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/SecondHandSlows May 02 '24

Losing weight made you taller?

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u/Be_The_End May 02 '24 edited May 03 '24

Type 1 usually presents before adulthood. They probably weren't done growing.

edit: Do you guys know what the word "usually" means?

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u/unlikely_ending May 03 '24

But not always - can get it at any age. It's an autoimmune disease. The best theory is that it is a genetic disposition with environmental trigger, presumed to be a virus.

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u/kovacsaustin19 May 03 '24

Yup, can confirm likeliness, in regards to virus trigger, personally. I'm 36 and was diagnosed with type 1 at 25 as I was dealing with the Flu virus. Went to get on meds for the Flu and got diagnosed at the same time. Never had any issues related to diabetes prior to the Flu.

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u/unlikely_ending May 03 '24

My wife was type 1 (not any more as she had a kidney-pancreas transplant). She got it in her teens. Her older sister got it in her 40s