For an average man, how long is he/she can stay alive without eating any food except plain water?

Question

She/He must not move or work heavily except normal talk, walk, sit, lay down, sleep, normal hygiene practice, no medicine , no juices or pills.

Answer 1

In 2003, Chen Jianmin of Luzhou City, China went 49 days like that.
This year, I am planning to smash that record by going well beyond 49 days.
HA! I SPIT on 49 measley days.
I'm going for a full decade!
That's right. TEN years... NO food... just WATER and AIR.
They say you gotta eat? I don't have to do anything I don't want to!

Answer 2

about three weeks with no food.

Incidentally, the record for someone going without food AND water was 18 days, in the case of a dutch guy who was put in a cell in a police station and then forgotten about for two and a half weeks. He was near death when they found him, but made a full recovery. He had not committed a crime, but was involved in a traffic accident.

Answer 3

I worked in a nursing home, and Alzheimers patients will often stop eating when the disease prgoresses that far. I have seen skinny people go in a few days and fatter people last a few weeks - the most was about six weeks that I can remember. Why?

Answer 4

I beg to differ, but it is 4/4/40.
That means 4 minutes without air, 4 days without water, and 40 days without food. However, what is average?? And since these numbers are averages, all of them will not apply to everyone.

Answer 5

An avg healthy male can go 40 days without food. I have known several people who have done this for spiritual reasons. Always check with Dr. first and do research.

Answer 6

It's the rule of 3...
3 minutes without air
3 days without water
3 weeks without food.

Answer 7

i guess 2 mounth