If you’re dying of hunger, why can’t you eat leaves and grass to survive? Could that sustain you for even a little longer?

Question

And what would be the most advantageous things to come across if you have dwindling supplies? Berries? An animal?

In: Biology

Answer 1

There are plenty of ‘stories’ about this from North Korea defectors. The answer is, you can… but certainly not for very long!

edit:

[https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2010/07/starving-north-koreans-forced-survive-diet-grass-and-tree-bark/](https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2010/07/starving-north-koreans-forced-survive-diet-grass-and-tree-bark/)

Also, you’re simply choosing to believe one propaganda over another. There’s additional evidence out there.

And if we’re talking about simply living off eating grass… a simply google search will provide multiple sources of evidence… here’s just the top one!

https://www.iflscience.com/can-humans-eat-grass-66144#:~:text=Grass%20is%20relatively%20rich%20in,suggest%20you%20stick%20to%20vegetables.