2007-02-18 11:37:13 · 15 answers · asked by God Son 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
A person can live without food for quite some time, usually for many weeks.
The body will use its fat and protein stores (muscles) to help it survive.
If a person has a lot of fat stores (is very heavy), they will live longer than a
person who has very little fat (very thin), so how long a person can survive
depends a lot of the person. Of course, if you go without food for a few weeks,
you will be very weak since you have been using your own muscles for energy.
Water is a different story. A person will die within 3-4 days without water. The
size of the person really doesn't make much difference.
2007-02-18 11:42:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without food but with water, a human life could last 2-3 weeks, but without water, a person dies within 3-5 days
2007-02-18 11:43:47 · answer #2 · answered by sciencenerd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without water 3-4 days.
Without food up to 3 weeks.
2007-02-18 11:41:45 · answer #3 · answered by cake.faced (?) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's 3 Days with out food or water
2007-02-18 11:47:37 · answer #4 · answered by bluberrypanther 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is what I've heard. You can go about 4-11 days without food but without food or water it's like 3-4 days. Why would you want to starve yourself anyway?
2007-02-18 11:40:58 · answer #5 · answered by cul8r07 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First help classes (used to) instruct 30 days without nutrition, 3 days without water, 3 minutes without blood. that they had a factor to make approximately blood, yet i've got self assurance 30 days is a robust rule of thumb. As on your difficulty of becoming a "complete restoration to well-being", starvation would reveal a weak point no longer in the previous generally happening. So your total question is fairly "how long is purely somewhat string?"
2016-10-15 23:25:08 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes you hear about people trapped in rubble after earthquakes for 11 days before they were rescued alive. they survived for 11 days without water !
You can live for a month or longer without food. Of course it always depends on the person's health, age, and if they are moving around alot, in hot weather, etc.
2007-02-18 11:42:45 · answer #7 · answered by PH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't drink water everyday. I've went 3 to 4 days without water and i didn't die. But then I'm dumb and retarded.
2007-02-18 11:47:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It varies, but you'll die of lack of water not lack of food. It's on the order of a few days.
2007-02-18 11:40:59 · answer #9 · answered by Meg W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No water, maybe 3 days.
No food, maybe 3 weeks.
It depends how hydrated the person was to start off with, and how much carbohydrate/fat reserves they had stored up beforehand, as well as how well they are nutritionally.
2007-02-18 11:41:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋