Breatharianism, a FAD Diet

These rapid changes were seen in Jasmuheen, when she volunteered to be filmed for Australia’s “60 Minutes” in 1999 [2]. Jasmuheen went on the show in order to prove that her claims that the human body is capable of surviving without food and water, but after 48 hours of filming, Jasmuheen began displaying symptoms of high blood pressure, stress, and dehydration. In denial, Jasmuheen claimed to producers that the symptoms she was exhibiting were due to polluted air so she relocated outside of the city. As filming progressed, Jasmuheen’s health decreased. Doctors and scientists claimed that her speech slowed and slurred. Her pupils dilated, her pulse doubled, and she lost about 14 pounds in just 4 days [2]. Due to her rapid health deterioration, filming was discontinued because of the fear that Jasmuheen would die. Even after witnessing Jasmuheen health deteriorate so rapidly, many still follow her breatharianism teachings. As expected, there have been reported deaths of the people who follow Jasmuheen’s teachings.
In 1999, a Swiss woman, Verity Linn, was announced dead after converting to the breatharianism [7]. She became familiar with the diet after watching the 2001 documentary entitled “In the Beginning There Was Light”, which featured an Indian yogi that claimed he lived without food or water for seven years. Linn decided to endure this lifestyle and followed the teachings of Jasmuheen; she spent a week without eating or drinking. She was found dead in her home due to starvation. There has been a total of four reported, including deaths since Jasmuheen began advocating this lifestyle. In the grand scheme of things, that’s not a very high number but as more people embark on this lifestyle the death rates will rise accordingl...

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