Chocolate Cupcake-Eating Contest Won with the Power of Yoga

Wow, I knew yoga was good for you in lots of ways, but who knew it could help you win an eating contest? Though she wasn’t doing any headstands or pretzel-twists during or soon after the contest, according to the Brooklyn Daily News, Nancy Cummings used the discipline and focus she has as a yoga instructor to gobble down 17 cupcakes in 5 minutes.

Dunking each cupcake in a glass of water also helped her slide them down her throat.

Just goes to show you, discipline and focus are the key to diet control whether you’re trying to consume as few or as many cupcakes as you can.

(Photo credit: Brooklyn Daily News)

–Martha Snodgrass