The Minnesota Starvation Experiment

Box of taped interviews from Ansel Keys's laboratory are stored at the Library of Congress. Each tape runs roughly two hours in length and contains recollections of 18 subjects who sat down in their 80s to leave a permanent record of their experience. The men called themselves the guinea pigs. It was known as the Minnesota Starvation Experiment. We were in Stadium, South Tower. All the activities at the university were open to us. During their off hours, the men would roam the city. Young men in white shirts and khaki pants, taking long walks along the Mississippi,. sitting in restaurants, drinking coffee, but never eating a thing.