r/madlads • u/Paradoxbox00 • Mar 06 '25

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u/ChrisHisStonks Mar 06 '25

I'm assuming there were no vitamins or yeast involved here.

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u/humangingercat Mar 06 '25

I don't even think there was water.

I am pretty sure you can subsist just off of water for at least a month just fine

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u/shawster Mar 06 '25

Yeah, dehydration will get you way more quickly than lack of food. If you aren't already in starvation, 4 weeks without food is generally what I've heard as how long you can go.

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u/DL_Omega Mar 07 '25

It would be dependent on body fat right? Like some 300+ lbs person would have to burn off all that fat before dying if they have water?

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u/Visual-Froyo Mar 07 '25

Nah cos you need potassium and magnesium for essential functions like pumping your heart. These are not stored in fat, therefore the max would be 4 weeks for that. There are other things that you'd need to take supplements for but it is theoretically very possible to survive on a no calorie diet if you have enough fat stored.

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u/Aurum_Corvus Mar 07 '25

The four stored fat-soluble/fat-stored vitamins are DRAKE. Vitamin D, Retinol/Vitamin A, Vitamin K, and Vitamin E.

It's why it's so hard to poison yourself with multi-vitamins or extra intake of vitamins. They're water soluble and exit without much issue.

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u/VladVV Mar 08 '25

Yeh, it's why B12 supplements always come in comically large ranges from 5μg to over 1000μg

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u/Corporate-Shill406 Mar 07 '25

Could you get the required vitamins via suppository, so you don't technically break your fast at all?

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u/Beneficial-Ad3991 Mar 07 '25

Christians are pretty sensitive about things entering their arseholes, no one really knows why.

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u/XenoBiSwitch Mar 07 '25

Until you get them alone at least.

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u/Corporate-Shill406 Mar 08 '25

It's only a sin if it turns you on

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u/Beneficial-Ad3991 Mar 08 '25

So if, theoretically, mustard turns me on, I should shun it, campaign against its use, and be disgusted by people who eat it?.. Damn, what a life I could be living.

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u/IIlilIIlllIIlilII Mar 07 '25

It would surely make you last longer, but humans can't synthesize some important vitamins/nutrients required for survival, and you can't go too long without them. That's why 4 weeks without food being the limit is kinda accurate.

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u/shawster 26d ago

Yes, they could definitely last a lot longer, even missing the minerals and vitamins.