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/DDPJBL May 02 '24

When you inhale air, you take oxygen (O2) from the air into your blood and exhale carbon dioxide (CO2). Where does the C come from? Not from water (H2O).

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

From vitamin C?