Lester Glick moved to Minneapolis and became a guinea pig for Ansel Keys' experiment. He documents in his diaries his descent into a kind of hell, says David Frum. "He understands that what it means to be hungry is not a momentary physiological deficit," he writes. In the end, Lester Glick discovers he has developed tuberculosis as a result of his ordeal.
Lester Glick’s year in the Minnesota Starvation Experiment cost him his hoped-for career and also left him with an eating disorder for the rest of his life. But like many of the other volunteers, he said he would have done it again in a heartbeat. Revisionist History explores the scientific legacy of this experiment, and asks whether it’s time to reimagine our understanding of sacrifice.
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