(PHOTOS) Meet The 82 Year Old Man Who Survived Without Food And Water For 70 Years

It has been believed that food and water are the basic necessities of
life. But this fact has been proven wrong by an 82 year old man named
Prahlad Jani, who claimed to survive without food and water for 70
years.

He claimed to have left home at the age of 7 (seven) and lived as a
holy man in Rajasthan, India. He believed that he had been sustained
by a Goddess who poured an 'elixir' through a hole in his palate.
This man was regarded as a 'breatharian' who can live on a 'spiritual
life-force' alone. His claims had also been supported by an Indian
doctor who specialized in studies of people who claimed supernatural
abilities. Though, he had been dismissed as a 'village fraud' by
others.

Mr Prahlad Jani was held in isolation in a hospital in Ahemdabad,
Gujrat where he was closely monitored by India's defense research
organization. It is the organization which develops drone aircraft,
intercontinental ballistic missiles and new types of bombs. The
scientists in the organization believed that Mr.Prahlad could teach
them to help soldiers survive longer without food, or disaster victims
to endure until help arrives.


According to Dr G Ilavazhagan, director of the Defence Institute of
Physiology & Allied Sciences, if the claims made by this man were
verified, it will be a breakthrough in medical science as they'll then
be able to teach people to live longer and survive situations of
adversity during natural disasters, high altitude, sea journeys and
other natural and human extremities, where there is little or no food
and water.
When under observation, Mr. Prahlad stood up to the scrutiny and had
not eaten or drunk any fluids for six continuous days and hence had
not passed urine or stool in that time. He remained fit and had shown
no signs of lethargy. In future, doctors had expected to see some
muscle wastage, serious dehydration, weight loss and fatigue followed
by organ failure.
According to Dr. Sudhir Shah, who had examined him in 2003, Mr.Prahlad
had gone without food and water for ten days, in which his urine had
appeared to be reabsorbed by his body after forming in his bladder.
Since his weight had felt only slightly at the end of ten days, doubts
had been expressed about his claim.
 It is common in India for Jains and Hindus to fast up to 8 (eight)
days, as part of their religious worship. Facts have that most humans
cannot survive without food for 50 days. Although the longest hunger
strike recorded is 74 days.

[SOURCE: www.telegraph.co.uk]