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So what happens to your body when it is in a state of starvation?
Well, our bodies will first try to break down any stored sugars and once that is used up,
it turns to breaking down stored fats.
As a last resort, our bodies will start to break down proteins until we fall into a coma
or die.
So how long can we survive without food or water?
It is said we can survive up 21 days without food and we can go without water for about
a week.
However, the people on this list have defied all odds and scientific reasoning.
So let’s take a look at the top 10 people who have gone the longest without food.
Starting us off in at number 10 with James Scott.
Back in 1991, James went hiking with his friends in Nepal but he got lost and separated from
his group.
Unfortunately, he didn’t have a lot of survival tools with him.
He only had some layers of clothing, a sleeping bag, books and a first aid kit.
He also had two chocolate bars but he ate them within the first two days of being lost.
So, in total, he spent 43 days trapped in a snow storm eating nothing but snow.
His body was extremely dehydrated and weak.
Fortunately, he was found by a search party and he lived to write a book about his near
death-experience.
David Blaine comes in at number 9.
In September 2003, David Blaine started an endurance stunt in which he was sealed inside
of a transparent glass case that was suspended 30 feet in the air next to the River Thames
in London.
This stunt lasted 44 days and it involved David Blaine drinking 4.5 litres of water
per day and not eating a single thing.
A lot of people believe that this stunt was just an illusion so they would constantly
taunt him and make his experience a living nightmare.
They flew a hamburger on a remote-controlled helicopter around his box, they would throw
food at his box and someone even tried to cut the cable that supplied water to his box.
Our stomachs are rumbling in at number 8 and we are talking about Brendan Hughes.
He was involved in a hunger strike in which they protested for their right to be treated
as prisoners of war rather than criminals.
Brendan Hughes and six other inmates refused food for 53 days before Hughes ordered the
hunger strike to end because their demands were not being met.
Brendan Hughes died at the age of 59 due to illnesses associated with his failure to fully
recover from the hunger strike.
Barry Horne starves himself in at number 7.
He was an animal rights activist who gained international attention when he participated
in a 68-day hunger strike in an effort to persuade the British Government to review
their laws on animal testing.
The hunger strike caused him to suffer from kidney damage and he died of liver failure
three years later.
And now in at number 6 we have Brother Yun.
He was arrested numerous times and was imprisoned three times for promoting gospel in communist
China.
During his first imprisonment, he said that God wanted him to fast without food and water
until he could see his family again.
His fast lasted 74 days and he became severely malnourished and came very close to dying.
Mohammed al Qiq takes us to number 5.
This Palestinian reporter was accused of belonging to an Islamic terror group and he was arrested.
Four days within being taken into custody, he refused to eat because he was being detained
without knowing the charges or evidence that they had against him.
Within three months of his hunger strike, his body looked like a skeleton, he was in
excruciating pain, his speech was slurred and his vision was fading.
After 92 straight days of not eating, prison guards tied him to his bed, forcibly examined
him and put an IV line in his arm against his will.
Buddha Boy climbs up this list in at number 4.
A teenage boy in South Central Nepal meditated for ten months and he didn’t consume food
or water for the entire time.
He gained international attention and even the Discovery Channel flew a film crew to
Nepal to determine if this was even possible for a human to survive without food or water
for this long.
A lot of people believed that this was an elaborate hoax so the film crew set up camera
for 96 straight hours where they observed his every move.
They determined that there were no hidden water pipes or food sources.
I’m still skeptical, what do you guys think?
Alright up next in at number 3 is a Science Experiment Patient.
Back in 1965, a man who was morbidly obese, went to the Department of Medicine and told
them that he wanted to lose weight by starving himself and living off of his body fat.
He told the hospital that he is going to do this regardless what doctors say, so they
might as well monitor and study him during his dangerous fast.
He didn’t eat any food but the hospital staff gave him yeast for the first ten months
and a multi-vitamin every day.
He continued this fast for a total of 382 days and his weight dropped from 456lbs to
180lbs however, this was extremely dangerous and he could have easily died.
Things get even more extreme in at number 2 with a woman who lived without food or water
for over 56 years.
Giri Bala was teased about her weight ever since she was a young girl.
After constant ridicule and torment, she decided to stop eating all together.
She practiced religious prayers and taught herself breathing exercises and practiced
this technique consistently and has apparently never eaten since.
Giri hasn’t eaten for 56 years but again, I find this extremely hard to believe.
And finally, in at our number 1 spot we are talking about Prahlad Jani who hasn’t eaten
in 70 years.
In 2010, he was being held in isolation at a hospital where he was closely examined and
monitored.
He is being referred to as a breatharian who believes that it is possible that through
meditation, they can reach a level of consciousness where they don’t need to fuel their body
with food.
They can live off of air and sunlight.
Is this real life right now?
I’m sure he sneaks in a snickers bar every once in a while.
No one can live that long without food, but then again, I’ve never tried this form of
mediation so maybe I’m wrong.
I guess anything is possible.
Well there you guys have it…