NASA to Study Man Who Survives on Liquids & Sunlight

July 2, 2003

I thought this was really interesting... Validation for the breatharians!

Misty L. Trepke

NASA TO STUDY MAN WHO SURVIVES ON LIQUIDS AND SUNLIGHT

SMH

June 30, 2003

An Indian man, who claims to have survived only on liquids and sunlight for

eight years, has been invited by NASA to show them how he does it.

Hira Ratan Manek -- also known as Hirachand -- a 64-year-old mechanical

engineer who lives in the southern state of Kerala, apparently started

disliking food in 1992, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported.

In 1995, he went on a pilgrimage to the Himalayas and stopped eating

completely on his return.

His wife, Vimla, said: " Every evening he looks at the sun for one hour

without batting an eyelid. It is his main food. Occasionally he takes

coffee, tea or some other liquid. "

Last June, scientists from the US space agency verified that Manek spent 130

days surviving only on water, the report said.

They even named this subsistence on water and solar energy after him: The

HRM (Hira Ratan Manek) Phenomenon.

Mr Manek is now in the US to show NASA's scientists how he survives without

food.

The US space agency hopes to use the technique to solve food storage and

preservation problems on its expeditions, the report said.

Mr Manek said he " eats through his eyes " in the evening, when the sun's

ultraviolet rays are least harmful. He and his wife claim the technique is

totally scientific. However, doctors warn that staring at the sun can make

you blind.

His wife said: " He has a special taste for sun energy. He believes only 5

per cent of human brain cells are used by most people. The other 95 per cent

can be activated through solar energy. "

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