obese man goes 382 days without food

[bigpaul]

Lets just hope we never find ourselves in this situation, at my age I don't want to test my endurance to this level. In an SHTF/TEOTWAWKI we won't have any controlled environment.

I think this is an exceptional case under hospital controlled conditions, in the real world nobody will survive for long without ingesting food, more likely to be 3, 4, 5 weeks maximum without regular meals, the longer they go without the weaker they become.
I think we will be very surprised about how quickly people will be unable to do the simplest tasks and will just sit down and wait for the end.

 

[Arcticdude]

One time I went like 18 hours without eating.

 

[bigpaul]

you sure it wasn't 18 minutes??

 

[Kevin L]

I have a hard time buying a year long fast...even in someone morbidly obese.

The body needs electrolytes (sodium, potassium, chloride, magnesium, etc.) for vital things like heart function, brain activity, fluid balance, etc..

Even if he had vitamins and water on a regular and consistent basis...I would guess that he would die from heart problems and seizures in a few weeks--at the most.

Most vitamins don't have electrolytes.

My objection goes out the window if he was getting 0 calorie Gatorade, though.