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.]
Medical experts usually say the average person can live for 4 to 6 weeks without food. The amount of time someone can go without water is much shorter, roughly a week (or less).