The Strange World of Breatharianism

In 2013, a YouTuber named Naveena Shine documented her attempt to become a breatharian—a person who claims to nourish themselves on air and light, rather than food. Breatharianism has been operating in the far fringes of new age esoterica for decades, with its history of fraudulent gurus, public humiliation, and tragedy.
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February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
Original Soundtrack by Ryan Probert: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5a3UXdh_ybYHwzb-JFbMTmm3TWlFOJ1m
Further reading/viewing:
Naveena's Living on Light YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMBZdxVz9EnXolJn2sFenag
Jasmuheen's 60 Minutes broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnCuzUd4eC0&t
Wiley Brooks' book: http://web.archive.org/web/20191116020344/https://www.breatharian.com/books/Breatharianism-Breathe-and-Live-Forever-by-Wiley-Brooks.pdf
Wiley's website: http://breatharian.com/
PA Straubinger's website: https://www.lightdocumentary.com/
"The People Who Think Air is Food" by Breena Kerr: https://www.gq.com/story/breatharians-the-people-who-think-air-is-food
Interview with Naveena: https://www.vice.com/en/article/9bnx4a/the-woman-living-off-water-tea-and-light-for-100-days
Interview with Wiley: https://www.vice.com/en/article/kwpzwm/breatharian-leader-wiley-brooks-lives-on-light-air-and-quarter-pounders
@maxrichard5582
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
Smoking isn’t eating why don’t they do that instead of drinking ‘tea” that should still fit into their worldview right?
@trollishka
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
100% of people that die have eaten so …
@bronsonwatching69
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
She wants to live on light and lives in Seattle? I see a potential issue here.
@venusrose9890
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
On an only vaguely related note, Breatharian is a really dope album by Mndsgn.
@Voots7
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
She continued to take giant stinky shits. Unexplainable.
@Steve-j2j
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
They actually are selling that Biowell. For $2,299 !!!
Wow ! P .T. Barnum was right.
@maypen-w4y
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
Is there a doctor in the house?
@MrJdsenior
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
What an idiot. They should change their names to the Boneheadians. I guess there IS still some Darwinism going on.
Eat or die, it is that simple. This needs to be added to the list of mental illnesses.
@robot_spider
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
09:17 Yeah, that's the font of a sane person, no question. Crazy conspiracy theories and bullshit screeds NEVER use multicolored, pastel text on a dark background.
@moohoo725
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
47:25 Bookmark for McDonald's
@No_True_Scotsman
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
I thought during the experiment she'd just drink out of the toilet. You can safely go without food for a week, just not water.
@GabrielJohnson-f6o
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
I can completely understand why people would want to embrace an ideal that we can be more than our base means. Just a meat eating Neanderthal! Because there is a huge worldwide growing problem with obesity. But is it physically/ biologically possible?…. No…. No it’s not.
@Rudimentary007
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
I’m a plant and I live off beef jerky and vodka.😊
@diegomo1413
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
Finally, a group of people both vegans and non vegans can make fun of 😂
@alucardbird_of_hermes9785
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
Breath air e in ah yes moronicism
@TheOmniMic
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
The depths of mental illness are endless.
@GrannyReplica
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
I would love it if this worked, ridiculous as it may sound, because I hate eating. Alas, I'm not stupid, so I eat nutritious food while also watching my daily calorie intake. 🤦♂️
@MrSillenomis
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
A few days fasting is actually beneficial
@sumyho
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
wow great video
@glamcityrockerofficial
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
your mental health is an important thing don't end up like this lady
@tarekmegahed1423
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
46:22 50% food 50% prannic nourishment? You discovered fasting for spiritual purposes? something that was practiced by every faith ever for thousands of years? Amazing!
@rocketterrier
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
I appreciate the bluntness of the news anchor. "There is a woman who is dead in Scotland because of your teachings."
@theloveandcookiesgal
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
22:26 "never drink water alone" is because drinking straight water while u are actively starving yourself can make you vomit! I only drank water mixed with lemonade my senior year of high school for this reason
@leotrill2
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
There are always crackpots out there
@seanstoddard6655
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
14:10 she should have drank homeopathic water.
@samrichardson441
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
Man cannot live on bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God
Isaiah 8:20
[20]To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
@samwitwicky2515
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
They was lying on that man
@Tj-ho2fs
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
I’m so tired of stupid people
@stu8506
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
Scammers, fucking crazy or both.
@willramirez75
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
New age climate panicking hippies and their ilk are the most narcissistic people in the history of the world. They will justify anything with the excuse of “saving the earth” because, obviously, they are the ones who know.
@GAGUTNUN
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
She was drinking the wrong water. The water is polluted. You're better off drinking coconut water
@libbylee9722
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 am
I just think Seattle would be a bad choice for living off sunlight