A Vietnamese woman has not eaten anything for 50 years, but only drinks water (5 photos)

A 75-year-old Vietnamese woman has been living on water and sweet soft drinks for 50 years - and still feels great and is full of energy. According to the woman, she stopped feeling hungry when she was struck by lightning.





A Vietnamese woman named Bui Thi Loi is 75 years old and lives in Loc Ninh Commune, Quang Binh Province. The woman takes care of the local military cemetery, and previously participated in youth volunteer groups and helped soldiers. In 1963, while Loy and her teammates were climbing a mountain to treat wounded soldiers, she was struck by lightning. According to the woman, after this incident she lost her feeling of hunger and did not want to eat at all.



Immediately after the lightning strike, she only drank water with sugar for a while, and in the next few years she sometimes ate fruit. However, from 1970 to this day, the elderly Vietnamese woman eats almost nothing, only drinks water. She even feels nauseous when she smells food. In addition, the woman has five children, and according to her, she has never had milk. Although she cooked for her children, she never ate her own meals. And now that her adult children have moved away, she doesn’t cook at all: her daily diet consists of water and soft drinks.





Despite this diet, Ms. Loy admits that she is in good health and has no illnesses. She receives an allowance of about 1.3 million dong per month ($50), which she spends on water and the rest on charity. Journalists and local authorities visited the grandmother's home several times and found her refrigerator filled with bottles of water and soda, and her electric stove had not been used for a long time.



However, many people have doubts about the grandmother’s lifestyle. For example, Tran Van Thanh, deputy chairman of the Loc Ninh Commune People's Committee, said it was impossible to confirm whether Ms. Loy really only lives on water. According to him, this story is limited only to people’s rumors and the stories of the pensioner herself, and no one has verified it. Experts note that stories have repeatedly appeared on social networks about people who have not eaten for decades and still live healthy lives. However, this is difficult to verify or find out the cause.