Man proves that he went 70 years without food or water

[Dreaming Of Pandora]

I saw this guy's claim a couple of weeks ago and thought he was only trying to get some publicity but Im completely gobsmacked by this:

An 83-year-old Indian holy man who says he has spent seven decades without food or water has astounded a team of military doctors who studied him during a two-week observation period.

Prahlad Jani spent a fortnight in a hospital in the western India state of Gujarat under constant surveillance from a team of 30 medics equipped with cameras and closed circuit television.

During the period, he neither ate nor drank and did not go to the toilet.

"We still do not know how he survives," neurologist Sudhir Shah told reporters after the end of the experiment. "It is still a mystery what kind of phenomenon this is."

The long-haired and bearded yogi was sealed in a hospital in the city of Ahmedabad in a study initiated by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the state defence and military research institute.

The DRDO hopes that the findings, set to be released in greater detail in several months, could help soldiers survive without food and drink, assist astronauts or even save the lives of people trapped in natural disasters.

"(Jani's) only contact with any kind of fluid was during gargling and bathing periodically during the period," G. Ilavazahagan, director of India's Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), said in a statement.

Jani has since returned to his village near Ambaji in northern Gujarat where he will resume his routine of yoga and meditation. He says that he was blessed by a goddess at a young age, which gave him special powers.

During the 15-day observation, which ended on Thursday, the doctors took scans of Jani's organs, brain, and blood vessels, as well as doing tests on his heart, lungs and memory capacity.

"The reports were all in the pre-determined safety range through the observation period," Shah told reporters at a press conference last week.

Other results from DNA analysis, molecular biological studies and tests on his hormones, enzymes, energy metabolism and genes will take months to come through.

"If Jani does not derive energy from food and water, he must be doing that from energy sources around him, sunlight being one," said Shah.

"As medical practitioners we cannot shut our eyes to possibilities, to a source of energy other than calories."

'Starving yogi' astounds Indian scientists - Yahoo! News UK

[madman]

Dude. The money I could save by just not eating!!

[Aquaplant]

Where do they get this nonsense? Sure he may have extremely slow metabolism due to some meditative state, but 70 years, yeah right...

[Leonopteryx]

science also proves he is full of BS.

cwatididthar?

[Isard]

I'd buy it. There are some amazing things those people are capable of over there.

[madman]

Originally Posted by Aihwa

I'd buy it. There are some amazing things those people are capable of over there.

I really want to see the detailed reports on their research.

[Fosus]

70 years.. *16 old brain trying to understand the number*

That's a long time O_o

[madman]

Originally Posted by Fosus

70 years.. *16 old brain trying to understand the number*

That's a long time O_o

yeah.. and without food? awl;ekfh;lkawhefkl;awfrh why? lol

[Helicoradian]

I could see him surviving on a liquid diet for 70 years, but the way the article reads it sounds like he doesn't consume food or liquid which I find hard to believe.

"If Jani does not derive energy from food and water, he must be doing that from energy sources around him, sunlight being one," said Shah.

So the guy can photosynthesize his source of nourishment? even that would require the intake of liquids.

[madman]

Originally Posted by Helicoradian

I could see him surviving on a liquid diet for 70 years, but the way the article reads it sounds like he doesn't consume food or liquid which I find hard to believe.


So the guy can photosynthesize his source of nourishment? even that would require the intake of liquids.

Perhaps he soaks it up through his pores? Does he live in an environment where it rains a lot?

[Human No More]

What a load of rubbish. 2 weeks, yeah, that's impressive, but there will always be exceptional individuals in some ways, but 70 years... hahahahahaha