A few years ago a news article came across the wires of the Associated Press. It concerned the plight of a Swedish woman who had a rare eating disorder. Because of her disease, she was forced to eat thirty pounds of food a day just to stay alive. The old amounts of food she used to eat couldn’t sustain her physically any more. She would die if she simply ate three normal meals. She always needed more. That’s sad.

Some of us probably fantasize about eating a significant amount of food without gaining weight, but I don’t believe any of us would attempt to eat thirty pounds.

I wonder how much food the average offensive lineman in the National Football League eats? The heaviest player in NFL history was a giant named Aaron Gibson who weighed in at 410 lbs while playing offensive lineman for …