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There was an interview conducted
recently with a self proclaimed autotroph. In the context of
plants, an autotroph is an organism that gets its energy from the sun--basically, a producer with respect to other
organisms that eat the produce from the earth itself. However, in the context of humans, its a person that lives
without eating food or drinking water. There have been records of fasts that last hundreds of days, but this particular
women who was interviewed claimed she had not eaten or drank anything in the past four years.
She claimed her weight started out at about 90 kilos, which is now down to 74 kilos. Also, she says her lungs have adapted to getting water from the atmosphere. Besides brushing her teeth and taking showers, she gets no other water intake.
I can maybe (just maybe) believe the lack of food intake. But no water for four years? This has to be a hoax. Right?
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3-27-2007 @4:03PM Miss Tiffie said... Well duh! I graduated college with a 4.0 by sleeping on books. I absorb knowledge thru my skin like she can live 4 years by have her adapted lungs get water from the atmosphere.
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1-24-2006 @7:58AM David Trowbridge said... These days, rather than being the government-run news organization of the USSR, Pravda is pretty much a tabloid. One only has to look at the headlines of some of their other articles (such as "Human eyes possess destructive power of laser") to ascertain the validity of this source. *grin*
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1-24-2006 @9:39AM Myron said... I suppose its possible if you could suspend the laws of physics and biology.
I read about this lady a few months ago. Someone tried to verify her claims by observing her closely for a few days. She didn't eat or drink. She also started passing out and became ill. They called of the experiment. She does eat and drink, just when no one is watching.
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1-24-2006 @11:37AM Allison said... If this is the same woman I read about several months ago, it's actually quite disturbing since she encourages others to follow her and a couple people have (duh!) died of starvation because they believed her.
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1-24-2006 @4:03PM suburban misfit said... But even if one *could* go for years and years without any food or water, why would one *want* to?
I love eating and cooking. Love it, love it, love it.
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1-25-2006 @1:14AM rosie said... This is actually an old bit - I first heard about people calling themselves "Breatharians" who believe that you do not need to eat or drink to sustain life. Wiley Brooks,a proponent of this lifestyle back in the 90's, was caught eating fast food in Arizona and California while touring to promote his "way of life".
Check out the Wiki for it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breatharian
The most outspoken proponent of this hokum is Ellen Greve, whose books and websites have been linked to at least three deaths.
My favorite quote about her is: "Dr Dee Dawson, eating disorder specialist at the Rhodes Farm Clinic in north London, said simply that Greve was an "irresponsible nutter"."
Breath of fresh air, anyone?!
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