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by atchoo
1497 days ago
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It's not about the duration but the starting weight and health of a faster. These were underweight / lower end of normal range long term prisoners in the early 80's who died when bodyweights were significantly under 100lbs. That definitely isn't what anyone is suggesting. The people fasting these days for 50+ days with no ill effects are significantly overweight sometimes on the order of 100+ lbs. They can lose 60 lbs over similar duration which would kill someone underweight but leave them still technically obese. Someone fasting for health will stop once something starts to feel off unlike hunger strikers who experienced serious declines before death. Sudden death from malnutrition during a fast while feeling fine at a normal range bodyweight isn't really a thing. |
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The 155lbs for a chap in the 1980s was certainly in the middle range. Check his wiki page: for sure he didn't look anorectic in the picture taken at the age 19.
More importantly:
Seems that we are entering the True Irishman or Scotsman territory:
Fasting 60 days is super safe but apparently only if you started with 300lbs, your weight did not drop "significantly" more than 4lbs below 100, you have no preexisting conditions, take balanced drinks with electrolytes (btw at least some IRA prisoners took water with salt) and you may take some nutrients and call it fasting.
Yes?