Food, Memes, and Potassium: fp  fact point  In 1965, a morbidly obese man didn't eat food for  over an entire year. The 27 year old was 456lbs and  was put under an experimental fast by doctors. He  ingested only multivitamins and potassium tablets  for 382 days and defecated once every 40 to 50 days.  He ended up losing 275lbs.  s factpoint.net