> Died: 7 September 1990 (aged 50–51)
Odd how this part often gets ignored when his example is cited.
Odd how this part often gets ignored when his example is cited.
It's not a surprise that his lifespan was shorter than average.
Given his death was a quarter of a century after he finished his fast, I'm not sure it makes the causal implication you are suggesting.
Given all of the purported health benefits of fasting I see touted on HN, and given how long he fasted, if anything I'd expect him to have lived to 100.
Allegedly health problems from obesity and stomach bleeding killed him. Questionably related to the fast,probably related to the health problems that got him to do the fast in the forst place.
E.g. one lady (1st case in the lnk below) who fasted for 4 months ended up in the hospital for 3 weeks with cardiac arrhythmias and they also found her heart tissue muscles were scared and filled with holes (I believe thats what vacuolated means)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1238550/pdf/wes...
I'm a fan of a 7 day prolonged fast, but not for anything longer
"Remember, to be healthy you need to have 5 small meals during the day. Don't let yourself get hungry," cry the Western dieticians.