said. “Somebody gorges themselves endlessly on a ridiculous amount of food and ends up becoming extremely fat in a very short amount of time, sometimes less than a day. But cartoonish as it may seem, could it actually be possible, with the right foods, to actually gain a significant amount of weight in a single day? Well, there’s only one way to find out.”
The camera zoomed out to reveal Kari seated at a large table piled high with a diverse array of cakes, pies, cookies, and other high-calorie pastries.
“For the next twenty-four hours, I am going to eat as much of this food as possible, and see how much weight I can gain. Then we should have a pretty good idea of whether or not a person can become significantly fatter in the course of just one day.”
Grant and Tory quickly escorted Kari over to a large scale to get her starting weight.
“115 pounds,” Tory announced. “Okay, let’s get started.”
Kari then sat down at the table and dug in, stuffing her face with mouthful after mouthful of rich chocolate cake as fast as she could. After the first cake was gone she moved onto another, then another. Two hours into her feast, Kari was feeling very stuffed. Her stomach was starting to bulge out slightly, and the button on the front of her jeans was about to pop off. She was starting to feel tired from constantly shoveling food into her mouth and almost began to slow down, but she was determined to proceed in the name of science. Grant and Tory teased her as she chowed down by doing things like spraying whip cream onto a slice of cake that she was about to bite into, or occasionally poking her in the belly. “Guys, cut it out,” Kari attempted to say with her mouth full.
Several hours and hundreds of thousands of calories later…
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