New blood pressure guidelines suggest many Americans should aim for much lower blood pressure levels. But Consumer Reports explains what that means for you. New blood pressure guidelines suggest many Americans should aim for much lower blood pressure levels.
Most other reports of long-term survival of total starvation, however, have been poorly substantiated. [Editor's Note: Reports of the 1981 hunger strike by political prisoners against the British presence in Northeast Ireland indicate that 10 individuals died after periods of between 46 and 73 days without food.]
Your body would start to shut down. It depends on your health, how long you can go without food. But people in optimal health can go up to a month without food, but only a few days without water. Well, after your body has used up all of its fat stores it starts to eat up the muscle. After the muscle it moves on to eating organs for energy.