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.]
How long can you go without water before death? A person can only go about 3 to 5 days without any water. The time that a person can go without water is much shorter than that of a person going without any kind of food.