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The digestive system not only allows the body to digest food, but also allows the body to replenish its water supply. You would die of dehydration faster than you would die of hunger. Dehydration does not happen at a fixed speed because it depends upon a number of things, such as how hot are you are how much do you therefore perspire, but a general estimate would be that you might last a week. Yet, it is still possible to live without a digestive system. If you had a carefully formulated nutritive fluid that was delivered intravenously, directly into your blood, then you would be able to do without eating or drinking. It would not be very enjoyable, but you could survive.

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