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Patrick Bertoletti wins Nathan’s hot dog eating contest. Here’s how many calories he consumed.

Patrick Bertoletti wins Nathan’s hot dog eating contest. Here’s how many calories he consumed.

Another Fourth of July means another round of Nathan’s famous hot dog eating contest – and the consumption of lots of calories.

Patrick Bertoletti claimed the title of champion on Thursday by eating 58 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes at the event on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. In the women’s category Miki Sudo won her 10th titleand ate 51 hot dogs and buns.

Last year, Joey Chestnut crowned his long winning streak by eating 62 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. This year Chestnut was banned from competition due to its partnership with Impossible Foods, a rival company that vegetable Hot dogs.

Here’s the nutritional breakdown of the latest sausage-eating winners.

According to the nutritional information on Nathan’s products, a serving of an original Coney Island beef sausage in natural casing contains 170 calories (according to the company’s website; other varieties may vary) and a Nathan’s restaurant-style bun contains 130 calories.

This means that of the 58 hot dogs and buns Bertoletti devoured this year, the calories from the hot dogs would have been 9,860 and the buns another 7,540 calories – for a total calorie intake of 17,400.

Sudo’s 51 hot dogs and buns had a total of 15,300 calories.

Last year, Chestnut’s victory included 10,540 hot dogs and 8,060 calories in buns – a total of 18,600 calories. In his record year of 2021 – he ate 76 hot dogs and buns – he would have consumed a whopping 22,800 calories in total!

Nathan’s beef sausages in natural casings also contain 16 grams of fat and 480 milligrams of sodium per hot dog – so one hot dog covers about 21 percent of the recommended daily requirement per piece.

Of the 58 sausages Bertoletti consumed this year, his total fat and sodium intake was 928 grams and 27,840 milligrams, respectively.

Diets higher sodium content are associated with an increased risk of developing high blood pressureone of the leading causes of strokes and heart disease.

The side effects of such enormous eating orgies vary depending on the person and the food consumed, but as CBS News previously reported, Side effects of competitive eating may include nausea, painful flatulence, vomiting, heartburn and diarrhea. More serious side effects may include chokinginflammation of the esophagus and possibly even a perforation of the stomach.

In a statement to CBS News last year, Major League Eating, the world governing body for professional eating contests – including Nathan’s Famous Hot Dot Eating Contest – said all of its events follow “strict safety protocols,” including having a paramedic present at events and ensuring that participants are at least 18 years old.

“Don’t try to eat fast at home,” the group warns on its website.