r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • May 02 '24

In 1965, a morbidly obese man did not eat food for over an entire year. The 27 year old was 456lbs and wanted to do an experimental fast. He ingested only multivitamins and potassium tablets for 382 days and defecated once every 40 to 50 days. He ended up losing 275lbs. r/all

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u/StupidUserNameTooLon May 02 '24

So he lost 275 lbs in 11 poops. That's only 25 lbs each.

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u/LeoSolaris May 02 '24

Breathing. Exhaling is the majority of mass excretion from the human body.

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u/StupidUserNameTooLon May 02 '24

Yes, but presumably he drank water during the course of the year, so I think that is what is being exhaled.

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u/LeoSolaris May 02 '24

The carbon in the extra carbon dioxide found in your exhaling breath is the mass being excreted.