do you have a problem recognising hunger?

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guzzle
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24 Nov 2013, 4:39 pm

Uprising wrote:

Venger wrote:

A person can survive for around 6-8 weeks or longer without food, so going for a day or two without it will usually have no effect on anything as long as they don't make a habit of it.

How long can a person go without food AND water?

Two days without fluids and there is a chance of irreversible kidney damage iirc from a poster I saw in an institutional surgery once.

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24 Nov 2013, 4:47 pm

Minor comment: Many people confuse thirst with hunger.

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24 Nov 2013, 7:53 pm

forgetting to eat is what led me to eventually being diagnosed Aspie. I have always been this way, and one day I googled it..... and here I am, a genuine certified ASD. yay.

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24 Nov 2013, 9:37 pm

Medical marijuana helps me eat regularly.
Otherwise I tend to be a tad bit nauseous most of the time, even though I get really crabby when my blood sugar gets low so I know I should eat.
I also tend to get hungrier once I've had some food.
I prefer to eat quite a bit, on a regular basis, as I feel much better when I do.
Unfortunately, circumstances being what they have been I've failed to do so completely recently.

All this talk of food is reminding me I haven't eaten much today.
Time to venture forth from the cave and prepare sustenance for consumption.