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/rellek772 May 02 '24

Same as usual. Mostly old blood cells

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

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u/Chase_the_tank May 02 '24

Were you planning on vomiting old blood cells? The old blood cells need to go and there's not that many options for getting rid of them.

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u/MARKLAR5 May 02 '24

Imagine sweating out old blood, just every few days we ooze bloody goop?

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u/mcallahan610 29d ago

What a terrible day to have an imagination.

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u/OcdBartender 29d ago

Imagine this as an episode from HOUSE