Can You Survive Without Food And Water?

Real-life barbie Valeria Lukyanova has decided she's going to try and survive on only sunlight and air. While most of us think this is crazy, it brings up a question: How long can you survive without food and water? Watch as Trace breaks down what happens when you don't eat and drink.

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How Long Can You Go Without Food And Water?
"Now that we've established that food is something we can do without for a reasonable amount of time, we can move on to water."

Living On Light: Woman Attempts To Prove Humans Can Live Without Food
"A Seattle woman is attempting to go 100 days without eating to prove that humans can 'live on light'."

Indian Mystic Claims Not To Eat For 70 Years
"An 82-year-old man in India is claiming to have not had anything to eat or drink since 1940 - and doctors from the Indian military are allegedly studying him to learn his secret."

How Long Can A Person Survive Without Food?
"The duration of survival without food is greatly influenced by factors such as body weight, genetic variation, other health considerations and, most importantly, the presence or absence of dehydration."

How Much Food Do You Need?
"For most disasters, we recommend a minimum of three days preparation. This should include a sufficient food supply and a minimum of one gallon of water per person per day."

Obesity, Weight Loss, and Very Low-Calorie Diets (VLCDs)
"Traditional weight loss methods include low-calorie diets that allow between 800 to 1,500 calories a day and encourage regular exercise."

Minimum Amount of Calories Needed Per Day to Survive
"Your body can survive for days without food. Just because you can survive for long periods of time without eating, however, doesn't mean you should."

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[JRSportBrief]

I thought this was answered in the stone age...

[XtarShoter]

"Do you think this barbie girl is living in a barbie world ?" That made me LOL.

[ion]

I've looked up fasting quite a bit, and from what I gather I think it takes your body at least a couple days before it starts thinking you're starving and starts burning muscle rather then fat. This being said, I think fasting once a week wouldn't be a bad idea as long as you drank plenty of water. Just an extra bump for helping to lose weight. Obviously you'd want to fast on a day off, don't do it on a work day, you need calories for energy and to help you think. 

[DjCosmicRush]

Wow, learn something new everyday. Who knew we needed water and food!

[TheElement]

No, i think she can do this and if we all give her support and encouragement *cough* i think she will do just fine

[sarfios]

I think that barbie girl is way smarter than all of us, because the only purpose, she is doing that is self-commercial. And it's working.

[AlltimeConspiracies]

Sounds like that could go horribly wrong! 

[Hendlton]

Wait, bodies protection from dehydration is vomiting?WTF???

[scrapetv]

Honestly, this woman appears to have been suffering from hallucinations for a long time. She might be fine.

[SpiritofSix]

Hahaha people never cease to amaze me. If she's right, she would have solved the problems most directly related to poverty: lack of food and water.

As creepy as she looks, she's still a person and I hope she comes to her senses. If anyone is a fan of deep thoughts, philosophy, and constant ways of improving how we think: check out my stuff, I promise not to let you down. I am going down a path of constant improvement that I will never reverse... bring me your knowledge and life experiences so we may both grow. That is all, no more no less.

[lolmymag]

"Monster"? Seriously? She's a human being. Please treat her like one.

[SapphireNinja]

When I'm hungry the last thing I want to do is be out in the sunlight.

[Oded-Raz]

Thank you SO MUCH for making this video!!

Some of my hippie friends and acquaintances decided they're going to "transform" their body to the ridiculous Prana lifestyle, and no matter how hard I try, I just can't talk any sense into them.

I don't know how people can get so frikkin' deluded to think they can survive without food or water, mindlessly rejecting all known science of physics, chemistry, biology and nutrition... Either naive or just brainwashed, they prefer their wishful thinking over facts and reason.

PLEASE make a follow-up video explaining the psychological process that makes human beings believe the most far-fetched, obviously wrong ideas. This is worse than creationism, aliens or flat-earth - people's actual life and well being is on the line!

Thanks.

[ShawnRavenfire]

I wonder if there IS a way to survive on sunlight, like maybe some kind of plant-gene-splicing, or surgically-implanted solar panels.

[AllAmericanBeaner]

Who here has heard about the guy in India that apparently went 70 years without food? Any one able to answer that one?

[Broken_Glasss]

 Its like those breatharians are spitting in the face of the thousands of people who die everyday because of starvation by saying " oh you don't need food, all you got to do is breath."

[WarMasterX]

Real life Barbie fails to acknowledge reality.

[Axelschultz]

In Sweden we have a saying that goes, äta bör man annars dör man. Which means you should eat or you will die

[fkgabbana]

As crazy as the things this girl does really are ... I am surprised at you DNews and Trace for calling her "creepy" and trashing her so badly. She might be acting a very irrational and as if she may be out of touch with reality but she is still a person. Likely, a person who needs help, but still a person with emotions. What the eff, guys. Where's the empathy?

[scribliez]

I'm pretty sure most living things need at least water it's kinda super fucking important.