They have everything you can think of; protein pills, carb pills, multi-vitamins, appetite suppresants, and many many more that I dont have the room to mention. In the right combination, would you be able to survive on only pills and water? Again, I dont plan on doing this, im only curious.
2006-07-26 15:25:13 · 9 answers · asked by Lera 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
I'd wonder this once before myself.
No unfortunately, you don't get all you need. Your digestive tract needs to process food or it will shut down.
2006-07-26 15:34:22 · answer #1 · answered by digitalhandout 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. You need the food. You can't get enough nutrients if you just take the pills. Plus you won't get any of the good fat that you need from the pills. Vitamins are helpful, but only when taken with other food. If you just take water and vitamins, the vitamin is basically useless since you won't get even close to the amount of vitamins you actually need. Some vitamins and minerals you can only get from food anyways.
2006-07-26 15:30:51 · answer #2 · answered by dolphinluver22000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would have to eat a whole lot of pills but it can be done, but....I know that many protein supplements can cause diarrhea when taken excessively and you would need special vitamins with enough of your RDA not just a regular multi-vitamin, so it probably wouldnt last very long, few weeks tops.
2006-07-26 15:32:05 · answer #3 · answered by jim w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
NASA has been trying this since the beginning of the space age. They still can't do it. I doubt over the counter pills will do it either.
One of the major problems is, we still have not figured out all the trace elements that are required for successful maintenance of the human body. We got the major ones - protein, calcium, potassium, etc. But there are so many minuscule amount of trace elements that are absolutely essential. We don't know them all, yet.
2006-07-26 15:30:19 · answer #4 · answered by tkquestion 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im not 100% sure but i highly doubt it. your body needs calories which it converts into energy to survive and run. if your just taking pills, you probably wont get a lot of calories.
2006-07-26 15:31:10 · answer #5 · answered by guitar_lady81 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey hun....i wouldnt think so....after all our bodies are made to digest food wether its going down our throats or tube fed....it wouldnt take your stomach very long to digest a pill if thats all one would consume so i would think your stomach would shrink up into practically nothing....don't you?....love daisy
2006-07-26 15:32:22 · answer #6 · answered by crazy_daisy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think so, your body might go into shock or something from lack of food
2006-07-26 15:28:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-26 15:32:16 · answer #9 · answered by iyikka14 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋