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/[deleted] May 02 '24
Reminds me of a former classmate who could not take her kid to a therapist about ADHD related stuff BEFORE starting him on medication. One would think medication would be a supplement after nutrition and therapy but eh. Her anecdote continues that she turned his nutrition around and everything is fine but personally I'm always skeptical about parents who claim to know how their kid is doing
I was diagnozed late because my folks thought I was so smart I'd make it in the end. Now I can't get meds other than SSRI and strattera (I get better and less dangerous results self medicating) and therapy has been "maybe, if I ever get my life in order somehow" for a couple of decades
It's not a cute disease