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Obviously there are limits. If you fast for too long you die, regardless of the setting.
by weavie 8y ago
Obviously there are limits. If you fast for too long you die, regardless of the setting.
- tomp 8y agoBut the limits are very wide. There's a guy that allegedly fasted for 382 days, eating only vitamins (and under medical oversight, regular blood tests etc), losing 276 pounds in the process (this translates into -0.72 pounds per day, assuming it was all fat that's 2500 calories, which seems like a normal (average) BMR). https://www.sciencealert.com/the-true-story-of-a-man-who-survived-without-any-food-for-382-days https://www.sciencealert.com/the-true-story-of-a-man-who-sur...