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Our storyteller is ABC 11 news anchor John Clark.

Why? Over 1,111 answers to everything by Crispin Boyer.

Why do I need to eat?

This answer is obvious to anyone who skipped breakfast and felt like the walking dead for the rest of the day.

Your body is a high performance machine and like any

machine it needs gas to go. That fuel comes in the form of nutrients, vitamins, minerals,

carbohydrates and fat in your food. Through the process of digestion, your body turns

carbohydrates into energy and proteins into building blocks

to help you grow taller, build muscle, prevent illness, and have healthy hair, teeth, and

skin.

As you'd expect, healthy foods make the best fuel, eat nothing but junk food, and you'll ruin

your engine.

How long could I go without eating?

Well, that depends on many factors.

Are you healthy, skinny?

Will you need to struggle until you're next meal or just lays under a palm tree?

People have survived more than 10 weeks without food, but they had water

and didn't need to move around too much. Starvation takes a horrible toll on the body,

however, causing awful symptoms, from extreme weakness to hallucinations to spasms, and that's not

even counting the pain. Ever forget to pack a lunch?

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