Inedia: the alleged ability to live without food
Breatharianism: a related concept, in which believers claim food and possibly water are not necessary
Ok, there is a lot to say about these two diet ideas...i dont know where to start. I guess I can start by saying this is completely rediculous. People who belive this, think this will work becuase they can live on the energy of the sunlight....right.....In medical studies many people who have tried this have died...honestly is that really suprising. Its medically known and proven that people need food and water to live i dont know why the people who choose to do this think otherwise!
A famous Advocate of Breatharianism Ellen Greve (who, not by suprise, changed her name to Jasmuheen...no comment) claimed she could go for months and months drinking nothing but a cup of occasional tea and claimed her body ran on a different type of nurishment...
When 60 minutes came to inspect her house they found a ton of food but of course claimed it was just for her husband (husband?! who would put up with this). What 60 minutes did was put her in a nice hotel to show the world her methods. She failed on the first day becuase of the pollution of the air outside due to the heavy traffic. After all she does get 70% of her nutrients from the air....So 60 minutes put her in a mountain retreat and after 4 days the doctor urged her to stop saying kidney failure was sure to happen and was on the verge of dehydration.
The loon..oh i mean Jasmuheen, also claims her DNA was changed from 2 to 12 strands to "absorb more hydrogen". So 60 minutes let her stop then offered her $30,000 for a blood test to see if what she was claiming was real...she denied explaining she did not understand the relevance.
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That is a really strange idea for a diet.. especially the water thing, I'm pretty sure you can't go longer than a few days without water.. It is unbelievable the things people will convince themselves
I agree with miss hill on this issue. It is really scary and rather disgusting what people come up with when striving to attain the 'perfect body'. Lets face the facts, the perfect body isn't very practical especially when going about reaching that point by going on diets like this. Food and water especially are necessary to funtion. One cannot live without watever and the idea of starving yourself is not a practical way of losing weight. When you deprive your body of food, when you finally consume it your body stores all of the fat and everything from that food you eat because it is unsure when the next food supply will come in. Many studies have proven that the best way to lose weight is not through eating less but by eating more frequently and in smaller portions...aside from working out of course. <3 nik
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