Man lived off only meditation for 70 years

I wasn't sure to post this under science or religion threads. But if this is true who knows what the effects are going to be.

(April 29) -- Prahlad Jani says there's no diet like no diet at all.

The 83-year-old says he hasn't consumed food or water for seven decades, and doctors in India are trying to learn his secrets, or prove once and for all that his 70-year fast has been nothing more than a lengthy hoax.

Jani -- who says he gets all of his sustenance from meditation -- has agreed to spend three weeks in a hospital in Ahmedabad where he'll be observed by a team of 30 doctors, monitored 24 hours a day by cameras, and subjected to tests studying his brain and heart activity.

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Prahlad Jani says he has survived without food and water for more than seven decades. India's Defense Institute of Physiology & Allied Science is researching the 83-year-old's claims.

"The observation from this study may throw light on human survival without food and water," researcher G. Ilavazahagan told SkyNews. "This may help in working out strategies for survival during natural calamities, extreme stressful conditions and extraterrestrial explorations, like future missions to the moon and Mars by the human race."

Jani's condition is so extraordinary, some military experts wonder if studying him might help them develop supersoldiers.

Since the experiment began on April 22, Jani reportedly hasn't had anything to eat or drink. He also hasn't been to the bathroom.

That apparently is par for the course for the yogi, who says he was blessed by a goddess when he was 8 years old and hasn't needed to consume food or water ever since.

In 2003, Jani -- who reportedly spends much of his time in a cave near a temple for the goddess Ambaji in India's Gujarat state -- underwent a 10-day medical observation, during which he didn't eat, drink, urinate or defecate, according to the BBC.

Although people can survive for several weeks without eating, most can only survive several days without water.

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http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/a...-eaten-or-drunk-anything-in-70-years/19459379

 

i'll try to keep up with it. It's pretty insane it could rewrite all the biology we know. Though I honestly do not believe that he hasn't had any nourishment for 70 years so far he's gone 10 days without it and that is freaking amazing alone. Apparently they also did a study on him and the age of his brain is roughly only 25 years old.

 

Since the observations started on April 22nd he has yet had any water or food (14 days). Though I don't believe he has done this for 70 years 14 days is still impressive.

Also I think it's hilarious that the government is studying him for the purpose to see if they can make "super soldiers" that's laughable. Any kind of strenuous activity like that would completely negate the effects of this man's meditation.

 

Actually I just saw that the study is over;

http://deshgujarat.com/2010/05/06/15-day-test-on-gujarats-miracle-yogi-concludes-researchers-amazed/