Man survives 70 years without food, water

How long can you be without eating food or drinking water? And as per the Science one can somehow survive for a week without consuming anything. But what about the one who lived for 70 years and still lives without anything. He is the one who made it and confused the medical world. This 82 yr old Indian now admits that he doesn't remember what he ate for the last time because that last time was during the Second World War.

‘Although I walk 100 or 200 kilometers in the jungle, I never sweat and don’t feel tired or sleepy,’ he says. ‘I can meditate for three, eight or 12 hours - or even months.’ Even though he never consumes anything, he feels better without them. Science explains that human beings rarely survive more than a week without water, and a couple of months without food. Extreme starvation can cause some serious damage to the body and it might even lead to death. No human can survive such condition at least the lack of water must be affecting him, But he survived for 70 years without any water or food and that still makes a mystery for all.

He claims that 'I am strong and healthy, because it is the way God wants me to be’ as when he was 11 yrs old, he left his home for religious experience during which he became a follower of the Hindu goddess Amba. In her honor, he chose to dress as a female devotee, wearing a red sari-like garment, nose-ring, bangles and crimson flowers in his shoulder-length hair. He also believes that the goddess has sustained him ever since by feeding him with a life-giving, invisible ‘elixir’, which has supposedly given him the strength to continue without food or water.

In 2003 he underwent his first hospital investigations. Mr. Jani was monitored with CCTV cameras for 10 days. He was given no food and water except a little water for mouthwash. That too was tested whether he drank a bit of it or not. Scans revealed some urine accumulation in his bladder, but this seemed to be re-absorbed by the body because it was never passed. But after all this he seemed to be perfect.

He was tested again for 15 days and the doctors announced that despite apparently living on thin air for two weeks, the holy man was healthier than someone half his age. Blood tests, hormone profiles, MRIs and angiographs all pointed to the conclusion that Mr Jani had not needed to eat, drink or use the toilet once.