Man lives on Mars Bars, more than 4000 a year

[Mathgirl]

Life on Mars (Bars)
"People say it's bad for me but I drink lots of orange juice and take vitamins. I haven't changed my diet for 17 years and my health is fine," he added.

Read more at: Meet the man who's lived 17 years on just Mars chocolate bars! Wonder if he's still going strong?

 

[milk_lover]

I went to their website and this is what they listed as ingredients for a Mars bar:

INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, GLUCOSE SYRUP, SKIMMED MILK POWDER, COCOA BUTTER, COCOA MASS, SUNFLOWER OIL, MILK FAT, LACTOSE AND PROTEIN FROM WHEY (FROM MILK), WHEY POWDER (FROM MILK), PALM FAT, FAT REDUCED COCOA, BARLEYMALT EXTRACT, EMULSIFIER (SOYA LECITHIN), SALT, EGG WHITE POWDER, MILK PROTEIN, NATURAL VANILLA EXTRACT, MILK CHOCOLATE CONTAINS MILKSOLIDS 14% MINIMUM

It does not look that healthy. Sunflower oil, separated proteins, soya lecithin etc. The ratio of saturated fat to total fat is less than 50% unfortunately. But enjoying a bar from time to time is not a concern.

 

[reality]

The guy does not look healthy at all, and looks about 50
Also, how do we know how he feels, or how many health problems he has that he isn’t disclosing. The body can survive on crap for a long time, but deterioration will show up sooner or later (sooner in this case)

 

[DrJ]

Dude looks like he's diabetic or pre-diabetic. Has to be deficient in B vitamins. But the fat in Mars bars does have a high degree of saturation so at least there's that.

 

[Peater]

It's from 2008 so it would be interesting to see what condition he's in now.