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Doctors and experts are baffled by an Indian man who claims not to have eaten or drunk anything for 75 years – but is still in perfect health. A team of scientists and doctors in Sterling Hospital, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, studied the claims of Prahlad Jani, a local holy man, who is over 80 years old. Jani’s claims were studied by a team of 30 specialists, he was put under 24-hour observation in front of cameras over a 15day period. During this observation he did not take in any food or water neither did he pass urine or stool. Most people can live without food for several weeks, with the body drawing on its fat and protein stores. But the average human can survive for only three to four days without water. “What is truly astonishing, and something we have no explanation for, is that he has not passed stools or urine,” said biologist Dr. Ilavazhagn. “To my knowledge, that is medically unprecedented.” He claims to have been blessed by a goddess when he was 7-years-old, which has enabled him to survive without sustenance and that he derives energy through meditation: “Three goddesses appeared to me and bade me to follow. Ma Kali, Ma Lakshmi, and Ma Saraswati. I consented, prepared myself, and asked: ‘What about my food?’ They each put a finger on my lip and said ‘You need not be concerned about food ever again.’ I was 7, and from that day I stopped eating and drinking.” “We believe that the Prahlad Jani’s body went through biological transformation as a result of meditation and powerful yoga in the completely natural environment in which he stays.” added neurologist Dr. Sudhir Shah.