>>11366156>to be fair that was self-reported.No. It was legitimate. He only had water with the occasional shot of vitamins and electrolytes (which were done out of precaution on the doctor's part rather than medical necessity) until later into the last stretch of the fast when he started having non-caloric liquids too.
If you're morbidly obese you're likely able to last a very long time off of water. That's pretty much what getting fat is for. NASA's even been looking into using fat astronauts so they can make it on long space trips where the supply constraints for food would otherwise be limited. Basically pseudo-hibernation and living off fat stores.
