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Re:It Could Be Old Age, or It Could Be Low B12 by klbarry on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @10:04AM (#3295215)
The most amazing study on nutrition I've ever seen, is where a morbidly obese person did not eat for one year but was kept perfectly healthy with nutrition supplements: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2495396/

He went from 486 to 180 lbs, and kept it off afterwards, only gaining ~16 or so in the next five years.

I would be interested in knowing what nutrients he was supplied to stay alive!

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Re:It Could Be Old Age, or It Could Be Low B12 by grannyg00se on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @11:24AM (#3295554)
It looks like basic multivitamins were given.

I've never heard of this solution before, but it seems it would be wise to consider it when contemplating extreme solutions like surgery.

"Patient A.B. aged 27 years, weighed on admission 456 lb (207 kg). During the 382 days of his fast, vitamin supplements were given daily as 'Multivite' (BDH), vitamin C and yeast for the first 10 months and as 'Paladac' (Parke Davis), for the last 3 months. Non-caloric fluids were allowed ad libitum. From Day 93 to Day 162 only, he was given potassium supplements (two effervescent potassium tablets BPC supplying 13 mEq daily) and from Day 345 to Day 355 only he was given sodium supplements (2 5 g sodium chloride daily). No other drug treatment was given. "

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