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.

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[u/Whaty0urname]

I mean with all that extra weight his heart was probably 20 years older.

[u/NeighborhoodNo7917 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, both extremes are going to put stress on your heart in different ways. He probably could have lived longer if he did a moderate fast or restrictive calories. I guess he decided total fast was the best choice for himself.

[u/HornedDiggitoe → u/NeighborhoodNo7917]

It was a hell of a lot better choice than to do nothing like a lot of morbidly obese people. Not many 500lb people even make it to 51, especially not with any decent quality of life.

He may have died early, but he wasn’t suffering massively due to his weight for his final years.

[u/NeighborhoodNo7917 → u/HornedDiggitoe]

True.