Who Survived The Longest Without Food?
Barbieri, a 27-year-old Tayport resident, was a patient at Dundee’s Maryfield Hospital in 1965. Due to doctors’ beliefs that shorter fasts are preferable to longer ones, only a brief fast was initially anticipated. Barbieri only ate vitamins, electrolytes, an unknown amount of yeast (a source of all essential amino acids), and zero-calorie beverages like tea,…
Barbieri, a 27-year-old Tayport resident, was a patient at Dundee’s Maryfield Hospital in 1965. Due to doctors’ beliefs that shorter fasts are preferable to longer ones, only a brief fast was initially anticipated.
Barbieri only ate vitamins, electrolytes, an unknown amount of yeast (a source of all essential amino acids), and zero-calorie beverages like tea, coffee, and sparkling water for 382 days, ending on July 11, 1966, though he occasionally drank small amounts of milk and/or sugar with the beverages, particularly during the final week. Barbieri, on the other hand, refused to believe them and insisted on continuing because “he adapted so well and was eager to reach his “ideal” weight.”
Who Survived The Longest Without Food?
Between June 1965 and July 1966, Angus Barbieri, a Scotsman who died on September 7, 1990, fasted for 382 days. He subsisted on tea, coffee, soda water, and vitamins while living at home in Tayport, Scotland, and frequently visited Maryfield Hospital for medical evaluation. He set a new record for the longest fast and lost 276 pounds (125 kg).
