"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein
Sunlight for Dinner and Other Bright Ideas
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Introducing the all sunlight dinner! A great way to shed pounds and find inner peace. WARNING: side effects may include, but are not limited to: anorexia and death. The mistake an alarming amount of people have been making is trying this new diet craze where they attempt to feed only off of sunlight, water and sunlight, or tea and sunlight.
This new diet does work. If you do not eat food you will lose weight, but that is not a result of soaking up some sun. People are losing weight with this diet because they are not taking in any calories. There are so many things wrong with this diet, including the lack of a basic knowledge of biology. The sun cannot give people energy because people are not plants. Humans do not have chloroplasts and therefor do not have the ability to use the sun for energy.
This misconception is becoming more and more common. Breatharian is the name given to people who have attempted and believe that this "bright idea" is an actual way to lose weight and help find themselves become at peace with the universe. The idea of this is enough to drive any sane person with the most fundamental knowledge of biology up a wall.
The only up side of this astonishingly stupid diet, or perhaps diet is the wrong word since the word diet implies the types of food a person eats, is that it only harms the people who are attempting to live off of the sun. While their bad choices are a sad display of scientific illiteracy, they do not impact anyone besides those that have to pay for their funerals. Whether or not someone decides to fast forever will not negatively impact the world. In fact, it might actually be what some people deem as "natural selection" since they are not smart enough to realize that people do indeed need food to survive.
This new diet does work. If you do not eat food you will lose weight, but that is not a result of soaking up some sun. People are losing weight with this diet because they are not taking in any calories. There are so many things wrong with this diet, including the lack of a basic knowledge of biology. The sun cannot give people energy because people are not plants. Humans do not have chloroplasts and therefor do not have the ability to use the sun for energy.
This misconception is becoming more and more common. Breatharian is the name given to people who have attempted and believe that this "bright idea" is an actual way to lose weight and help find themselves become at peace with the universe. The idea of this is enough to drive any sane person with the most fundamental knowledge of biology up a wall.
The only up side of this astonishingly stupid diet, or perhaps diet is the wrong word since the word diet implies the types of food a person eats, is that it only harms the people who are attempting to live off of the sun. While their bad choices are a sad display of scientific illiteracy, they do not impact anyone besides those that have to pay for their funerals. Whether or not someone decides to fast forever will not negatively impact the world. In fact, it might actually be what some people deem as "natural selection" since they are not smart enough to realize that people do indeed need food to survive.