How long would it take to die if you ate only glazed doughnuts and drank only water?
Months, maybe as long as a year. The human body becomes dehydrated and fails after only one week without water, but most of us have fat reserves that the body can use when it is starving. After that the body will cannibalize its own muscles to keep you alive. Since the time for this varies with your weight, the amount of muscles and fat you have and your metabolic weight it is hard to measure when it will happen. Sugar is fattening and a very good fuel for the body so you would take a very long time to die, maybe as long as a year. You would only die of diet deficiencies like the lack of certain vitamins and minerals after a long time. You are probably wondering if the poor health effects caused by eating all those donuts will kill you before the diet insufficiencies do, and they won’t. As you build up fat in your body, your body will be tearing it down at the same time trying to find those valuable trace vitamins and minerals. The body can go for a while like this, and it can use more
