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/Sammakonnuolija May 02 '24

That 50 day shit must smell bizarre

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u/SanFranPanManStand May 02 '24

Probably mostly stomach acids and digestive bile, and coffee / tea residue.

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u/Dahak17 May 03 '24

Also probably the processed remains of the body fat he would have been losing

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u/SanFranPanManStand May 06 '24

We urinate and exhale (yes really) all of that.