Prahlad Jani updated: casting doubt on the possibility he’s sneaking Clif bars, super-extreme faster Prahlad Jani has now gone without food, water, crapping and pissing for 15 days, all of them under the round-the-clock eye of surveillance cameras and closed-circuit TVs.
A practicing breatharian, Jani claims to derive all his necessary nourishment from sunlight and meditation. This seemingly miraculous ability to withstand the ravages of starvation has vexed both Brentwood housewives and Jani’s doctors in the Indian state of Gujarat:
“We still do not know how he survives,” neurologist Sudhir Shah told reporters after the end of the experiment. “It is still a mystery what kind of phenomenon this is.” “If Jani does not derive energy from food and water, he must be doing that from energy sources around him, sunlight being one,” said Shah. “As medical practitioners we cannot shut our eyes to possibilities, to a source of energy other than calories.”
During Jani’s 2-week period of observation, doctors subjected him to a variety of tests, the results of which will be released in the months to come. Jani, meanwhile, has returned to his village to resume his routine of yoga and meditation.
Previously on Dangerous Minds: Super-Extreme Fasting With Prahlad Jani