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Thursday, 28 September 2006 |
by ASHLEY BENNERS
Intern Lifestyles Reporter
The rules are simple: challengers must attempt to drink an entire gallon of milk within a single hour without vomiting.
First made popular by the MTV show “Jackass,” the Gallon Challenge has become a lactose legend among college and high school students across America.
Josh J. Richmond, an Appalachian State University sophomore psychology
and sociology major, heard about the challenge through a friend and
attempted it in June 2006.
“I suppose I did it because of the whole impossibility theme it has going along with it,” he said.
Richmond was unsuccessful in his attempt, which ended in him vomiting.
Reasons for failure include the high volume of lactose in the milk
which causes a gag reflex, the high volume of milk fat that cannot be
digested fast enough, and the basicity of milk, which causes the
stomach’s normally low pH level to rise.
“One might also vomit because of psychosomatic reasons,” Appalachian State registered dietitian Janna Lyons said.
“Just the thought of consuming that much milk in such a short time period could be sickening,” she said.
There are many variations of the challenge, but the basic rules require the milk to be either 2 percent or whole.
The task can be made considerably more difficult if the rules are
adjusted to where a challenger must go an additional hour afterward
without vomiting.
Although the standard type of milk used is whole, some challenges replace it with water or skim milk.
Stephen Ball, a sophomore art education major, chugged a gallon of water during his sophomore year of high school.
“Some friends and I just thought it would be fun,” he said. “It only took fifteen minutes.”
Two years ago, East Residence Hall held its second annual milk chugging contest Sept. 1, 2004.
Hosted by the Resident Student Association, ten residents gathered outside the dorm to compete for the crown.
Strategies varied, as some students chose to chug with skim milk instead of regular and others sipped slowly.
However, despite their determined attempts, the competitors quickly
began a domino chain of vomiting. One contestant even fled before his
name could be learned.
On August 12, 2006, at the 6th Annual Gallon Challenge sponsored by The
Gallon Challenge Foundation in New York City, Joseph Ubraico and
Raymond Donnelly completed the gallon challenge successfully, according
to gallonchallenge.org.
The current record is a gallon of whole milk chugged in 41.32 seconds by James Pattani, 18, of Austin, Texas.
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