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> For 382 days ending on 11 July 1966, he consumed only vitamins, electrolytes, and zero-calorie beverages such as tea, coffee, and sparkling water, although he
by explorigin 6y ago
> For 382 days ending on 11 July 1966, he consumed only vitamins, electrolytes, and zero-calorie beverages such as tea, coffee, and sparkling water, although he occasionally consumed small amounts of milk and/or sugar with the beverages, especially during the final weeks of the fast.
That's an apples to oranges comparison with hibernation. Your body needs some vitamins to process body fat into energy.
- guerby 6y agoIt's unclear wether vitamins and electrolytes supplements were necessary or not during this fast. If you read the paper: https://pmj.bmj.com/content/postgradmedj/49/569/203.full.pdf https://pmj.bmj.com/content/postgradmedj/49/569/203.full.pdf It looks like supplements were not given continuously. I'm not an expert but some doctors on youtube point to studies which show stable levels of many things during extended fasting: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9374844/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9374844/ https://thefastingmethod.com/vitamins-and-calcium/ https://thefastingmethod.com/vitamins-and-calcium/ Fat, liver, kidney store lots of useful things. Some things like salt are easy to find all year anyway, they don't run away :).