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Q: How long does it take for the body to shut down with no food?
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What would happen if you didn't have any food for a long time?

Your body relies on food for fuel, and if it receives no fuel, it will shut down. Without food to break down into glucose and feed your body's cells, they would slowly begin to starve. Your body would then begin to break down fat in your body to nourish the cells. When the fat supply is used, it would then begin to break down the muscle tissue in the body. When all reserves are used, the body would completely shut down and the person would die of starvation.


What is found in food which is needed by the body?

nutrients is found in food. without nutrients our body would shut down, it is possible you can die.


Why would the shut down of your digestive system be deadly?

if your digestive system were to shut down then when you ate the food would have no place to go & it will just sit there until it becomes too much for your body to handle. Then your body will start to shut down & eventually you will die from this.


What is a long term effect of speed?

your brain will shut down, you will go through withdrawls, your whole body will start to shut down without it. Dont do speed


Does the dead body can accept food?

since the body is DEAD the answer would be no, because the body shut down. meaning it doesn't need water or food. if you shoved food down it's throat it would just sit in the stomach, or really the throat


How does your body shut down when you sleep?

most of your systems keep working in your body but some shut down till you wake up.


What body parts would fail first without food or water?

I think that your extrimities would shut down first.


How long can you live with your kidneys and liver completely shut down?

Well, when the brain starts to shut down, it can't send messages to the other body organs like the heart to keep pumping blood through the body.


What can happen to us if we don't eat food and water?

that is simple our body gets dehydrated and our systems just shut down and we die.


Will a human die sooner from lack of sleep than from lack of food?

Lack of food... The human body has 'autonomic reflexes' which shut the metabolism down when it needs to 're-charge'. Even if you're 'forcibly' kept awake, eventually the body simply 'insists' you get (usually a very deep) sleep for as long as the body needs.


In a business what is the shut down rule in the long run?

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How does Stroke affect the body?

It shut's down most of the organs in the human body.