how long can someone live not eating anything and just drinking water?
2006-08-12 12:10:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Well u can survive without food for about 3 weeks and you can survive without water for 5 days i think
2006-08-12 12:13:09 · answer #1 · answered by clueless 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends, but as long as you have plenty of water to stay well hydrated, most people could live up to a couple of weeks with no food. Some people could last longer. May God bless and keep you.
2006-08-12 19:13:35 · answer #2 · answered by blowry007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what kind of fat stores that person has and if they are taking good mulitvitamins. The more fat stores, the longer they could live and the vitamins would make certain they are getting nutrients needed for survival. It wouldn't be healthy at all and their metabolism would be shot for life.
2006-08-12 19:13:29 · answer #3 · answered by fightintxaggie98 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 days
2006-08-12 19:12:19 · answer #4 · answered by oceanlady580 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the person was healthy and had a fair amount of body fat, and kept still and warm to preserve energy, then longer than you might think, maybe 2 weeks.
Wouldn't be pleasant though your teeth and hair would fall out and you would become skinny and fragile.
2006-08-12 19:59:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Long enough to wish it were shorter. Please see the following article:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_209.html
Edited to add: I do realize the article is aimed at the question "Can man live by bread alone", but it has some good points - especially about Vitamin C and the lack of it and other nutrients.
2006-08-12 19:13:07 · answer #6 · answered by They call me ... Trixie. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ohhhh lets see, I think one could go for quite awhile, but why would you? You would get weaker and weaker every day, and ugh what a way to go! Miserable! Your body would start shutting down.
2006-08-12 19:15:00 · answer #7 · answered by trainer53 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think up to 2 weeks, but I'm not a health and nutrition expert.
2006-08-12 19:12:53 · answer #8 · answered by DG 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
up to 30 days ... depends on your weight.
If you're a skinny person it could last 5 days till you collapse, if you're mora like an elephant it could last up to 30 days. :o)
2006-08-12 23:15:08 · answer #9 · answered by Mika M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water is sooo important they would probably like die in... 1 week or later. I don't know, sorray!
2006-08-12 19:12:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋