Can a human live off liquids?

Question

Just liquids like water, milk, alcohol, tea and fruit juice. Not mashed, crushed, grinded up solids mixed with a liquid, just pure liquids?

Answer 1

probably not indefinitely

Answer 2

If your liquid definition for this question includes fruit and vegetable juice, you could theoretically get all or most of the necessary nutirients, vitamins, and calories to sustain yourself. You would be getting fat and protein from milk, then vitamins from the juice. You would definitely have to drink a lot though, and it really won't make you feel satisfied because it will go through your body very quickly.

Plenty of people live off of a more expanded version of a liquid diet when they have to have their jaw sewn shut for a short amount of time. The explanded version would include smoothies (ground up fruit and veggies), which would make things much easier. More fiber, easier to get protein (by using protein powder or silken tofu), and thicker so it would satisfy easier.

I'd never recommend a liquid diet to anyone - your digestive system will get a little out of whack from not eating solids so when you finally go back to eating them, you are not going to be a happy camper for a few weeks while your body gets back into the swing of things.

Answer 3

what is a pure liquid? all the liquids u mentioned are just particles in water. But yes you can survive of just liquids. sounds gross but if u drank blood you would have protein. Milk= fat. Fruit juice gives you vitamins. But u would not be healthy because u need complex carbohydrates to break down to give long term energy, would give you diarrhearhe (sp)

I wouldnt try it if i were u, unless u film it and make a feature film.... £1000000?!?!?!?!?!- i would want a percentage.

Answer 4

Yes but wouldn't be much fun to do this. When I was nursing, I met many patients who had a variety of bowel disorders who could only have liquid food - either orally or through a tube. Although their physical health was satisfactory, their actual quality of life wasn't great - all the things they missed out on that we all take for granted - and on many, this had a profound psychological impact. I wouldn't advise it & wonder why your question came to mind.

Answer 5

interesting, would expect eventually for it to catch up with you if you did only live off liquids, but assuming you get calorific values and vitimins you'd last a while. Incidentally one CSI episode I watched said the human body can survive 3 mins without air, 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food. Thumbs up for a fab question though.

Answer 6

Water is in touch in most of the chemical reactions necessary for all times, meaning the molecules could desire to be unfastened to go. Ice molecules are fixed in place, and steam molecules are too some distance aside to have interplay. The human physique is adapted to consistently be at an quite specific temperature; once you consume ice or inhale steam, it turns to liquid water. you ought to replace your water intake with ice in case you preclude your mouth and throat from freezing. combating your self from overheating on a similar time as you assemble adequate steam to equivalent a tumbler of water could be much greater durable.

Answer 7

yes you can i take care of a client who has had a feeding tube for a lot of years and we put a drink in the bag called two-cal but remember she is also supervised by a doctor on a regular basic and doesn't walk. I wouldn't recommend anyone doing that with out talking to a doctor because it can have certain health affects.

Answer 8

Yes. It's called the Cambridge Diet and it costs a lot of money.

Answer 9

Yes, if they contain the appropriate vitamins for good health.

Answer 10

I think you can survive on just water for quite awhile.

Answer 11

Probably not. As what waste would the human poop?