In India, in the village of Sandrail, Madhya Pradesh, there is a 75-year-old woman named Saraswati Bai, who, according to her own words, has been living on almost only water for six decades.
Until the age of 15, she took food like everyone else, but then she caught some kind of infection, and her stomach began to hurt badly. Because of these pains, Saraswati was forced to starve, and her condition suddenly improved immediately. After that, the woman began to drink only tea and sometimes water. But her appetite and desire to eat never returned to her. Her husband's worried parents tried to convince the girl to start eating, but it was useless.
According to the woman, she likes such a life: she does not experience health problems, despite her already venerable age, she is cheerful and cheerful. However, once a week Sarasvati allows herself to eat one banana, but she considers this an excess.
After an article about this amazing woman appeared in local newspapers, many people were skeptical about the described phenomenon. However, all the inhabitants of the village where Saraswati lives confirm that this is the case. Maandra Patidar, one of the old woman's sons, says that it was difficult for everyone in the family to get used to his mother's unusual food tradition. Scientists have not yet investigated this phenomenon, so they cannot say anything about this.
It is worth noting that a complete refusal of food is practiced by the so-called sun-eaters, who claim that they are able to receive all the energy they need from the Sun or from space. As an example, a couple from California: 37-year-old Akahi Ricardo and his 34-year-old wife Camilla Costello, according to them, last ate "like all people" in 2008 and since then have mostly been content with only "the energy of space ".
“When we started, we ate absolutely nothing for three whole years,” says Camilla. - Now we can easily manage without food, and only 2-3 times a week we eat a couple of pieces of fruit or some vegetables. And often we do it for the sake of curiosity, for example, to find out what a new fruit tastes like …"
At the same time, the children of Akahi and Camilla eat whatever they want, they are not limited either in sweets, or in pizza and other products. But the couple hopes that someday they too will become "sunshine".