Fasting

I believe that Fasting is a very good thing for the body. I find that by leaving food for a few hours once a month helps bring clarity and focus to what I am doing. I was searching the web today on fasting and came accross this man:

82-year-old Indian yogi claims good health after fasting 65 years

English.news.cn 2010-05-09 16:11:37 FeedbackPrintRSS

NEW DELHI, May 9 (Xinhua) -- It may sound humanly impossible, but meet "miracle man" Prahlad Jani, an 82-year-old Indian, who claims to have eaten not a single grain of rice or consumed a drop of water for the past 65 years.

Jani, also known as Mataji, has in fact surprised doctors across the globe who have found that the monk's body is performing absolutely well on different medical tests even at this age which is not usually observed in a normal person taking regular diet.

In a recent interview with a local TV channel, Jani has claimed that he has not taken any food or water for over 65 years and by practicing a special type of yoga, even a normal person can survive without food and water.

In the same program, another yogi from India's northern Himalayan region also confirmed that with the help of the special yoga, normal people can survive without food or water.

These practices come handy for people who pray in Himalaya for years without much food, he said.

To find out the truth, a team of 30 doctors conducted several tests on Mataji for 15 days starting from April 22, 2010.

"During the tests we found that in Prahalad Jani's bladder, the amount of liquid fluctuates even when he does not pass urine," local media quoted a member of the team of medical experts which conducted medical tests on Mataji, as saying.

Fifteen days of medical tests on Mataji were completed on Thursday at 15:30 p.m. and all reports of medical tests were normal. And this is an old man at the age of 82 years.

Dr. G. Ilavazahagan, director, Defense Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), and neurologist Sudhir Shah, while briefing reporters about Mataji's medical reports, said different tests at different time were conducted as per the protocol set up by partners.

"We did blood tests for hematology, bio-chemistry, hormone profile and the reports were in the pre-determined safety range throughout the observation period as per the protocol," said Dr. Shah.

The doctors said Jani's nerve conduction studies revealed normal nerve function, which is not likely in a person of his age.

"Mataji's EEG is also normal and we are analyzing data during meditation if there are any changes," Dr. Shah said.


I am not that commited to fasting and neither do I think you should. Howver it is very useful for us to learn to control our impulses.

Fraser