long lived raw vegans

[Guest guest]

If anywhere, it would seem that India would have some examples of long lived raw

vegans, since so many people there are vegetarian. I once read a book about a

man called Shivapuri Baba, who supposedly lived to age 137. Unfortunately, I no

longer have the book, titled Long Pilgrimage, by John Bennett. Here is a

picture of him at age 112.

http://www.hornyforgod.com/new_releases/new_release_shv.html

 

And here is a passage from a web page which claims he was a raw fooder. I don't

know if he was vegan his whole life, but this passage indicates that he was till

age 50, at least:

 

http://www.seedcuisine.com/benefits.php

" One of the most famous and well-documented cases of longevity resulting from a

raw food diet was that of Shivapuri Baba, who lived to be 137 years old. At the

age of 50, after living in the forest in India on just raw roots and tubers for

30 years, he went on a 35-year, world walking tour. He spent time with different

spiritual, cultural, and political leaders, including four years with Queen

Victoria in England. Born in 1826, he died in 1963. It was said that he ate raw

foods up until a few years before his death, when he began to accept the cooked

food of his visitors. According to first-hand accounts, at this point he began

to lose his vitality and age noticeably. "

 

Mark

Hi Annette,

 

Making it to your 70s is not all that impressive. The average life expectancy

of Americans is around 77. The Japanese, Australians and a few others have a

life expectancy of around 80. As Nazariah says, where are the 90 or 100 year

old raw vegans?

 

Mark

 

cloudriver

RawSeattle

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 10:56 AM

Re: Fw: [RawSeattle] disturbing interview

 

 

What about Fred Bisci? Isn't he in his 70s? It seems there was

another older gentleman interviewed in Paul Nison's book ....

 

Annette

 

 

RawSeattle , " Mark Hovila " <hovila@c...> wrote:

 

> Overall, I thought the interview raised some really good points,

especially the one about the lack of old raw vegans. Does anybody

know of any?

>

> Mark