These People Eat Sunlight Instead of Food

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Writing: Steven Rix
Editing: Jack Stevens

[YME-V]

“Aight, time for lunch. Let me just *P H O T O S Y N T H E S I Z E* “

[enochx]

Breatharians become more spiritual because they are dying and becoming ghosts

[seanb]

People who eat sunlight. Some problems just solve themselves.

[superspeckyeyes]

I remember watching a documentary on Breatharianism once and wondering why all the protagonists seemed to have such highly furnished kitchens and well stocked fridges.

[ryanh]

If anyone dies of breatharianism, surely that’s just natural selection?

[aadamtx]

There's an Indian woman who claims she hasn't eaten more than a banana once a week, with some water and tea tossed in for good measure, for 60 years. We've had these "non-eaters" around for at least since the 19th C, and they're pretty easy to debunk. One woman claimed she never ate and went through the same watchdog type experience as the woman you mentioned. Her watchers were puzzled until they realized her daughter was passing food from her mouth to her mother's mouth when she met her daily for a kiss. Sounds like that one's for the birds!

[Thestorminator]

Even plants can't survive on just sun light, they need water and minerals. Or have they got a bad habit too?

[AmritGrewal]

3:40
Shaheed Bhagat Singh fasted for 114 days in jail during the fights for independence against british govt. In India

He (alongside 2 companions) was sentenced to be hung.
They kissed the rope and put it around their own necks to show they weren't afraid of such petty punishments and to show that they rather do that than live under british rule.

[go_cubies]

"Anyone know why I havent heard of breatharians?"

"Because they're all dead"

[fjell]

If I was asked to rate this diet, I'd only give it 1 star.

[mikes]

Breatharian: "I get my nourishment from the air."
-Throws food into the air, and catches it in his mouth.

[darklord]

Such a hard-working guy. In his past lives, he managed to attend his own birth and baptize himself within 3 lives. That's some quality overtime work right there.

[zwippie]

This just reminds me what Voltaire said a long time ago - "Common sense is not so common" - Voltaire.
And he was an author in the 18th century, if common sense wasn't that common in those days when you basically had to survive with it, imagine what he would think now.

[jw]

The trick to breatharianism is to also eat a regular diet when hungry...preferably breakfast, lunch, and dinner...

[StreakyBaconMan]

I remember the local news in my area used to follow the story of a man who claimed he hadn't eaten for over 11 years, and his wife who claimed she hadn't eaten for 8 years - the would do things like show up without warning at their house and ask for an interview, and the mid-interview ask to look in the fridge and find it was full of all sorts of food that they claimed was "for guests". Later on after many accusations that people had seen these two eating, they submitted to some big brother style situation with the local news station, who instantly caught them out on a hidden camera sneaking food from a hidden location into the bathroom, and then emerging without the food - they subsequently found a stash of food hidden throughout the bathroom, the one place they couldn't film these two people. Less than 24hrs in they got caught - they couldn't not eat for a single day let alone years on end.

[cjcorallo]

I was a homeless hitchhiker for years and when I was out of food, which was often, I would sit in the sun for a few hours, preferably near a body of water, and my hunger would disappear. It would last for a day or two and sometimes almost a week. Sunlight absolutely curbs the hunger. Don't ask me why it works but it does. It's a difficult thing for someone to understand who has never experienced it.

[VitalSaenz]

My dad used to tell me stories about one of his childhood friends that, in his early 20’s, would undergo medical tests for experimental drugs and stuff so he could make some cash on the side. He told me that one time he was shot up with some “plant based” concoction and was told to just report back if there was any side affects. About a day later his skin started to turn green and it was stuck like that for a couple weeks. They joked that they were turning him into a plant and would steal his food and tell him to just go outside and “eat some sunlight sunflower.”

[myscreenurs]

"Even flat earthers think it's stupid"
Flat earther watching: "you can't live off of sunlight. The sun isn't real."

[KimMoxie]

I’m a Foodarian, I haven’t breathed in 7 years.

[AsktheSpirits]

I have Gastroparisis and the longest I went without eating and drinking was 3 days. Almost killed me. Not to mention I was puking my guts up the whole time. Was hospitalized for 2 weeks after.