John Lennon composed and sang "Imagine... no need for greed or hunger." Billions of people starve. Death and suffering from starvation are clearly global problems for which there aren't any clear solutions. (For example, should we steal from one group in order to feed those who can't afford to eat?) Food crises are always a threat. Can you imagine a world without starvation? A world where land (or sky, as in the case of farm skyscrapers) wasn't required to grow crops? What if there wasn't any physiological need to eat or drink? Is the key to be found in this man? Discovering the cause of this man's capabilities could change the world.
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After 15 days of investigation, India's Defense Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences concluded its study of 82-year-old yogi Prahlad Jani on Thursday, May 6.
Jani, who claims to have lived without food or water since his childhood, was under the close watch of three video cameras 24 hours a day. Researchers conducted various medical tests on him. The research team, consisting of 35 scientists, could not find any evidence that Jani ate or drank anything during the 15 days.
Doctors have not found any adverse effects in his body from hunger or dehydration. They think that yoga exercises may have caused Jani's body to undergo a biological transformation. The researchers said tests found that his brain is equivalent to that of a 25-year-old...
He is healthy; his mind is sharp," said researcher Dr. G. Ilavazhagn according to the Daily Mail. "What is truly astonishing, and something we have no explanation for, is that he has not passed stools or urine. To my knowledge, that is medically unprecedented.
Study on Yogi Prahlad Jani's Fasting Miracles Concludes
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