Episode #64 - Fasting for 46 Days with Ron Coleman - Richard on Karen Carpenter

[alanwil2]

Richard said Karen Carpenter died when the doctors refeed her and this action pulled electrolytes from her body those causing her death. This statement is not accurate. Fasting didn’t cause her death. Karen was using ipecac syrup which will cause vomiting in a person. Ipecac syrup, an over-the-counter emetic, attacks the heart muscle and will cause the heart to not beat correcting. Karen died from heart failure.

Karen Carpenter

Thanks,
Alan

[trekkin1]

Here’s another interesting detail about her diet:

“She rigorously ate lean foods, drank eight glasses of water a day, and avoided fatty foods.”

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