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Joe Pagnelli & Saffron Otter

'Titanium bellied' man eats out-of-date foods - including 73-day-old fried egg

A man who says he has a 'titanium belly' has gone viral on TikTok after experimenting with how far he can stretch the shelf life of foods - including eating a fried egg 73 days past its best before date when another the same age had turned green.

Gavin Wren, 44, from Forest Gate, east London, is on a mission to make households think twice before chucking out staple foods from their fridges that could last far longer than expected.

His experiments, which have amassed more than four million views on the social media platform, look at what happens when he eats certain foods out of date - many of which are against government safety advice.

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