# What's the worst that can happen if I eat 500 calories a day?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 2, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-that-can-happen-if-i-eat-500-calories-a-day/819008 "2018-08-02T23:50:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-that-can-happen-if-i-eat-500-calories-a-day/819008/41 "2018-08-09T18:47:44Z")

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> **[This 450 Pound Man Fasted For Over A Year And He Lost More Than Half His Weight](https://thoughtcatalog.com/dr-chet-williams/2014/06/this-450-pound-man-fasted-for-over-a-year-and-he-lost-more-than-half-his-weight/)**
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> And he was deemed healthy in the end.

Read up on a man who fasted for more than a year.

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