explain or prove it
2007-06-02 13:43:10 · 10 answers · asked by choreyari 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
i am not starving my self i just want to now because i read it in a book
2007-06-02 13:52:08 · update #1
Not on a long-term basis.
Your body needs two additional nutrients : one for energy (carbohydrates and fats) and the other for repair of worn out tissues (proteins).
Water, minerals and vitamins just facilitate the use of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. And yes, they too are essential.
If the body do not get carbs, fats and proteins, but gets the items you specified, it starts to feed on itself, beginning with fats and then proteins.
So people who want to loose weight must be careful not to decrease their caloric intake by more than 20 %. If they do, the body will recognize that it is starving and begin to conserve on the little it receives. The result is a weight GAIN. If this starvation is taken too far, muscles will be lost to supply the required protein. Less muscles, less energy burned, weight gain. And such persons wonder why they gain weight while they are on such a strict diet.
2007-06-02 13:47:12 · answer #1 · answered by flandargo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you might not starve before your mitochondria run out of energy and your body will shut down anyway.
but an diet based on this might provide you with some benefits... replacement therapy using reasonable vitamins and abstaining from carbs and proteins (aka, starvation diet) does tend tolead to a much pronounced longer lifespan. healthy mice lived for 1.5 times longer than the regular diet and vitamined ones did.
make sure the essentails are there, plenty of water, little contaminates, and not a lot of hig carb junk food to burn off the anti-oxydents your body naturally has and you should live a long time. sugar and carbs in diet equal aging and not living to max lif span. sk any 120 year old!
2007-06-02 17:23:41 · answer #2 · answered by johnjohnwuzhere 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For a while, but you will soon suffer from malnutrition regardless of the vitamins and minerals. Your body needs food to survive.
2007-06-02 13:51:45 · answer #3 · answered by b97st 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well an adult can survive up to 70 days without food but with water and minerals and vitamins can help so maybe 100 days??
2007-06-02 22:56:05 · answer #4 · answered by JennieRose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes for 20 days
2007-06-02 13:45:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no beacuse u get nutrients from food that u cant get from pillz like cholerstal and fat it is not smart to start starving urself beacuse u want to lose weightif i were u jiz idn eat less
2007-06-02 13:49:24 · answer #6 · answered by feet 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your body still needs energy, and you really can't get that from pills and water. You need calories!
2007-06-02 13:49:10 · answer #7 · answered by Brundige 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you also need calories from some source and essential amino acids and fatty acids.
2007-06-02 13:52:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you would die from dehydration before malnutrition
2007-06-02 14:33:53 · answer #9 · answered by Professor Kitty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have a go and let me know
2007-06-02 13:49:56 · answer #10 · answered by capa-de-monty 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋