r/madlads • u/Paradoxbox00 • Mar 06 '25

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u/shawster Mar 06 '25

Yeah, dehydration will get you way more quickly than lack of food. If you aren't already in starvation, 4 weeks without food is generally what I've heard as how long you can go.

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u/DL_Omega Mar 07 '25

It would be dependent on body fat right? Like some 300+ lbs person would have to burn off all that fat before dying if they have water?

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u/Visual-Froyo Mar 07 '25

Nah cos you need potassium and magnesium for essential functions like pumping your heart. These are not stored in fat, therefore the max would be 4 weeks for that. There are other things that you'd need to take supplements for but it is theoretically very possible to survive on a no calorie diet if you have enough fat stored.

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u/Aurum_Corvus Mar 07 '25

The four stored fat-soluble/fat-stored vitamins are DRAKE. Vitamin D, Retinol/Vitamin A, Vitamin K, and Vitamin E.

It's why it's so hard to poison yourself with multi-vitamins or extra intake of vitamins. They're water soluble and exit without much issue.

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u/VladVV 29d ago

Yeh, it's why B12 supplements always come in comically large ranges from 5μg to over 1000μg