{"id":60541,"date":"2025-07-09T10:04:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T00:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60541"},"modified":"2025-07-09T10:04:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T00:04:19","slug":"angus-barbieri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60541","title":{"rendered":"Angus Barbieri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-60542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Angus_Barbieri.jpg\" alt=\"Angus Barbieri\" width=\"768\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Angus_Barbieri.jpg 518w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Angus_Barbieri-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In 1965, a 27-year-old Scottish man named Angus Barbieri walked into a hospital with a strange but determined request: \u201cI want to stop eating.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">At the time, Angus weighed 456 pounds. He wasn\u2019t interested in counting calories or slow diets\u2014he wanted to fast. Completely. Forever, if possible. Doctors at the University of Dundee were skeptical but agreed to supervise him under strict medical care, assuming it would last just a few days.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">But days turned to weeks. Weeks turned into months. And Angus? He kept going.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He drank only water, tea, black coffee, and took occasional vitamin and mineral supplements. Somehow, he didn\u2019t feel hungry. His body adapted, living off the energy stored in his own fat. He said, \u201cI forgot what hunger feels like.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Month after month, Angus defied expectations. His body steadily transformed, and doctors watched in amazement. There were no major health issues. No collapses. Just quiet determination.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">After 382 days\u2014more than a full year without eating a single solid bite\u2014Angus ended the fast in July 1966. His first meal? A boiled egg. A slice of buttered toast. And some coffee. He had lost 276 pounds and weighed a healthy 180 pounds.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">But perhaps the most surprising part? He kept the weight off for the rest of his life.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Angus Barbieri\u2019s fast remains the longest medically supervised fast in recorded history. Doctors emphasize that this should never be attempted without professional oversight. It is rare, risky, and highly individual.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Yet his story stands as a remarkable tale of willpower, transformation, and human endurance\u2014a quiet revolution written one day at a time.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">~Weird Pictures and News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1965, a 27-year-old Scottish man named Angus Barbieri walked into a hospital with a strange but determined request: \u201cI want to stop eating.\u201d At the time, Angus weighed 456 pounds. He wasn\u2019t interested in counting calories or slow diets\u2014he wanted to fast. Completely. Forever, if possible. 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