{"id":93440,"date":"2013-06-29T15:41:02","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T10:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=93440"},"modified":"2013-07-06T16:22:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-06T10:52:48","slug":"sri-lankan-man-claims-to-have-lived-without-eating-food-for-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lankan-man-claims-to-have-lived-without-eating-food-for-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan Man Claims To Have Lived Without Eating Food For Five Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>A Sri Lankan man claims he has survived without food for the last five years.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Although experts believe humans can only live for two months without a meal, Kirby de Lanerolle insists he has only needed fresh air as nourishment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The breatharian also claims his lifestyle &#8211; which he says harnesses light, wind and the &#8216;vibrations of God&#8217; &#8211; can reverse the ageing process and make him immortal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oGptneTHBbc?rel=0;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"634\" height=\"357\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span>In an interview on TV show Taboo USA cited by\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sol\/homepage\/news\/4986338\/man-survives-for-five-years-on-nothing-but-fresh-air.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><span>The Sun<\/span><\/a><span>,<\/span><span>\u00a0de Lanerolle said: &#8216;There are energy sources out there that are greater than the food calories you are putting in your body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;Calories come from photons and light and vibrations and wind. Anything can feed you if your energy centres are open.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Ho5K1yl5BU?rel=0;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"634\" height=\"357\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span>He admits to having eaten seven 500-calorie meals over the last ten months, but claims they made him feel ill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He said: &#8216;In this consciousness, when I do eat food, it makes me feel very tired. And my alertness goes away when I eat now.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.odditycentral.com\/news\/meet-the-breatharian-who-lives-on-energy-and-only-eats-a-few-times-a-year.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><span>odditycentral.com<\/span><\/a><span>, de Lanerolle was a drug addict at the age of 16.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NWzJpXhsi0c?rel=0;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"634\" height=\"357\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span>But he has gone on to become a Gold medalist at the Junior National Level Championship for Rifle Shooting in 1995, winner of several boxing medals, Executive Advisor to the Ministry of Social Services in Sri Lanka and a successful entrepreneur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He is also believed to be the only person known to have completed a marathon having only consumed water for three months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lankan-man-claims-to-have-lived-without-eating-food-for-five-years\/man\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93445\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-93445\" title=\"man\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/man-300x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/man-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/man.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>He claims he owes his dramatic turnaround in fortunes to the breatharian lifestyle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Around five years ago, he read about people who didn&#8217;t eat for up to six years and didn&#8217;t drink water for 40 days and 40 nights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He was also convinced by the writings of a guru who said that cancer, diabetes and heart disease are caused by food.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He now wants to teach others to be breatharians, but experts are worried about his claims because some people have died trying adopt the lifestyle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/\">www.dailymail.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":93445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2220],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-video-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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