Minatamis na Saging. Minatamis na Saging is a dessert dish wherein plantains (locally known as âsaging na sabaâ) are sweetened by cooking in a sweet mixture composed of water, brown sugar, salt, and vanilla extract. This is one of the quick and easy Filipino dessert recipes that we have.
Chris Beckman gave a great explanation of how that is possible. I'd be a little wary of the 11 pounds estimate. For example Human head article on Wikipedia puts that figure down to 5-11 lbs. But this is quite irrelevant since in many cultures you see people (especially women) carrying great loads atop their heads either for cultural reasons.
InfoPlease explains that human skin weighs between  8 to 10 pounds in normal adults, with around 22 square feet of area. The skin is the largest organ in the body in terms of weight and area. One of the smallest organs in the body, the pineal gland, weighs around 0.2 gram, or 0.007 ounce. The pineal gland is in the center of the brain, according to Kids Discover. The parathyroid is between 0.004 and 0.006 ounce, or 0.12 to 0.18 gram.