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===Jasmuheen===
[[Jasmuheen]] (born Ellen Greve) was a prominent advocate of breatharianism in the 1990s. She said, "I can go for months and months without having anything at all other than a cup of tea. My body runs on a different kind of nourishment."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Keith |first=L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=\_KGWcPH41qYC |title=The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability |publisher=PM Press |year=2009 |isbn=9781604861822}}{{dead link|date=July 2017}}</ref> Interviewers found her house stocked with food; Jasmuheen claimed the food was for her husband and daughter. In 1999, she volunteered to be monitored closely by the Australian television program ''[[60 Minutes (Australian TV program)|60 Minutes]]'' for one week without eating to demonstrate her methods.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Living on air: Breatharian put to the test |url=http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/60/stories/1999_10_24/story_57.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051102085047/http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/60/stories/1999_10_24/story_57.asp |archive-date=2 November 2005}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jasmuheen |url=http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/comment/jasmuheen.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001044/http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/comment/jasmuheen.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=7 June 2008}}</ref> 

Jasmuheen stated that she found it difficult on the third day of the test because the hotel room in which she was confined was located near a busy road, causing [[stress (medicine)|stress]] and [[pollution]] that prevented absorption of required nutrients from the air. "I asked for fresh air. Seventy per cent of my nutrients come from fresh air. I couldn’t even breathe," she said. On the third day, the test was moved to a mountainside retreat, where her condition continued to deteriorate. After Jasmuheen had fasted for four days, Berris Wink, president of the Queensland branch of the [[Australian Medical Association]], urged her to stop the test.<ref name="Yahoo 1999">{{Cite news |date=25 October 1999 |title=Fresh-air dietician fails TV show's challenge |publisher=[[Yahoo News]] |url=http://www.caic.org.au/miscult/breatharians/Fresh-air%20dietician%20fails%20TV%20show%27s%20challenge.htm |access-date=7 April 2015 |archive-date=13 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013013712/http://www.caic.org.au/miscult/breatharians/Fresh-air%20dietician%20fails%20TV%20show%27s%20challenge.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to Wink, Jasmuheen's pupils were dilated, her speech was slow, and she was "quite dehydrated, probably over 10%, getting up to 11%". Towards the end of the test, she said, "Her pulse is about double what it was when she started. The risks if she goes any further are kidney failure. ''60 Minutes'' would be culpable if they encouraged her to continue. She should stop now." The test was stopped. Wink said, "Unfortunately there are a few people who may believe what she says, and I'm sure it's only a few, but I think it's quite irresponsible for somebody to be trying to encourage others to do something that is so detrimental to their health."<ref name="Yahoo 1999" /> Jasmuheen challenged the results of the program, saying, "Look, 6,000 people have done this around the world without any problem."<ref name="Bergman2006">{{Cite book |last=Bergman |first=Gregory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QUVuSNM5QUQC&pg=PA32 |title=Isms: From Autoeroticism to Zoroastrianism – an Irreverent Reference |publisher=Adams Media |year=2006 |isbn=1440517886 |page=32}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Gillian |date=6 April 2000 |title=Starvation guru given hostile reception |work=The Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mysticism |url=http://liberatapublishers.com/mysticism.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209101343/http://liberatapublishers.com/mysticism.htm |archive-date=9 February 2012 |access-date=7 June 2008}}</ref>

Jasmuheen was awarded the [[Bent Spoon Award]] by [[Australian Skeptics]] in 2000 ("presented to the perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of paranormal or pseudoscientific piffle").<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bent Spoon 2000 – Winner (Jasmuheen) |url=http://www.skeptics.com.au/spoon/2000winners.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050616014356/http://skeptics.com.au/spoon/2000winners.htm |archive-date=16 June 2005 |access-date=7 June 2008}}</ref> She also won the 2000 [[Ig Nobel Prize]] for Literature for ''Living on Light''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 October 2000 |title=The 2000 Ig Nobel Prize Winners |url=https://www.improbable.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225074430/http://improb.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2000 |archive-date=25 February 2011 |access-date=28 October 2019 |website=improbable.com}}</ref> Jasmuheen claims that their beliefs are based on the writings and "more recent [[channelling (mediumistic)|channelled]] material" from [[St. Germain (Theosophy)|St. Germain]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 September 1999 |title=All they need is the air |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/454313.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305092336/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/454313.stm |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=11 January 2010 |website=[[BBC News]] }}</ref> She stated that some people's [[DNA]] has expanded from 2 to 12 strands, to "absorb more hydrogen". When offered $30,000 to prove her claim with a blood test, she said that she did not understand the relevance as she was not referring to herself.<ref>{{Cite web |year=1997 |title=Correx Archives&nbsp;– Jasmuheen |url=http://www.abc.net.au/science/correx/archives/jasmuheen.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980423153006/http://www.abc.net.au/science/correx/archives/jasmuheen.htm |archive-date=23 April 1998 |access-date=7 June 2008 |website=Corex |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref>

{{asof|2017}}, five deaths had been directly linked to breatharianism as a result of Jasmuheen's publications.<ref name="3Deaths">{{Cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Tom |last2=Judith O'Reilly |date=26 September 1999 |title=Three deaths linked to 'living on air' cult |work=[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]] |publisher=(London)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=26 April 2012 |title=Swiss woman starves to death on daylight diet |work=[[Herald Sun]] |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/swiss-woman-starved-to-death-on-daylight-diet/story-e6frf7lf-1226339082591 |access-date=26 April 2012}} "This was the fourth known death linked to breatharianism and Jasmuheen's books since the practice emerged in the early 90s."</ref><ref name="contactmuziek">{{Cite web |title=Contact & Muziek: Lichtvoeding |url=http://www.contactmuziek.nl/lichtvoeding.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612223030/http://www.contactmuziek.nl/lichtvoeding.html |archive-date=12 June 2017 |access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="NRC">{{Cite news |last=van der Veen |first=Casper |date=12 June 2017 |title=OM onderzoekt sterfgeval in woongroep die voeding afzweert |work=NRC Handelsblad |location=Amsterdam |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/06/12/om-onderzoekt-sterfgeval-in-woongroep-die-voeding-afzweert-a1562695 |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-date=22 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422165119/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/06/12/om-onderzoekt-sterfgeval-in-woongroep-die-voeding-afzweert-a1562695 |url-status=live }}</ref> Jasmuheen has denied any responsibility for three of the deaths.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Collie |first1=Jason |title=No-food guru in deaths inquiry |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/no-food-guru-in-deaths-inquiry/LIGZDWYQBAGJPB2T3A2CAKRL4M/ |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=29 June 2000 |access-date=20 June 2023 |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620092859/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/no-food-guru-in-deaths-inquiry/LIGZDWYQBAGJPB2T3A2CAKRL4M/ |url-status=live }}</ref>