Submitted by Ok_Ad_9188 t3_z875eu in explainlikeimfive
TheLuteceSibling t1_iyaa4l7 wrote
Reply to comment by GodzlIIa in ELI5: Why can't you just not eat if you're overweight? by Ok_Ad_9188
A month is fine. A healthy person takes about 3 weeks to die with no food. A person with ample fat reserves would (or at least should) last longer.
Angus' feat was done with close supervision and (as far as anyone can cite) only once. I'm skeptical, as I said, and there's nothing radical about the idea of fat reclamation falling short of subsistence. I'd be curious to see someone replicate it.
Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments