I read on rednova.com about starving.

Starving is a natural part of many organisms life, so in the final stages of starvation, the body releases chemicals that produce natural euphoria, allowing the starved to slip into death easily. Natures natural euthanasia
A Foo Says Reviewed by A Foo Says on . Painless execution I'm sure all of you are tired as hell of this whole Terry Shiavo thing, but it does raise an interesting topic. The best way to kill someone. Most states, and I'm sure other countries use things like lethal injection, electric chair, firing squad, and (god forbid) hanging. While some may think that these are painless, there are many records of botched executions where the subject went through much pain before death. One man was electrocuted 8 times, during which blood was gushing from under his Rating: 5