Hunger experiment: How long can people live without eating?
In 2003, a magician in the United States verified live on the Thames River that he packed himself in a transparent glass box, during which he only drank water, so he insisted on more than 30 days, and after coming out, he lost 30 pounds, but his body indicators were normal.
In order to further study the effects of hunger on the human body, in 1944, Dr. Ansel of American University launched a large experiment, and he recruited 36 experimenters, most of whom were healthy and intelligent elites from all walks of life.
In order to ensure the authenticity of the experiment, Ansel asked them to sign a "life and death certificate", and if there was a starvation situation during the experiment, they would bear the consequences themselves, and when everything was ready, they began a year-long starvation experiment.
Ansel divided the experiment into three phases, the first 3 months to let the subjects eat normally, and the middle 6 months to starve the experiment, constantly reducing their food, or even nothing. After 3 months, the purpose of slowly increasing the supply is to observe the physical and psychological conditions of the experimenter at different stages.
At the beginning of the first phase, 36 people were assigned to the experimental site and ate a normal diet every day, and these foods were carefully selected. Everything like steak, salad, vegetables etc. They were comfortable and said they enjoyed it. In addition, they will also read books and study to reduce boredom, and some people will even go to sports and fitness.
The second phase began, when their dietary standards began to shrink, and in order to make them feel the gap, Ansel replaced their meals with the meals of European civilians during World War II. It's basically a simple whole wheat bread and some potatoes.
During this period, some people will feel that this thing is too unpalatable to eat and go hungry. But when hunger rises, I have to eat. Slowly their pain began to come.
Due to the deterioration of their daily diet, their temper began to deteriorate, and they would no longer read and study in their spare time, let alone have the energy to exercise. Their desire began to be simple, to be able to fill their stomachs.
Immediately afterwards, the food was reduced again, and only half a slice of bread or a bowl of oatmeal was made a day. Soon some people couldn't hold on and chose to highlight the experiment, and the first thing they did when they came out was to run to a big meal.
While the remaining experimenters continued to endure hunger, they began to lose at least 20 percent of their weight. In the last month of the mid-term phase, they were again given reduced food and only had a glass of water a day, when some people stood out, leaving only 11 people to hold on.
Although they now only drink water every day, their physical condition is normal after testing. At the final stage, Ansel began to feed them back, slowly increasing the food, first according to the level of civilians, a glass of water a day turned into half a slice of bread or oatmeal.
At this time, the remaining experimenters' food was guaranteed and their hunger was reduced, but their mental condition was problematic, and some people began to dream of eating a variety of delicious foods at night, and even dreamed that they were eating people. Obviously, this is the satisfaction of not eating for a long time, and such simple food has made some experimenters grow some fat.
In addition, many of them are extremely sensitive to sound and harsh light, and they have to cover the quilt even when sleeping on hot days, and they become afraid of cold. Some people even begin to be autistic and even have masochistic tendencies.
After the experiment, Ansel concluded that although dieting will not affect the health of people's physical indicators, it will cause changes in people's personality, make people become anxious and fearful, and even have a tendency to depression.
Therefore, in order to survive, people still have to eat normal food every day to ensure body nutrition, this extreme hunger method is not worth advocating, do you think? If you are asked to skip meals and drink only water, you can last for a few days at most.
