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How Can A Person Survive Only On Alcohol Without Food?

How long can a person live without food, only taking in beer and whiskey? My 75 year old father is an alcholic, and has stopped eating anything, only drinking beer and whiskey. He is 5'10, 121lb and frail. He insists that he is not hungry. How long can he survive like this?
Fri, 16 May 2014
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Its less lekely beacuse alchol yield only calories but no other nutritious substance . It lacks of vitamins and minerals ans alcohol can affect liver and your immune system so food is must
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How Can A Person Survive Only On Alcohol Without Food?

Its less lekely beacuse alchol yield only calories but no other nutritious substance . It lacks of vitamins and minerals ans alcohol can affect liver and your immune system so food is must