http://www.lightdocumentary.com/breatharian-meals.html
From 1972 on, Dr. Paul Webb, a specialist in calorimetry and metabolic research, conducted with his research team a series of scientifc studies trying to replicate the experiments of Atwater and Benedict with improved calorimeters.
Dr. Webb worked especially in the field of aerospace medicine and in the 1960s developed for the NASA a new suit calorimeter that allowed measurements on a whole new level, and that questioned the universal validity of Calorie Theory in the human body on a fundamental basis.
The revolutionary results, which were published in 1980 in the renowned, peer-reviewed American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, pointed to a crucial discrepancy between the theoretical amount of energy produced by metabolism (the results of indirect calorimetry measuring the consumption of oxygen and production of carbon dioxide) and the actual measurable (by direct calorimetry) amount of energy produced by the body. This discrepency was up to 23 percent, the so called "unmeasured energy", meaning that in some cases for nearly a quarter of the energy produced in the test persons, the scientists had no explanation at all.
And: "The greater the food deficit, the larger was the unmeasured energy".
He wrote: "The more careful the study, the more clearly there is evidence of energy not accounted for."
Faced with this evidence of "energy not accounted for," the author felt that it was necessary to introduce a new term into the calculation of energy balance. He used the term Qx - Energy coming from an unknown source, or "Energy out of nothing".
Although the findings of Dr. Webb will probably need a few more decades to change the Western scientific understanding of the human body and the vital energy - the Eastern medical traditions are well aware of this mysterious Qx energy - they just have different names for it.
In China they call it Qi, in India Prana, Wilhelm Reich called it Orgon and - who knows - perhaps even the mysterious, undetectable Dark Energy, that permeates the whole universe, has something to do with it.
http://www.lightdocumentary.com/the-calorie-myth.html
Outdated mechanistic "evidence": In 1896 Wilbur Atwater (picture above) started with his collegue Francis Benedict a series of metabolic experiments that suggested that the production of heat and work produced by the human body corresponded to the caloric value of the nutrients metabolized. The Calorie Theory was born.
*A few years later, in 1919, the well-known Harris-Benedict equation was put forth, which tells us until today how much calories the human "machine" is supposed to need in resting mode - the formula for the Basal Metabolic Rate, involving weight, height, sex and age. The Harris-Benedict equation generally produces reasonable results when applied to people of average weight and in good health. However, it is a poor predictor of energy expenditure based on actual measurement in underweight, obese or ill people. Therefore, it over-estimates just as often as it under-estimates.
To make a long story short: The Calorie Theory does not hold up to reality - or as Dr. William Riggins writes in "THE MYTH OF THE CALORIE" (Riggins, 1996):
"We can therefore come to only one conclusion. Given the present state of our scientific knowledge, it may not be useful or practical to conceive of the human body as operating strictly according to the thermodynamic laws of inorganic nature...
Even in a controlled, artificial setting, where the oxygen taken in and carbon dioxide released can be measured, we still cannot predict, in all cases, how much heat and work the body will produce. We must therefore call into question whether it is completely accurate to think of respiration as being merely a form of combustion.
Two blocks of carbon which consume the same amount of oxygen will always produce the same amount of heat. With human beings, however, it is not so."
"The energy requirements of man are not known. Paradoxically we conclude this from the results of increasingly sophisticated studies ", writes the renowned scientific journal NATURE
Even in the renowned NATURE journal four leading researchers in the field of human nutrition and human physiology exposed the flaws of the classical theory of nutrition. The title of the article, published in 1973, posed an interesting question: "How much food does man require?" They wrote:
"We believe that the energy requirements of man and his balance of intake and expenditure are not known. Paradoxically, we conclude this from results of the increasingly sophisticated studies of food intake and energy expenditure which show that in any group of twenty or more subjects, with similar attributes and activities, food intake can vary as much as two-fold....
The results of careful studies in a number of countries suggest that some people, perhaps through some mechanism of adaptation, are able to be healthy and active on energy intakes which, by current standards, would be regarded as inadequate... These observations underline the extent of our ignorance about the mechanisms by which energy balance is maintained." (Durnin, et al. 1973)
A few years later a metabolic research team in Ohio found even stronger evidence for the above statement. They not only proved the legendary 19th century experiments by Atwater and Benedict were wrong, but made a revolutionary discovery that still has not reached the mainstream of science. They found evidence that man is, at least partially, powered by an energy from an unknown source.
All italicized parts in this text are original excerpts from the book "THE MYTH OF THE CALORIE" which was published in 1994 as doctoral dissertation by Dr. William Riggins at Columbia University/USA.
By accepting that the human body is also nourished, at least partially, in a non-physical way, those assumed fakes suddenly become more conceivable.
http://yang-sheng.com/?p=3874
usually a temporary measure and the students must still practice Qigong daily.
"We believe that the energy requirements of man and his balance of intake and expenditure are not known. Paradoxically, we conclude this from results of the increasingly sophisticated studies of food intake and energy expenditure which show that in any group of twenty or more subjects, with similar attributes and activities, food intake can vary as much as two-fold....
The results of careful studies in a number of countries suggest that some people, perhaps through some mechanism of adaptation, are able to be healthy and active on energy intakes which, by current standards, would be regarded as inadequate... These observations underline the extent of our ignorance about the mechanisms by which energy balance is maintained." (Durnin, et al. 1973)
A few years later a metabolic research team in Ohio found even stronger evidence for the above statement. They not only proved the legendary 19th century experiments by Atwater and Benedict were wrong, but made a revolutionary discovery that still has not reached the mainstream of science. They found evidence that man is, at least partially, powered by an energy from an unknown source.
All italicized parts in this text are original excerpts from the book "THE MYTH OF THE CALORIE" which was published in 1994 as doctoral dissertation by Dr. William Riggins at Columbia University/USA.
By accepting that the human body is also nourished, at least partially, in a non-physical way, those assumed fakes suddenly become more conceivable.
http://yang-sheng.com/?p=3874
usually a temporary measure and the students must still practice Qigong daily.
Another temporary aid is that the master charges water by projecting his Qi into it. The student relieves hunger by drinking the charged water.
Symptoms of moderate to severe dehydration include: low blood pressure; fainting; severe muscle contractions in the arms legs, stomach, and back; convulsions,; bloated stomach; heart failure; sunken, dry eyes, with few or no tears; skin loses its firmness and looks wrinkled; lack of elasticity of the skin (when a bit of skin lifted up stays folded and takes a long time to go back to its normal position; rapid and deep breathing, and a fast, weak pulse. In severe dehydration, these effects become more pronounced and the patient may develop evidence of hypovolemic shock, including: diminished consciousness, lack of urine output, cool moist extremities, a rapid and feeble pulse (the radial pulse may be undetectable), low or undetectable blood pressure, and peripheral cyanosis. Death follows soon if rehydration is not started quickly. After 15% – 20 % of the total body water is lost, you cannot be rehydrated.
(h) Swelling Joints
Joints may swell, without any pain, during the first two months of Bigu. This can indicates that the joint is being repaired. The swelling usually goes down after 3 to 12 days by itself.
Another cause of swelling is drinking too much water or liquids with salt during Bigu.
https://sensualanimist.com/2012/10/16/taoist-diet-bigu-avoiding-grains/
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