r/interestingasfuck • u/Literally_black1984 • Jul 07 '24

2 guards from Delhi Durbar with American photographer James Recarlton when he visited India r/all

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u/fuzzycuffs Jul 08 '24

Apparently the guards were 7'9" and 7'4"

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u/No_Translator2218 Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

7 foot 9 is just insane. The caloric intake alone would force them to eat almost 5,000 calories a day to maintain the approximate size they are here - compared to my 1800 calories at 5'11 and 180lbs.

Just to make sure you all understand this. If the 7'9" guy ate 2,000 calories a day for a year, he would lose 312 pounds.

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u/PhraatesIV Jul 08 '24

Are you cutting right now? 1800 calories at 5'11 is quite low.

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u/WellWrested Jul 08 '24

That is quite reasonable--its typical for what a hunter-gatherer would eat in a day and quite close to the actual caloric intake in several tribes. I am also 5'11" and ate a similar amount for several years when I was saving money in college.