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for how long can a person live without eating food

atleat 1 and a half month
 
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7 days
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The human body needs food and water to survive. A human can go for more than three weeks without food — Mahatma Gandhi survived 21 days of complete starvation — but water is a different story. At least 60% of the adult body is made of it and every living cell in the body needs it to keep functioning
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1 week
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For 10 days but without watt not a single day
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4 MONTHS
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Food and water consumption is essential to human life. Your body needs energy from food sources and hydration from water to function properly. The many systems in your body work optimally with a varied diet and adequate water intake daily.

But our bodies are also able to survive for days without water. We can go days or sometimes weeks without food because of adjustments to our metabolism and energy consumption.

 

Why the time period varies

Eliminating food and water intake for a significant period of time is also known as starvation. Your body can be subject to starvation after a day or two without food or water. At that time, the body starts functioning differently to reduce the amount of energy it burns. Eventually, starvation leads to death.

There is no hard and fast “rule of thumb” for how long you can live without food. There’s a lack of scientific research on starvation because it’s now considered unethical to study starvation in human subjects.

There are some studies that explore old research on starvation, as well as examine more recent occurrences of starvation in the real world. These instances include hunger strikes, religious fasts, and other situations.

These studies have uncovered several observations about starvation:

  • An article in Archiv Fur KriminologieTrusted Source states the body can survive for 8 to 21 days without food and water and up to two months if there’s access to an adequate water intake.
  • Modern-day hunger strikes have provided insight into starvation. One study in the British Medical JournalTrusted Source cited several hunger strikes that ended after 21 to 40 days. These hunger strikes ended because of the severe, life-threatening symptoms the participants were experiencing.
  • There seems to be a certain “minimum” number on the body mass index (BMI) scale for survival. According to the journal Nutrition, men with a BMI of less than 13 and women with a BMI of less than 11 cannot sustain life.
  • An article in the British Medical JournalTrusted Source concludes that those who are of a normal weight will lose a higher percentage of their body weight and muscle tissue faster than those who are obese when starving during the first three days.
  • According to the journal Nutrition, women’s body composition makes them able to withstand starvation longer.
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1month
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4 days is the answer
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Dear Poonam Sawhney,
A person can live only 4 hours  without food.

Thanks and Regards,
Tanishk Sharma
#StaySafe.
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2-5 days and then he may die
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when the person's body have the fat when there is not fat in the person's body so the person is not alive
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30 to 40 days
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generally  People should get the essential thing   they need to get in their life span . 
  People can   minimum live for 35 - 40 days  and maximum 1 month 



 
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1 MONTH,I THINK SOO
 
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mostly two or five days
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The body can survive for 8 to 21 days without food and water and up to two months if there's access to an adequate water intake.

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Perhaps 10 days.......
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not much days
 
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Mostly 10 to 11 days
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8 - 21 Days

Regards.
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2 months??
 
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1 week
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2 days
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Around a month
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For maximum a person can live 5 hrs without food not more than that or else the person will die .
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9 days! If with water and fruits! No water or food! mostly 2 days
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between 15-20
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2-5 days
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What???
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Dear student


An article in Archiv Fur Kriminologie states the body can survive for 8 to 21 days without food and water and up to two months if there's access to an adequate water intake. Modern-day hunger strikes have provided insight into starvation

I hope this will help you
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Dear student

An article in Archiv Fur Kriminologie states the body can survive for?8 to 21 days without food and water?and up to two months if there's access to an adequate water intake. Modern-day hunger strikes have provided insight into starvation


I hope this will help you

Regards cheers!
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Dear student


An article in Archiv Fur Kriminologie states the body can survive for 8 to 21 days without food and water and up to two months if there's access to an adequate water intake. Modern-day hunger strikes have provided insight into starvation

I hope this will help you
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that depends upon the person's ability
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maybe 3-4 weeks
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