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El Wingador Goes Back Into Retirement; Most Fun Foods Are Bad For Digestion

• In the wake of Kobayashi’s record breaking victory at last week’s Wing Bowl, local competitive eating champion El Wingador is going back into retirement. [myfoxphilly]

• With seven new restaurants, plus several lounges and bars, Valley Forge Casino Resort, which is aiming for a spring debut, is looking to fill scores of food and beverage positions. [CBS Philly]

• Puerto Rico has cold-blooded plans to murder its iguanas and export their meat, since there are too many of the critters roaming the territory. Interesting plan, but who’s buying? [NYDN]

• Juicing is huge, both with Starbucks folks and all over. [NRN]

• New research shows that friends eating together mimic each other bite for bite; so if your lunch buddy is a scarfer, you might put on weight. [NYDN]

• Basically, all the fun foods (coffee, booze, chocolate, ice cream) are terrible for digestion, while boring ones like bananas are what you should eat. [Health.com via Fox News]

• This woman must’ve really wanted her French fries: She pulled up to the McDonald’s pick-up window and tried to order there, blocking drive-through traffic until police finally had to come tase her. [Fay Observer]

El Wingador Goes Back Into Retirement; Most Fun Foods Are Bad For Digestion