Doctors reported no ill effects from the fast. Few documented cases show human metabolism adapting so dramatically. pic.twitter.com/pqCrHc0sOe
— Papa Hemingway✝️✡️ 🇺🇸 (@PopHemingway) August 31, 2026
In 1965, a 27-year-old Scotsman named Angus Barbieri walked into the University of Dundee hospital with an astonishing request:
“I want to stop eating—completely.”
At 207 kg (456 lb), Angus wasn’t looking for another fad diet. He wanted to eliminate food altogether. Doctors… pic.twitter.com/jQk1YIhMCF— Ivor Cummins (@FatEmperor) September 22, 2025
382 days. Tea coffee vitamins yeast. 207 kg to 82 kg. Died 1990.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Barbieri%27s_fast
Longest survival without solid food. Dundee.
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/78789-longest-survival-without-food
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