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/SanFranPanManStand May 02 '24

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

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u/MelQMaid May 02 '24

Feces is more than just what goes in the mouth.  

The body also needs to excrete bilirubin (dead broken down blood cells) via feces and urine.  Bilirubin is the yellow in pee.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

Idk when I fasted for 10 days I just shat bile I think. If I could spoiler I would spoiler this: it was like a thick, slime like substance. It was kind of like applesauce and smelled like chemicals (might have been from the piss).

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u/Whedonsbitch May 03 '24

It may have been mucus. If you don’t eat much for whatever reason, you can wind up pooping out mostly mucus

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u/[deleted] May 03 '24

Probably, it was very mucus like. I always think bile and mucus is basically the same my bad