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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.]
It depends on the body and what types of activity you are going to be doing, but its roughly about 30-40 days before an averageperson (not obese not aneroxic) will die from starvation if trying to conserve energy. Mahatma Gandhi at the age of 74 went for 21 days without food. How long can a person survive without food?