2006-12-11 04:17:55 · 11 answers · asked by sbmichalak 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
you can go a long time just keep drinking water and take a multivitamin. very unhealthy though but if you are doing it for religious meanings go for it.
2006-12-11 04:24:00 · answer #1 · answered by ITryHard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is no. You can do some very harmful things to your body. One being the already mentioned liver and kindey failure. Also I have heard and seen people have seizures due to not eating. And I would not rely on body fat. No matter what you need to have at least 2% body fat to protect your vital organs, and if you are already skinny, then you run a higher risk of developing an eating disorder by not eating. If you are worried about being to big, eat more food in lesser portions. The last thing I would want to hear about is a girl dying of an eating disorder because she thought she was to fat. Please take care of yourself.
2006-12-11 12:58:01 · answer #2 · answered by Tyler C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The longer your body goes without food, the more it stores up the fat your body already has, because it is afraid of starving. You will then lose muscle, not fat. The best way to lose fat is to eat five or six small meals a day, it will speed up your metabolism and help you lose fat, not muscle.
2006-12-11 12:21:52 · answer #3 · answered by smartypants909 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends on how long have you been starving yourself for. I have battled anorexia for 12 years and if I started to completely not eat again I would die in about a couple of weeks. Only because my body is already damaged and 50 pounds under weight. It also depends on what else you are doing, I exercise obsessively amongst other things and that would factor in.
Yes your body will consume whatever reserves you have and then it becomes cannibal and eats itself. Sounds messed up but your body will go to drastic measures to stay at a functioning level. It eats your muscles as an energy source, and you heart is a muscle. That damage to your heart is not fixable.
2006-12-11 13:07:21 · answer #4 · answered by TritanBear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are trying to lose weight, it is a bad idea to go without food...if you do, your body goes into starvation mode and will keep the fat around as long as it can! Thats why they say to eat 5 times a day...it keeps your metabolism up... So I guess the answer to your question would be, a reaaallly long time! Do it the healthy way.
2006-12-11 12:20:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
DO NOT starve yourself! When you do not eat, your body begins to slowly shut down, locking in all the nutrients (fat) your body is currently storing. After about a week you will have to be hospitalized and risk serious life-threating consequences. You could even die! So I do not reccomend this at all! Instead, eat a balanced diet and excercise regularly. Good luck!
2006-12-11 12:26:40 · answer #6 · answered by loila k 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It will burn fat, and muscle. Eat a healthy diet with lots of fruits and vegatables, and watch out for "bad" fat. (any kind of fat or oil that is solid at room temp is not good.)
2006-12-11 12:21:20 · answer #7 · answered by Jessy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you will pass out and they will give you IV's to make your heart keep beating because your potassium levels will go down to almost nothing.
Killing yourself to lose weight is not the right idea
2006-12-11 12:21:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read about the "Master Cleanser" Diet on google.com
2006-12-11 12:20:27 · answer #9 · answered by god knows and sees else Yahoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your body will go into starvation mode and it will try to slow down all your body organ activities
2006-12-11 12:45:06 · answer #10 · answered by Big Mak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋