Prahlad Jani, an 84-year-old Indian yogi
claims that for the past 70 years he has had nothing — not one calorie —
to eat and not one drop of liquid to drink.
To test his claims, Indian military doctors put him under
round-the-clock observation during a two-week hospital stay that ended
last week, news reports say.
During that time he didn’t ingest any food or water – and remained perfectly healthy, the researchers said. But that’s simply impossible, said Dr. Michael Van Rooyen an emergency physician at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an associate professor at the medical school, and the director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative – which focuses on aid to displaced populations who lack food and water.
Van Rooyen says that depending on climate conditions like temperature and humidity, a human could survive five or six days without water, maybe a day or two longer in extraordinary circumstances. We can go much longer without food – even up to three months if that person is taking liquids fortified with vitamins and electrolytes.
During that time he didn’t ingest any food or water – and remained perfectly healthy, the researchers said. But that’s simply impossible, said Dr. Michael Van Rooyen an emergency physician at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an associate professor at the medical school, and the director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative – which focuses on aid to displaced populations who lack food and water.
Van Rooyen says that depending on climate conditions like temperature and humidity, a human could survive five or six days without water, maybe a day or two longer in extraordinary circumstances. We can go much longer without food – even up to three months if that person is taking liquids fortified with vitamins and electrolytes.
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