Living on ONLY Sunshine page

[ozbuckley]

Hi Guys,

Just watched a pretty interesting doco called 'Eat The Sun'. It was released last year. Its about 'sun gazing'... looking directly into the sun for up to 40 odd minutes a day.



Apparently you start off at 10 seconds on the first day and then every day after that increase your sun gazing by 5-10 secs. The best time of the day is the 1 hour period after sunrise and the 1 hour period before sunset.

A lot of people who do it find their energy explodes, their stress vanish and funny enough so does a lot of their appetite. Some of these people claim to not have eaten food for YEARS.

Its an interesting doco.

Me?... well I LOVE my food too much to stop eating food but would be interesting to give it a try for 5-10mins a day.

[Nady]

Doesn't staring into the sun burn your retinas or something?

[boxcarguy07]

I have sun-gazed and I certainly do find that it offers benefits... it seems to blast away stress (well, what's more relaxing than watching a sunset/sunrise?) and helps sleep for sure. I never tried giving up food in conjunction with it, but part of me believes it's possible. I want to get back into sun-gazing but my sleep schedule is a little messed up and I always sleep past the sunrise even when I intend to wake before it.

[activia]

Doesn't staring into the sun burn your retinas or something?

The sun is signifcantly weaker at sunrise/sunset... wonder if that has anything to do with it? I know I look at the sun during sunrise and sunset with no pain

[sbhikes]

Judging by that video image, the sun is probably weaker when shrouded in smoke coming out of that smokestack, too. I think just getting some sun on your bare skin each day is probably better than burning your retinas staring right into it.

[carlh]

Isn't this just really about getting your body to make enough vitamin D in a natural way instead of with supplements? Can't personally see how staring INTO the sun is useful.

[rhee]

D3 effects your mood and appetite so natural sunlight is wonderful and I can see why it makes people happy staring at the sun. I do not think it is a food replacement. By that logic, there would be no starving kids in Africa because they can survive on sunlight. As we all know, that is not the case.
I never trust a guru that claims to defy the laws of nature and I would certainly never follow their example. The guy on the video claimed it is possible to live on sunlight simply because one other person has. I would need a little more proof than that in order to give up food.

[Owly]

I had to check the date to make sure this wasn't an April Fools post.

[rhee]

There are really people that believe they can survive on sunlight. I watched a wife swap a few years back that starred a vegan sun eater. She was a perfect example of someone starving her brain of necessary fatty acids.

[jakey]

you know those doctors who call bullshit on this stuff in the video? i'm with them. i love sunshine. i cannot photosynthesize, as i am not a plant. i eat food.