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yes and no. imo fasting is voluntary, and generally someone wouldn’t willingly fast to point of death. there are a couple of examples of monks/similar spiritual people willingly fasting to the point of near or actual death, but they are very much exceptions.
Hunger strike doctors estimate that a well-nourished individual can survive without medical consequences on a diet of sugar and water for 30 days or more. The longest period for which anyone has gone without solid food is 382 days in the case of Angus Barbieri