Drinking instead of eating.
In the 17th century, medieval monks in Bavaria received strict instructions not to eat solid foods during Lent.
Then they had an idea.
Instead of just drinking water, the monks decided to create an extremely potent batch of beer full of carbohydrates and nutrients.
They then named the drink Sankt-Vater-Bier, which translates as "Holy Father's beer."
In 2011, a journalist named J. Wilson contacted a local brewery to recreate this beer.
He drank it for 46 days during Lent and did not eat any solid food.
His diet consisted of drinking four glasses of beer a day on weekdays and five glasses of beer a day on weekends.
Wilson said he was quite hungry in the early days of his experiment, but his body quickly learned to adapt.
"My body ... I shifted gears, replaced hunger with focus, and found myself in a tunnel of clarity like I had never experienced before."
In the end, Wilson lost 25 pounds.
That's not such a bad idea. In medieval times, beer was considered food.
And some doctors still racommend it for weakened people, for example of in Chemotherapia.
But it has to be fresh and genuine.
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