Michel Lotito

Michel Lotito (born June 15, 1950 in Grenoble , † June 25, 2007 ) was a French showman . His ability to apparently eat metal without being harmed made him known internationally and secured him an entry in the Guinness Book of Records under the entry "Strangest Diet".

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Lotito was nicknamed Monsieur Mangetout ( Mr. Omnivorous ). He is said to have started eating glass and metal in adolescence. He suffered from the rare eating disorder pica syndrome , although for unknown reasons he suffered no health problems . X-rays are said to have shown that his stomach could absorb up to 900 grams of metal a day. The artist performed worldwide with this extraordinary and, according to experts, unique ability.

From 1966 to 1997 he ate 18 bicycles, 15 supermarket carts, seven televisions, six candlesticks, two beds, a pair of skis, a Cessna 150 light aircraft , a computer and a coffin (with the handles). He is said to have consumed up to nine tons of metal in the course of his life. He chopped the objects up into bite-sized pieces with an electric saw , which he could then simply swallow. According to his own statement, the bicycle chain should have been the most delicious.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Le Livre Guinness des records 1998, Paris, France, Guinness Media SAS, 1997, 281 p. ( ISBN 2-911792-04-1 , présentation en ligne), p. 65 (French)
2. ↑ Michel Lotito - The Man Who Ate An Airplane And Everything Else. Gabdig, October 13, 2015, accessed September 1, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Le repas le plus bizarre. In: L'Internaute . March 18, 2008, accessed on November 19, 2014 (French, annotated photo series on Guinness records). 
4. ↑ Weird world records: bizarre entries in the Guinness Book of World Records. The Telegraph , accessed September 1, 2019 . 
5. ^ Strangest diet. Guinness Book of Records , accessed September 1, 2019 . 

See also

• Pica syndrome