Pak man eats leaves for 25 years, never falls ill

[tomato]

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A man in Pakistan's Punjab has been surviving on fresh leaves and wood for the last 25 years.
Mehmood Butt, 50, started eating leaves as he could not afford a basic meal.
Surprisingly, he has never once fallen ill.

"There was too much poverty in my family. Everything was beyond limit and it was very difficult for me to get a meal, so I thought it is better to eat wood rather than begging on a street," Butt said.

"Eating wood and leaves has become my habit now," Butt was quoted as saying by 'The News International'.

Years later, as he took up work and could afford meals, he found himself strangely keen on maintaining his unique eating practice, the report said.

Butt, who earns Rs 600 a day by transporting things from one place to another on his donkey cart, has never fallen ill and is always looking to consume fresh wood and leaves.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ears-never-falls-ill/articleshow/58323956.cms

 

[DRsohail]

proteins????dont think so he can survive for too long,,,

 

[ExpressPacer]

Vegetarianism is always a good option. Sure, have meat but not go berserk about it. Like Hazrat Imam Ali (A.S) once said, "Do not make your stomach a graveyard for animals.". I think this clearly speaks of the fact that even though it is permissible to eat meat, we need to control ourselves for too much of anything is bad. But most people can't even remember the last time they spent an entire without the consumption of meat.

 

[Zak_Fan]

Amazing how media falls for this nonsense.

 

[DRsohail]

Vegetarianism is always a good option. Sure, have meat but not go berserk about it. Like Hazrat Imam Ali (A.S) once said, "Do not make your stomach a graveyard for animals.". I think this clearly speaks of the fact that even though it is permissible to eat meat, we need to control ourselves for too much of anything is bad. But most people can't even remember the last time they spent an entire without the consumption of meat.

and most people even dont remember when was the last time they eat meat..poverty.....but pure vegeterian does not work..protein demands should be there..i dont think so this man just ate leaves...

 

[ExpressPacer]

and most people even dont remember when was the last time they eat meat..poverty.....but pure vegeterian does not work..protein demands should be there..i dont think so this man just ate leaves...

Agreed. It's obviously a lie. But, I was just stating that too much of anything is bad. Be it leaves or meat.

 

[tomato]

.but pure vegeterian does not work..protein demands should be there..i dont think so this man just ate leaves...

Just leaves alone may not be enough but there are 100s of millions people in world who are pure vegetarians.

 

[DRsohail]

Just leaves alone may not be enough but there are 100s of millions people in world who are pure vegetarians.

no it is a super duper lie...they just not only eat veget but also other proteinicous matreials where they even dont know they are or not.....science says man cant live only on vegetables....and yess its true..

 

[Hornbill]

no it is a super duper lie...they just not only eat veget but also other proteinicous matreials where they even dont know they are or not.....science says man cant live only on vegetables....and yess its true..

Cereals are source of protein and it's part of veg diet.

 

[Zak_Fan]

no it is a super duper lie...they just not only eat veget but also other proteinicous matreials where they even dont know they are or not.....science says man cant live only on vegetables....and yess its true..

Being vegetarian isn't the same as living on vegetables.

 

[DRsohail]

Being vegetarian isn't the same as living on vegetables.

ok..i thought that they just eat vegetables , i dont know much about it ..sorry if it was offensive.....

 

[msb314]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ears-never-falls-ill/articleshow/58323956.cms

How do you even eat wood in the first place?

Can you body digest it?

 

[Moiza]

These vegans, man.

 

[CricketCartoons]

If he didnt fall ill, it was probably due to his Pakistani genes, and not because he was a vegetarian. Some Pakistanis come from a strong genetic pool.

 

[Mian]

How do you even eat wood in the first place?

Can you body digest it?

New branches of plants maybe?

 

[Major]

lannat on our system that call its self a muslim country yet cannot provide appropriate langar at appropriate locations.

Its stories like these that makes me really appreciate what the sikhs gurdwara's do. Always providing a langar, and the langar they provide is very clean and all. Plus, everyone eats their langar due to its cleaness.

Our molvis should really learn a thing or two from the sikhs who run gurdwaras

 

[Mamoon]

Our molvis should really learn a thing or two from the sikhs who run gurdwaras

Halway kaun khayega.

 

[WebGuru]

Halway kaun khayega.

Aajkal humaare maulvi halwa nae khaate they prefer Beryani or Zerda

 

[msb314]

New branches of plants maybe?

Branches are still wood right?

Can your body digest all that cellulose?

 

[TahirFan]

I eat a bowl of leave salad everyday. On many days that's all I live on. I get tons of energy and it keeps me slim and fit.

Maybe Umar Akmal should start living on leaves

Did you Know that Razzak has an obsessive craving for spinach leaves. On many days that's all he eats

 

[PakLFC]

I watched a programme as to how people in Northern Pakistan live healthy lives until a 100 years living on cheese, milk, water and fruit. Similarly, the old sadhu's in the Himalaya mountains also have a very simple diet as well. It is the western diet that harms the health more then anything else, fast food only invites disease. Since the west is perceived as always being right people just go about what is done their. We are what we eat, folk's! Although this story of living on leaves for 25 years is most likely untrue. Bring on the veggies, milk and water!

 

[SpiritOf1903]

lannat on our system that call its self a muslim country yet cannot provide appropriate langar at appropriate locations.

Its stories like these that makes me really appreciate what the sikhs gurdwara's do. Always providing a langar, and the langar they provide is very clean and all. Plus, everyone eats their langar due to its cleaness.

Our molvis should really learn a thing or two from the sikhs who run gurdwaras

It was Muslims who started the concept of ' langar', Khawaja Gharib etc!

 

[Major]

It was Muslims who started the concept of ' langar', Khawaja Gharib etc!

But it is the Sikhs who provide actual langar at their actual worship place.

Muslim langar is only available at dargahs. While Sikhs provide in at Gurdwaras and open to all people

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Never falls ill*








*Claim made without evidence.

 

[SpiritOf1903]

But it is the Sikhs who provide actual langar at their actual worship place.

Muslim langar is only available at dargahs. While Sikhs provide in at Gurdwaras and open to all people

They took many things from Islam and implementing langar was one. When considering how many mosques there are it just isn't feasible.