Seven deadly sins - Gluttony

Gluttony: it is not so much greediness with the modern direction which is blamworthy that the gloutonnery, excess and the waste. Its demon is Belzébuth.

Sunday June 25, 2006, 2h15
A woman of 45 kilos gains a contest of the big eater in Virginia LYNCHBURG, Virginia
(AP) - Sonya Thomas weighs only 45 kilos, but that which is called “the black widow” gained the contest of the big eater at the time of the 16th annual gathering of the owners of Harley Davidson of the State of Virginia, by ingurgitant a total of 60 breads to milk with ham.

That which gained its nickname after having beaten on several occasions corpulent male adversaries demolished eleven competitors belonging to the international Federation of the competitions of eaters and the owners of Harley Davidson come from all the state of Virginia.

Its adversary finally ate only 42 breads with milk with ham, one of the favorite mets in the South of the United States.

At five minutes of the end, whereas they had the full mouth, the two rivals continued to soak their breads with milk in jugs and glasses of water in order to swallow them more quickly. “Sometimes, water returns to me a little nauseous”, declared Sonya Thomas, which used in the very last minutes of the competition a technique which, according to it, assistance to reduce food: to jump to bell-foot.
AP

Beyond the capital sin of gluttony, I think all this displaying and wasting of foos is scandalous whereas so many people are dying of hunger, including in the United States!