The 382 day fast
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In 1971, Angus Barbieri entered the Guiness Book of World Records for going 382 days without eating. Incredible... Still today, doctors contend that a human being cannot remain more than 80 days without absorbing food, and yet this Scotsman lasted over a year. He owes it all to his extraordinary will to lose weight...
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