Have you ever heard of someone going on a "water only" diet?

Question

My former foster sister did for a year because she got tired of people calling her fat. & she lost about 80 lbs.

& I knew this lady who considered herself a "breathairian" because her daily diet consisted only of breathing air.

& one time, our 8th grade physical science teacher said that if you go 3 days without food or water, you die. Is this true? Because my brother went a week without eating or drinking anything because he was homeless & living on the streets & he was still alive.


***Sorry for so many questions, but this is all related to lack of eating.

Answer 1

You can live longer without food than without water. Without water- about 2 weeks. Without food- 3 or 4 weeks I'm guessing. You would get really skinny though and its not necessarily good for you.

Answer 2

No you can but you wont nessarcarily die. Drinking only water or just breathing air is anexirexia and very dangerous

Answer 3

Good Grief. All of that is going to extremes. I can understand the homeless man, but the rest is just gruesome. I don't know how either of them survived!

Answer 4

i've herd of the breatharieans...stupid.

your 8th gr. teacehr had her facts odd

it's 3-5wks w/out food, 3-5days w/out water....usualy. that's before you get real sick so the fact that your brother was alive isnt too odd. i bet he was sick, but alive was good.

all water? never heard of that!

Answer 5

lmao thats the most retarded thing ever you will lose ALL muscle mass first wen ur muscle is all gone u will start to lose fat but ull end up looking fat anyways cause u'll have no muscle mass

Answer 6

Yes, that would be effective, although until now I've never heard of one!