WHAT IF YOU DRANK WATER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!!?

Have you ever heard of something called water fasting? Well, it’s a type of fast that restricts everything except, well, water.

Most people only water fast for 72 hours at most,but what if you did thisfor the rest of your life? You’d be fine, right?

Haha, yeah, not so much. Hey, water is pretty important.

And when I say pretty important,I mean absolutely essential. Your own body is 60% water.That’s a big chunk if you ask me.

Now, drinking water

can have some pretty big perks.

It can lower the risk of heart disease,

diabetes and even certain cancers.

It sounds great, right?

Well, do you think you could try

this water-only diet?

You could?

Well, hey,

I love your energy,

but I’ve got some bad news.

You’ve got 70 days.

Tops.

You start your water-only diet

and you’d be feeling OK.

Good even.

You’d start to feel hungry and angry,

or as the scientific community

calls it, hangry.

That’s because your body

would be running out

of its glucose supply.

Glucose is your body’s

primary energy source,

and you stock up on it

when you consume carbohydrates.

But now that you’ve sworn off food,

your body would be

frantically searching for its next

glucose fix.

You could lose 2 kg (4.4 lb) every day.

This is due to the one-two punch

of dehydration

and electrolyte imbalance.

So what happens next?

Your body would have adjusted

to the lack of food

and would be in a state of ketosis.

This is where your body

would start breaking down fat for energy

instead of glucose.

You might even feel a little better,

but don’t be fooled.

You’re a hurting unit.

Now, the more fat reserves you have,

the longer you’d survive.

But once all your fat is gone,

you’d have nothing to break down

but muscle.

And in case you forgot,

your heart is an organ made of muscle.

This can be incredibly dangerous.

When your heart lacks fuel,

your pulse and blood pressure will tank.

That’s because you can’t

pump blood normally anymore.

Your proteins would all be

broken down at this point,

and you’d be barely able to think.

That’s because you’d be starving.

Your gastrointestinal system

would be wrecked.

This would cause stomach pain,

vomiting and, my personal favorite,

bacterial infections.

Things would be looking even worse.

Your body would be

in a state of malnutrition,

and you’d feel weaker than ever.

You can look forward

to various health problems,

like dizziness,

headaches and difficulty concentrating.

As the days went on,

you’d continue to deteriorate.

you’d experience more severe symptoms,

such as extreme fatigue,

rapid weight loss and muscle wasting.

And you’d also have to worry about

serious health problems like

kidney failure

or sepsis.

You, uh, you don’t look so good.

You’d be extremely weak

and unable to do much on your own.

You’d also be at

high risk of death from organ failure

or infection.

Did you know that most people die

not from starvation,

but from infectious diseases?

Yeah, your immune system suffers

while you’re perpetually starving

because of the deficiency

of vitamins and minerals.

This leaves you open

to all sorts of nasty germs.

It’s unlikely that you’d survive

much longer on a water-only diet.

You’d be severely malnourished

and reeling from

a greatest-hits compilation

of health problems.

But hey, you did it!

And we’re sending the medics

to you right now.

Was it worth it?

Well, no, not really.

A water-only diet

is not sustainable in the long term.

A balanced diet

is essential for maintaining

good health.

It’s kind of fascinating though, right?

Despite being on the brink,

you still made it to 70 days.

If the human body is that resilient,

what else can we try?

Well, what if you only drank

Coca-Cola for a month?

Well, grab yourself a soda from the fridge,

because that’s a story for another WHAT IF.