If you don't eat over a certain period of time what will happen to your body?

Answer 1

That depends entirely on how long. Eventually you will die, but you have a while. After a few days you will start buring off your fat, a process known as ketosis. This causes a nasty coating on your tongue and "acetone" breath. Also you will feel cold, dizzy, tired, bored, depressed and intermittently elated. If you don't over-exert youself and drink enough water (at least four glasses when you aren't eating) you can live for months this way (depending on starting weight) losing only about 1-2 pounds a week. Really. Eventually you will run out of extra tissue and start eating your muscles, joint tissue and organs. This is really a point of no return and your body will always wear the scars of starvation. If allowed to persist you will die of starvation. If allowed to get to the starvation stage, depending on how bad it is, refeeding can also kill you. So, before deciding to go without food always speak with a doctor about your plan, what to expect and go in for regular weigh-ins and check-ups. Some people find that fasting helps them focus themselves and get closer to God or a spiritual power, some people want a more in-depth look at what it means to go hungry, some people want to better understand the roll food plays in their lives and some people just want to see how it feels. A fast doesn't have to be dangerous, and can even change the world, like Ghandi's hunger strikes.