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Sorry, but curiosity forces me to ask. How did you remain alive on a 60 day fast? I've never heard of that aside from maybe gurus in India or something.
by sebmellen 6y ago
Sorry, but curiosity forces me to ask.
How did you remain alive on a 60 day fast? I've never heard of that aside from maybe gurus in India or something.
- me_me_me 6y agoYou don't need to have 'magical' powers to do it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Barbieri%27s_fast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Barbieri%27s_fast
- TimSchumann 6y agoI was much fatter than I am now. If you’re curious email me (in my profile) and I can share my spreadsheet with notes.
- mhaberl 6y agoYou did not eat anything for 60 days? 0 calories? I heard people doing it for 14 days for fasting purposes and I am pretty sure that most people can do it for 30-40 days and not die, but 60 sounds pretty long
- TimSchumann 6y agoTrue zero cal, water/salt only, for the first 30, and too much water and not enough salt as I later found out. From days 31 to 60 I allowed the occasional magnesium, potassium and multivitamin. No coffee, no tea, just water.
- beagle3 6y agoWhile these aren't common, they aren't as uncommon as you think. A famous long one is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Barbieri%27s_fast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Barbieri%27s_fast ; But from memory reading studies about it ages ago (mostly examining religious fasters in India), an average non-overweight person can easily do 40 days water fasts without any irreversible damage. Somewhere between 40-50 days, the body would start to digest the nervous system for energy and that's irreversible (and leads to death within days if the fast continues). But if fat stores are available - as in the case of Angus Barbieri above - it can go for much, much longer.
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