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Can you train your stomach to eat more food? Understanding Gastric Capacity

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The human stomach, a highly elastic organ, typically holds about one liter of food and fluid but can expand up to five times its resting size during a meal. This remarkable flexibility is often mistaken for a permanent ability to 'train' for ever-increasing food intake, a misconception commonly associated with competitive eating and binge-eating behaviors.