First some background info from Wikipedia:
Prahlad Jani, a Jain holy man, spent ten days under strict observation by physicians in Ahmedabad, India, in 2003. The study was led by Dr Sudhir Shah, the same doctor who led the study of Hira Ratan Manek. Reportedly, during the observation, he was given only 100 millilitres of water a day to use as mouthwash, which was collected and measured after he used it, to make sure he hadn’t consumed any. Throughout the observation, he passed no urine or stool, but doctors say urine appeared to form in the bladder, only to be reabsorbed. However, despite Jani’s claim to have gone without food for decades, Jani was not engaged in strenuous exercise during the ten-day trial, and longer trials were not recorded under similarly strict observation. Further, his weight did drop slightly during the 10 days, casting some doubt on his claim to go indefinitely without food. Jani claims a goddess sustains him through amrit that filters down through a hole in his palate. The Indian Rationalist Association labels him a “village fraud”.
On June 26, 2006, The Discovery Channel aired a documentary called “The Boy with Divine Powers” featuring a 5 minute interview with Prahlad Jani and Dr. Sudhir Shah.
As of April 22nd 2010, new tests are being conducted on Prahlad Jani under surveillance of 35 doctors and researchers of Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Science (DIPAS).
The Indian Military are involved in this research!
This holy man has obviously been given supernatural powers by a Hindu goddess and represents a new type of human. A new type of human that does not need food or water. The bodies of these “people” do all the normal work and generate heat as normal humans, however, while normal humans need an input of energy to produce this work and heat this new kind of person needs none. It’s as if you had a car that ran out of petrol and yet it just kept going. This new type of person can also spontaneously generate the raw materials that their bodies require without the need to consume them. This is like having a bread making machine that continues to bake bread even when it’s empty!
Much thanks should be given to the esteemed scientists who took the time to investigate this phenomenon. It is hard to think of a better use of time, money and resources. The starving masses of uneducated indoctrinated Hindus now look forward to a future without the need of food and water, which is currently the cause of so many deaths. The UN estimates that 2.1 million Indian children die every year from malnutrition. Science provides us with a solution to save their lives!
This is a perfect example of what science can do and where it can take us. This Holy man spent 10 days without eating, drinking, urinating or defecating. Our species stands on the brink of a new age of super-people who will go on to travel the Universe without the bodily needs of our former incarnation.
Many scientists are especially intrigued as to how the Guru is nourished via the pollen that flows through his head. How can we harness this pollen? What other uses might it be put too? Only time will tell.
This new research also poses questions about what other advances may be waiting to be discovered in the multitude of religious and mystical claims that have yet to be investigated.
The international scientific community are on the edges of their seats for more results.
Here’s an excellent BBC article reporting on the 2003 experiment: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3236118.stm
Here’s how TVNZ reports the 2010 experiment on their website, and here’s the picture they put with their article:
“”Indian military studying “breatharian”
Published: 11:25AM Friday April 30, 2010
Source: ONE News

Indian military scientists say they are studying an 82-year-old who claims he has not had any food or drink for 70 years, the Daily Telegraph is reporting.
Prahlad Jani, who claims to be a wandering sadhu or holy man, is considered a breatharian who can live on a spiritual life-force alone.
Jani says he is fed by a goddess who pours an elixir through a hole in his palate.
He has now spent six days with no food or water under observation and doctors say his body has not yet shown any adverse effects from hunger or dehydration.
Jani has also not passed urine or a stool in that time and remains healthy, showing no sign of lethargy, say his observers.
If his claims are verified, it will be a breakthrough in medical science, say the scientists, and be of benefit to the military as his technique could be used to help soldiers survive longer without food, or disaster victims to hang on until help arrives.”