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

It has been believed that foodand water are the basic necessities of
life. But this facthas 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
bya 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
doctorwho 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,
intercontinentalballistic 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 abreakthrough in medical science as they'll then
be ableto teach people to live longer and survive situations of
adversity during natural disasters, high altitude, sea journeys and
other natural and human extremities, wherethere is little or no food
and water.
When under observation, Mr. Prahlad stoodup to the scrutiny and had
noteaten or drunk any fluids for six continuous days and hencehad 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 recordedis 74 days.