FAO Squad!

[moonraker558]

If someone does not eat anything at all but drinks normally what will happen to the internal organs over say a two week period? Someone I know is doing this as a form of self punishment due to a domestic.

[Sqad]

Over 2 weeks....nothing demonstrable ( seen from the outside) will happen to their internal organs. As long as fluid is taken, the 2 weeks without food is not a big deal.

The stomach may shrink a little, the liver may lose some of it´s energy providing products, the brain and kidneys will do nicely.............all will revert to normal.

Bit harsh for a "domestic"...what?

[woofgang]

to add to sqad's comments, I think that the person shouldn't drive or operate machinery etcetera while doing such a drastic fast....punishing one's self is one thing, having a dizzy spell an running down an innocent bystander is something else.

[moonraker558]

Thanks to you both, I was starting to get a bit worried although I never thought about the driving aspect. Time for a word I think.

[bibblebub]

dizzy spells don't happen to everyone (I know from experience)

[woofgang]

but do you think you were functioning normally, totally focussed and okay?

[bibblebub]

yes, same as usual

[woofgang]

and was that objectively tested? people who are actually drunk often say they don't feel any different but when their reactions are tested the difference shows quite clearly.

[bibblebub]

if I told you, you wouldn't believe me anyway, so that's the end of the matter

[woofgang]

I only asked.......

[arwyn]

I'm 48 years old and I still cry with fear when I'm in the dentists chair, am I weird?