Why would we still produce feces and let them out every 40 days or so if we stopped eating for a long time?

Question

Why would we still produce feces and let them out every 40 days or so if we stopped eating for a long time?

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Answer 1

40 days? I’m fairly sure you would poop much more often than 40 days if you stopped eating. A lot of feces consists of dead cells and other waste products our bodies make without regard to food intake.