[cherry]

don’t believe it either....there is such a thing as malnutrition and electrolyte imbalance and obese people an suffer from both..

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Barbieri took vitamins on various occasions throughout the fast, including potassium and sodium supplements.

[Hugin]

Well, he wasn’t really fasting, he “ate” 276 lbs of his own fat. As for malnutrition, it does say he took vitamins and minerals. Totally plausible.

[tbw2]

Barbieri took vitamins on various occasions throughout the fast, including potassium and sodium supplements.
Add in coffee, tea and other drinks that could have sugar in them, and he was simply on a very low calorie diet with sufficient nutrition.

[JimRed]

...there is such a thing as malnutrition and electrolyte imbalance and obese people an suffer from both..

But taking vitamins and supplements can offset those effects. Once the body shifts to fat burning as an energy source since it denied carbs it should work. But for that long? I don't know and I don't even play a doctor on TV.

[Albion Wilde]

don’t believe it either....there is such a thing as malnutrition and electrolyte imbalance

The article, had you read it, said he checked into the hospital regularly for checkups and took sodium and potassium tablets under medical supervision. Those are the minerals that control electrolyte balance.