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Tue Dec 2, 2025, 12:06 PM 17 hrs ago

Fitness Coach, 30, Dies from Binge-Eating Challenge That Had Him Eating Food Covered in Mayo

A fitness coach went into fatal cardiac arrest after partaking in a binge-eating challenge where he tried to gain more than 50 lbs. — and then lose it — to promote his new weight-loss program.

Dmitry Nuyanzin, a fitness coach and influencer from the Russian city of Orenburg, spent weeks eating 10,000 calories a day in a bid to gain more than 50 lbs. His plan was to then lose the weight with his new fitness program, per translations from Russian social media posts, reported Daily Mail.

The 30-year-old began to feel unwell, the outlet reports, and canceled his training sessions, telling friends he was going to see a doctor. He died in his sleep of cardiac arrest.

His weight gain was aided by cholesterol-laden foods, he’d said, per the outlet.

“For breakfast, I have a plate of pastries and half a cake. For lunch, I usually eat 800 grams [nearly 2 lbs.] of dumplings with mayonnaise,” he’d said. “During the day, I may snack on crisps, and for dinner, I have a burger and two small pizzas, either at a café or delivered.”

Nuyanzin was remembered fondly on social media, Daily Mail reported: “I'm in total shock. Why does God take the best people?” wrote one tribute, while others remembered him as an “incredible person” and “bright.”

https://people.com/fitness-coach-30-dies-from-binge-eating-challenge-11858134

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Fitness Coach, 30, Dies from Binge-Eating Challenge That Had Him Eating Food Covered in Mayo (Original Post) question everything 17 hrs ago OP
More ruskie jenius... SheltieLover 17 hrs ago #1
Darwin is undefeated. Bluetus 17 hrs ago #2
winner of a Darwin award lapfog_1 17 hrs ago #3
And then there's that.. jfz9580m 17 hrs ago #4
He must have had an unknown heart condition Bluestocking 17 hrs ago #5
I believe there was a misspelling. They meant to sat "witless coach" NoRethugFriends 17 hrs ago #6
I've always hated the eating challenges, but then I have seen an esophageal rupture- with or without cardiac arrest hlthe2b 16 hrs ago #7
Agreed, but this particular case wasn't an eating contest it doesn't sound like AZJonnie 15 hrs ago #9
Well he got the first part of his project done. The second half not so much. Botany 15 hrs ago #8
Bright? Xavier Breath 10 hrs ago #10

hlthe2b

(112,345 posts)
7. I've always hated the eating challenges, but then I have seen an esophageal rupture- with or without cardiac arrest
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 01:23 PM
16 hrs ago

that such "challenges" absolutely threaten to cause to occur. No human or other animal body is built to eat that much that fast...Joey Chestnut, notwithstanding, and I'd bet even he has had some damage to his upper GI tract.

Gluttony over a lifetime has its own risks, but this kind of speed-induced eating record form of gluttony is a special case.

(plus it is obnoxious). I know I am whispering into the wind, but i wish these contests would end-and that includes the more "bizarre" ingestion challenges.

AZJonnie

(2,475 posts)
9. Agreed, but this particular case wasn't an eating contest it doesn't sound like
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 02:11 PM
15 hrs ago

More a case of trying to gain weight over the course of weeks or months by consuming an abundance of fat and calorie-laden foods

Eating contests though as you say, are also stupid and dangerous. Hell people have died from water-drinking contests. All these types of things are absolute stupidity and should never be condoned and rewarded

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