tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4608287618412195836.post170028146264263844..comments2023-10-29T19:20:03.632-07:00Comments on Malcolm's Musings: Anomalies: How Can Anyone Live Without Eating?Malcolm Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672612354161787023noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4608287618412195836.post-27769098692229921002018-05-08T01:56:22.537-07:002018-05-08T01:56:22.537-07:00https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prahlad_Jani
Clai...https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prahlad_Jani<br /><br />Claims to have gone without food for 70+ years. Underwent testing twice and could not be debunked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4608287618412195836.post-15733617845052434672018-03-13T01:30:44.142-07:002018-03-13T01:30:44.142-07:00Although it is not, strictly speaking, relevant to...Although it is not, strictly speaking, relevant to the subject in hand, it is interesting to note how, long before the discovery of germs, various societies had developed customs limiting the damage due to poor water supplies. No doubt natural selection was involved.<br />In China the rule was (is): Don't drink water; drink tea. (Boiling the water kills germs.)<br />In the ancient Mediterranean world, it was St. Paul's advice to Timothy: "Stop drinking only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments."( Tim 5:23) (The alcohol knocks out a few of the germs.) In the ancient world you were considered a drunkard if you drink undiluted wine. The Romans diluted it with equal parts of water, a custom still observed in Tuscany, while the Greeks diluted it three or four times. Wine also served as an antiseptic, hence the use oil and wine by the Good Samaritan in dressing the patient's wounds (Luke 10:34).<br />In northern Europe, which was too cold for grapes, the drink of choice was small beer, which had a very low alcohol content, but at least the brewing destroyed the germs.Malcolm Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00672612354161787023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4608287618412195836.post-50613908856509541562018-03-12T19:06:44.903-07:002018-03-12T19:06:44.903-07:00It's often mentioned in old novels and history...It's often mentioned in old novels and history blogs that medieval people drank a lot of watered wine or weak beer, and I gather that sometimes a raw egg was broken into the ale. I can well imagine that if you lived on a liquid diet that let you take the minimum necessary daily calories to keep you alive, you would experience the spiritual benefits attributed to fasting on a more-or-less permanent basis. Cynically, you could point to alcohol on an empty stomach as creating the altered state of consciousness, but I'm not sure that taking a small amount of alcohol invalidates the spiritual experience. Very interesting topic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4608287618412195836.post-73976389412731419632018-03-11T20:48:32.144-07:002018-03-11T20:48:32.144-07:00The impression I got was that the nuns involved we...The impression I got was that the nuns involved were physically adverse to food, but there was no indication that they failed to drink. Miss Lazzeri was said not to have eaten or drunk anything but, of course, it would have been impossible to confirm it. As for Janet McLeod, it was said that on two occasions her jaws relaxed and she asked for water. One presumes, therefore, that normally she took no liquids.Malcolm Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00672612354161787023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4608287618412195836.post-18351739185267198072018-03-11T11:19:55.921-07:002018-03-11T11:19:55.921-07:00Question - did they possibly take wine or milk? I...Question - did they possibly take wine or milk? I once lived 7 days on nothing but milk, and I didn't even get hungry until the last day. I could have lasted much longer, if there had been no solid food available. The reason I tried this was because I get having digestive problems and couldn't figure out what foods were causing the problem, so I tried to give up all food. In the end I decided that hunger was worse than taking a risk of being sick from eating solid food, but if my sickness had been worse, I might have made the opposite choice. Some of your examples specified that the person couldn't even swallow water, but in other cases, it just said they didn't take "food," which could be interpreted as meaning solid food. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com