{"id":21366,"date":"2025-12-19T19:11:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T11:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=21366"},"modified":"2025-12-19T19:11:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T11:11:37","slug":"competitive-eater-zermatt-neo-once-ended-up-in-hospital-after-a-burger-challenge-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=21366","title":{"rendered":"Competitive eater Zermatt Neo once ended up in hospital after a burger challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Was there ever a time he ate until he felt like dying?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the time,\u201d he replied. \u201cFor shoots that I push myself, I tend to be suffering towards the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When one netizen asked if he\u2019d ever had a dangerous or unexpected physical reaction, Neo revealed a story that made us wince.<\/p>\n<p>Many years ago, he attempted a burger way beyond his comfortable limit, and his \u201cstomach got distended it crushed [his] pancreas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He ended up in the ER, was warded for three days, and spent two weeks recovering from pancreatitis.<\/p>\n<p>His own summary: \u201cInsane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The most upvoted question of the night? Whether he gets stomach issues like acid reflux from eating too much.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, no. Just cramps, if he goes \u201cbeyond a certain threshold.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As for the TMI question about what happens in the bathroom after challenges, Neo says it\u2019s pretty \u201caverage\u201d. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI typically go up to three to four times a day after a food challenge,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n<p>And when a netizen prepping for a Christmas buffet asked for tips to maximise their food haul, Neo offered this gem: \u201cAim for the proteins (like your fave type) and keep going at it. I doubt you can beat the buffet but if you strategise properly, I think you can break even.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This story was originally <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.8days.sg\/entertainment\/local\/zermatt-neo-ama-food-challenges-burger-crushed-pancreas-851721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>published<\/em><\/a><em> in 8Days.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more 8Days stories, visit <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.8days.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>https:\/\/www.8days.sg\/<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com\/entertainment\/zermatt-neo-stomach-crushed-pancreas-560056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Was there ever a time he ate until he felt like dying? \u201cAll the time,\u201d he replied. \u201cFor shoots that I push myself, I tend&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}