In general …

-No living being can live more than 3min without taking breath.
-No one can live more than 3 days without taking water.
-Without food it’s impossible to survive more than 3 weeks.

How long a human being can live without taking food? It’s an interesting question, isn’t it? One can say by taking into consideration the age, health condition and genetics problems that how long a man can live without taking food .Coming to the cases who are in fasting for a long days take only liquids and keep away from solid foods. It depends on the capacity of the person that how long he can survive by taking just liquids and no other solid food. There are even proofs that many people live in this worst condition during the time of drought and flood.

The body looks for the alternatives to get the energy during the times of fasting. If there is no food intake into the body, the mind receives the signals to get the energy from the fat in the body. In this case if the person who is fasting is stout he can survive for a long period of time compared to the thin. So this is based on the health condition and stamina of the person. For the first three days body takes the energy from the glucose that is stored in the body and after that the liver starts functioning to get the energy from the fat stored in the body. It is termed as “Ketocin” in the medical terminology. The next step is body receives energy from the muscles in the form of proteins after it completes taking energy from the fat. This stage is very dangerous as it shows its effects on the main body parts especially the bones.

The changes that took place in the body due to heavy fasting are as follows…

-Tiredness
-Total confusion in the mind
-Nonstop motions
-Disorders in the hormones
-No resistance power.
-Uneasiness.

If the fasting continues for a long time, slowly all the body parts stop working and it leads to dangerous situation. Other symptoms are as follows…

-No movement in the muscles
-Disorders in the heart beat
-Heart beat count increases

Symptoms that took place in the case of not taking water during the time of fasting…

-The tongue becomes dry
-Face becomes pale and dull
-Cracks appear on the face and body
-Urine quantity also becomes less
-Bad smell comes during urine passing.
-Vomits may occur
-Body may change into blue color due to pulse down.

Finally the person may go into shock if the situation becomes serious.