But the world records we found in Time magazine have nothing to do with exercise. They’re all about eating. In fact, the International Federation of Competitive Eating oversees 70 fast-eating contests a year. And here are some of the current record holders:

Sonya Thomas, who weighs only a hundred pounds, holds the title for eating tacos - 42 of them in 11 minutes. She also holds the record for hard-boiled eggs. She ate 65 of them in 7 minutes – that’s 9 eggs every minute! And chicken wings! She’s an eating machine – downing 161 hot wings in 12 minutes! That’s over 13 wings a minute!

Another fast-eating gal is Boyd Bulow – She scarfed up 44 raw oysters a minute for 10 minutes, for a total of 432 oysters/

And finally, Rich "The Locust" LeFevre set an eating record in Texas by gobbling up 6 pounds of Spam in 12 minutes. That’s 1/2 a pound of pork product a minute! He also holds the record for eating 5 pounds of birthday cake in 11 minutes.

And that’s probably more than you ever wanted to know about food-eating contests.