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Peruvian Man Gives the Term ‘Iron Stomach’ New Meaning

by Liberty on July 11th, 2008

Ever eat a huge lunch and feel like your gut was full of lead? Well, if you’re 38-year-old Luis Zarate of Peru, your guts really is full of lead. And other things.

Doctors took X-rays of Mr. Zarate after he complained of sharp stomach pains. What they found was 17 different strange objects littering his stomach and colon. Among them: screws, bolts, barbed-wire, nails, pens, a knife and a watch clasp. Wow.

Not surprisingly, these unusual delicacies had caused Zarate’s stomach to expand, and surgery was performed to remove the unwelcome objects.

Doctors have said that Zarate is mentally ill, but the reasons he went heavy metal are unknown.

I guess I’ll think differently about all that pizza I ate for lunch today after this now, how ’bout you?

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