Ohio Man Gives Up Food for Lent, Takes Up Diet of 17th Century Monks: Beer

Glasses of Paulaner beer during a festival in Germany on Sept. 12, 2016. The Paulaner brewery was established by monks in the 17th century, who found a way of brewing beer with enough nutrients to sustain them through Lent without food. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

Inspired by super-strict brewer monks of the 17th century, an Ohio man has given up eating food for the 46 days of Lent and is planning on getting all the sustenance he needs from beer.

Just over a week into his “supersize me” experiment and Del Hall has already lost over 14 pounds, and claims to feel “amazing” on his liquid diet.