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   ♥♥falloutchey♥♥
   September 12th, 2011 - 19:22

   Somewhere, I heard a simple adage about survival: The Three Threes…

   • Three minutes without air.
   • Three days without water.
   • Three weeks without food.

   I dont know how accurate this is. Surely, survival times without food and water would be subject to considerable variation depending on one’s initial physical condition, the environment in which one was attempting to survive, and how much physical exertion was required. I suppose that the Three Threes probably represents a general ballpark estimate, based on an average person under average conditions of temperature, humidity, and physical exertion.
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   monkiegirl
   September 12th, 2011 - 19:22

   3 minutes without air
   3 days without water
   3 weeks without food
3. 

   the_silverfoxx
   September 12th, 2011 - 19:22

   depends on your system
4. 

   aloveis24
   September 12th, 2011 - 19:22

   I think 7 days. But you really should eat something!!!
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   bee_neal
   September 12th, 2011 - 19:22

   I believe seven days without eating. If you dont feel like eating you should think about taking vitamins/minerals and maybe a health shake like slim fast. You need certain vitamins and minerals or you will have major health issues. Please go back to eating :)
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   chele182001
   September 12th, 2011 - 19:22

   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.

   Thanks for the interesting question.

   Jill Irvin
   Ohio State University

   source: Nutrition in Perspective, Patricia Kreutler, 1980
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   briandoogan13
   September 12th, 2011 - 19:22

   I think it takes 7 days to starve to death, by the by if your depressed or anything like that not eating will weaken your body and actualy cause you to become more and more depressed as it pogreeses, my advice to you is to gt a bowl of soup or something easy on the stomach and force yourself to eat it, that and some serious communication between you n the missus should help you to feel better after a while…hope this helps buddy
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   big jay 7
   September 12th, 2011 - 19:22

   Jesus went over a month..

   David Blane also went a long time..

   a few days will not kill you..

   i would think over 30 days might mess you up…
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   Kaitlyn
   September 12th, 2011 - 19:22

   Technically it is not good to go without food and just drinking water for long at all. That said, however, science suggests that the body can sustain itself for forty days without food, survivng off the fat in your body. Do some research on water fasting and those websites have a lot more information. You should eat, or meditate or something to work through what is upsetting you so much. This really isn’t healthy. `
10. 

    rehobothbeachgui
    September 12th, 2011 - 19:22

    The old saw is the rule of threes 3minutes with out air, 3 days without water, 3 weeks without food. but long before you hit 21 days you will probably need to be hospitalized.

    No mater what your problems, you need to force yourself to eat. Get some nutrition bars or ensure, force yourself to at least have one for breakfast. Getting sick will only make yous situation worse.
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    cope_acetic
    September 12th, 2011 - 19:22

    It depends on how much fat they have stored up. Some bigger people can (and HAVE) lasted 6 weeks or more. You don’t wanna know what troubles comes with that, tho!!!
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    Manny
    September 12th, 2011 - 19:22

    Supposedly from 10 to 14 days.
    Cheer up mate, you will need your energy!!
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    ke su
    September 12th, 2011 - 19:22

    If you have something to eat it will help your emotional state and keep you thinking more clearly.

    Try a few bites of yogurt it will be easy on your stomache and give you some nutrition.
    Pretzels easy on stomache,and herbal tea.

    As far as time….You should have a few bites here and there even if your not feeling like it.

    After about 2 weeks your body starts shutting down.
    It is really damaging.
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    ya_peace gurl
    September 12th, 2011 - 19:22

    2 weeks at the most.
    Jesus believed in god and he went for 40 days!
    but i don’t think 40 will work for you.
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    jericbryledy
    September 12th, 2011 - 19:22

    It depends on your stored fats
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    Diosa Nefer
    September 12th, 2011 - 19:22

    I’ve heard of christians fasting for 20 to 30 days. Only drinking water and praying.
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    sweetnmean1
    September 12th, 2011 - 19:22

    I know what u mean. Me and my husband split up one time and i didnt eat anything for a 4 days. On the 4th day I felt like i was going to throw up. and my head started to hurt. I didnt even realize that i had not eaten anything. so i bought a pack of crackers and it went away. Then i didnt eat for another 3 days. I lost 24 pounds during all of this. which that was ok. but im sure that everyone suffers from not eating in many different ways. and who knows what the long term effect of this can be. if anything i would at least drink a milk shake once a day.its not really eating when you have to drink it. try to eat something. cause u really dont know how ur body is gonna react to this. you dont want to hurt you self anymore than what has hurt you to do this to start with. good luck.

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