There are toaist monks and yogis who claim to have gone years without food. But they also tend to spend their whole day in meditation and outdoors. It’s definitely not an activity for those who do not like solitude.

I think it’s probably true that most people can probably go easily a few months without food in extreme cases.

There are many benefits from fasting for sure. But there’s always someone who takes not eating to extreme. Just there’s people who take veganism and carnivore to the extreme.

Everything in moderation is probably always best