Je hoort wel vaker verhalen van heilige mannen in India die zonder voedsel kunnen leven; ze halen hun "voeding" uit zonlicht: ze staren elke dag een paar uur rechtstreeks zonder oogbescherming naar de zon en doen zo energie op om van te leven. De NASA heeft al onderzoek gedaan naar deze mensen, maar heeft gen verklaring kunnen vinden.
De man in het onderstaand verhaal gaat nog een stapje verder: 70 jaar lang zonder eten, drinken of toiletbezoeken! (En in het onderstaande verhaal lees ik ook niets over in de zon staren) Hij staat nu een week onder permanente cameracontrole en ze hebben hem nog niet kunnen betrappen op eten, drinken of een toiletbezoek.
Man 'Survives Without Food' For 70 Years
Indian doctors are studying a remarkable 83-year-old holy man who claims to have spent the last seven decades without food and water. Skip related content
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Military medics hope the experiments on Prahlad Jani can help soldiers develop their survival strategies.
The long-haired and bearded yogi is under 24-hour observation by a team of 30 doctors during three weeks of tests at a hospital in the western city of Ahmedabad.
Two cameras have been set up in his room, while a mobile camera films him when he goes outside, guaranteeing round-the-clock observation.
His body will be scanned and his brain and heart activity measured with electrodes.
"The observation from this study may throw light on human survival without food and water," said Dr G. Ilavazahagan, who is directing the research.
"This may help in working out strategies for survival during natural calamities, extreme stressful conditions and extra-terrestrial explorations like future missions to the Moon and Mars by the human race."
Since the experiment began on April 22, Jani has neither eaten nor drunk and has not been to the toilet.
"The exercise of taking this yogi under the medical scanner is to understand what energy supports his existence," Dr Ilavazahagan added.
"Jani says he meditates to get energy. Our soldiers will not be able to meditate, but we would still like to find out more about the man and his body."
Jani, who dresses in red and wears a nose ring, grew up in Charod village in the Mehsana district in Gujarat.
He claims to have been blessed by a goddess when he was aged eight, which has enabled him to survive without sustenance.
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