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how long does it take for the body to shut down completely without eating at all?
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It depends on many factors:
--Whether you're a healthy person! (obviously)
--The amount of muscle and body fat that you have! When you are starved, your body will find other "stuffs" to survive off of. And apparently it finds that muscles and fat are some good "stuffs."
--Your metabolism baseline! Starvation slows down your metabolism. So basically, if your metabolism is already slow, you've got some advantage.
--And then there are some other factors such as your location and temperature (e.g. a desert vs. your room), what you have to do, etc.
--Last but not least, your WILL POWER!!! (Question is: what kind of will would you have then? The will to survive? Or is it the will to enjoy your last moments of life to the fullest?)
Anyway, depend on those factors, a person may live for about 4 to 6 weeks at minimum, and about 25 to 30 weeks at maximum. Of course, this is only an estimate. No test (that I know of) has been conducted yet.
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Well, the body does not fully shut down until you die.
As far as I know it takes about two months (maybe a bit more) to starve to death. You do however start causing permanent damage to organs after about one month of starvation.
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