How many people could go a week without food and not freak out and start killing others or breaking into stores?

People are now so undisciplined, addicted to sugar and sick that it would be VERY hard for them to do. Especially never having fasted in their lives.

Most would panic and believe that they are dying within one day. And yes, the sick ones probably would die.

BUT, it can be done and it would kill you if you have the right attitude and reasonable good health.

Most Americans could go a week without food and still not miss a shit. We eat too much.

I once fasted for 9 days...easily, with just liquids. Energy level high during the whole time..You just have to have your mind in the right place..

Katrina was a good wakeup call of what would happen.

People went to convenient stores buying cookies and candy out of the fear of starving.

People could have gone through the first week after Katrina without any food at all.

We just need clean water. That is why I don't store water. I have a backpacker's water filter/pump to make clean water from most sources.

I did 4 weeks on water... 'they' know cuz 'they' monitored me.

Hahahahahaha.

But they wouldn't believe it. They would feel like shit from their withdrawals from junk food and they would think they were dying.

It's all about mindset.

after three days there is no sensation of hunger or at least that was my experience.

Fasting has a long history and can be very beneficial.

Many would die just trying to find food when they probably had all they need for over a week right around them.

Boil plain rice. Cook plain pasta. Boil a potato.

But, in truth, your best choice is to remain calm and not worry about food for at least a week.

Water is the key.

In many tribes, even children could handle a few days with no food when it was scarce. This is part of our heritage.

We have been made to believe that we MUST have food everyday,

That is why most are sick and dying now.

I get really cranky if I don't eat though..

Most people do not resort to murder when hungry. I've talked to elderly who survived big time hunger during war times. My dad was a kid in Europe during WWII. He said there were times when all they had to eat was potato peels from yesterday's potato. And his mom would go without many days so that the kids could eat.

Most people knocked on the doors of farmers and asked if they could pick up any fruit or vegetables that got left behind on the ground. So they would forage the fields, looking for anything they could find.

I think, most people would start foraging in extreme situations, not killing. Plants, weeds, even bugs could be turned into a meal if you know what you're doing. The stores would probably be wiped out within two to three days and so people would have to start doing something else to get by.

People panic when they only miss ONE meal!

i went 18 days without any foodandabout a cupa water a day to prove apoint when i w as in jail becauase the food was disgusting and wanted a diet trayof better food,pretty much i was dreaming about baked potatoes and food alot buti was okay it gets easier after a few days

Freaking out, killing people. and breaking into stores after only one week doesn't have anything to do with hunger, it has to do with a lack of moral fiber to behave yourself no matter what. Crime is not caused by economic realities but by immorality’s exposure to opportunity. Most Americans during the great depression didn't freak out, but then again, America use to be referred to a "Christian nation". We were more moral back then.

Thanks to Obama and others like him, the public has been turned away from the whole idea of morality for morality's sake. Obama and Co. have told the sheople masses that they can't do anything on their own but deserve what other people have as a "right".

John Adams responded to a question about what kind of constitution had been given to the American people with this. "The constitution was written for a moral and upright people and is wholly inadequate for the governance of any other." Taking his observance into consideration, you can expect immoral people in places that are already falling apart like Detroit and Chicago to turn into bunch of savage animals. Traditional moral Americans will simply make due with what they have for as long as they can because that is the right thing to do.

People are not the same as they were just two generations ago. They have NEVER been without. They will kill anyone that keeps them from food.

I'm sorry to say this, but it's true.

People would do better to learn some discipline than to store guns.

if anyone knows why i was in jail its because i trid running s cop ov eith. y car

I've done it, for spiritual/health reasons, much longer than a week. Good times.

People are so sick and addicted now, any change in diet will be VERY painful, not from the lack of food, but from the withdrawal from the chemicals and sugar.

It will feel like they are dying, when in truth it is what they really need to become healthy.

It's the sick folks who will go first. We have a renter who is 250-300 pounds. We worry about how the hell we would get him out of the place if shtf. He is diabetic. It'll take several people to get him out. That's one of my biggest worries about shtf, seriously.
And, some Family members on meds. Without them, they're probably going to go mad. It'll be like having rabid dogs all around you when the mental folks start going off their meds.

I could go about 6 months...and take out anyone from 400+ who tries to do what you say....plenty of time for the majority of ill prepared to waste away or kill themselves off. Those who are left will band with like minded and hopefully rebuild anew.

Take a nap.

Ah so you are a prepper hoarding a food source huh?

You are absolutely correct. My Family has been in a bind for the last several months. Because of this, we have been eating mostly veggies from our garden. We've lost a lot of weight, however, I really, really wish I could buy some of the convenience foods and snacks I used to. It's tough, very tough.

It depends. I was 190 once and whenever I would get hungry my stomach would gurgle and then maybe 30 minutes later I felt full. Now I am 135lbs(6'1) and when I am hungry the feeling doesn't go away when my stomach makes gurgling noises.

Oh God, I couldn't imagine eating that fat fucker, yuk.

Yeah, it's all the people on meds that are going to be the bigger problem.

If I were them, I'd start looking for natural remedies (herbs and such) that can help with their particular problems, and then stock up and/or start growing the plants they'll need.

It's going to be a hell for them with the withdrawls.

People have SO many strikes against them.

Constant need for medication.
Morbidly obese.
Addicted to sugars and processed foods.
No discipline at all.
Afraid of anyone around them.
Never been hungry in their lives.

Imo. there is a big difference between Fasting
and to not have any Food after a Disaster or Catastrophe
which killed your whole Family and your Friends too!

But from a psychological View maybe it is good to stop eating
for a while?

Ironically, this may be the best thing that has happened to you. See it as a positive thing. You can see this as bad times or as a chance to live healthily for a change.

Now to stay away from the convenience foods forever!