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In the 1971 edition of The Guinness Book of Records, Barbieri's 382-day fast was recognized as the longest recorded. [1] As of 2025, Barbieri retains the record for the longest fast without solid food. Guinness does not actively encourage records relating to fasting for fear of encouraging unsafe behaviour. [1] [5]
Eventually she got some more outside help from a physiotherapist and soon her weight dropped to 500 pounds (230 kg), a total weight loss of 553 pounds (251 kg). Bradford persisted with her weight-loss plan [ 5 ] and eventually reduced her weight to 283 pounds (128 kg), claiming a total weight loss of 917 pounds (416 kg). [ 6 ]
As a 19-year-old, Paul reached his peak weight; more than 520 pounds (235 kg). Starting in 1967, as a New Year's resolution, he decided to start fasting to lose weight because he was tired of being ridiculed. [2] In an interview posted in the Boca Raton News on March 22, 1981, Paul made this statement on the resolution, "I quit eating right there.
The Guinness World Record researchers get many more records approved than they can fit in a single book. There are visits to history — pirate ships and shipwrecks — and pages devoted to record ...
Billy and Benny McCrary, holders of Guinness World Records's World's Heaviest Twins. Alayna Morgan (1948–2009), heavy woman from Santa Rosa, California. Ricky Naputi (1973–2012), heaviest man from Guam. Carl Thompson (1982–2015), heaviest man in the United Kingdom whose weight at death was 413 kg (911 lb; 65 st 1 lb).
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In January 1970, Alekseyev set his first world record, and during the 1970 World Weightlifting Championship in Columbus, he was the first man to clean and jerk 500 pounds (227 kg) in competition. During one of his early world records, Oscar State OBE remarked that the weight of over 460 pounds (209 kg) in the Olympic press looked so easy it ...
The flashy new company is all about developing “tools” for weight loss, and these bars are their first installment. It’s a big promise for a small bar. Costing anywhere from $3.25 to $4.75 a ...