[katnip]

I'm not sure you can live too long without water.

Food is different.

[JustPiper]

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.


Jill Irvin
Ohio State University

source: Nutrition in Perspective, Patricia Kreutler, 1980