how long??

Question

how long could you go without food for without dying??
im not considering it, i just wondered how long??

what if you don't weigh much??

i weigh 7 stone??

Answer 1

you can live for weeks without food, sometimes longer depending on your weight, as long as you keep drinking. if you stop drinking as well you'll be gone in two weeks tops

Answer 2

Depends on a large number of things.
1. Your present weight - 7 stone wouldn't give you much advantage if trying to survive without eating
2. Whether or not you are taking fluids, and what those fluids were. Just water would help you survive longer but fluids containing energy, (calories,) longer still provided you had not so compromised your systems through fasting that you were no longer able to assimilate them
3. Your metabolic rate, although that would slow down as your fast continued
4. Your environment. Excess heat, cold, contact with other people v solitude, etc
5. How much energy you expended - you'd last longer lying still than attempting to complete a fasting triathlon.
6. Your general health before begining to fast - a pre-existing chronic condition would abbreviate your stay, as might any infection, as your immune system gave up the fight

Pleased to hear you say you aren't considering trying it. Don't know how tall you are but your body weight is on the low side for an adult.

Answer 3

drink 2 2 3 days depends what the weather is like etc food 3 to 4 weeks without it

Answer 4

Month...week? Depends on your current health condition, but you'd probably go in to a coma due to hypoglycemia and end up at a neuro ICU with massive brain damage. You may not even die after that just remain in a vegative state while the hospital feeds through a tube.

Answer 5

You can go without food for a long time, but without water, you'll die in about a week.

Answer 6

I didnt eat for 5 days once when I had tonsilitis and couldnt swallow, I ended up fainting and spent the night in hospital, everyone is different

Answer 7

How long did David Blaine do it for?
I heard it was about 3 weeks!

Answer 8

i was once with 25 days without eating food..i only drank water and ate jello..i was dehydrated and had to be hospitalized

Answer 9

i think jesus did it in the bible for 40days and nights when he was being tempted by satan....but i think you dehydrate after 3 days or 7 days...one of the two i dont remember

Answer 10

i went too crazy about it and i fainted down losin lik 30 pounds in 3 weeks and i got totally weak about it. i got an infection and i got dishydrated....