Don't go dry
Are you thirsty?
More to the point: is your body
thirsty, but neither you nor your doctor recognise the signals? Sufferers from
high blood pressure,
allergies, asthma, high
cholesterol levels, ulcers,
diabetes, bulimia,
rheumatism, and other ailments have been helped by the simple salt-water therapy advocated by Dr Fereydoon Batmanghelidj in his book Your Body’s Many Cries For Water. Backed by years of direct experience and close medical observation, he provides case-histories of patients who, after following his advice, have succeeded in reducing high blood pressure, allergic reactions and high cholesterol rates, as well as controlling asthma and curing ulcers. Dr Batmanghelidj even goes so far as to link lack of
water to
depression.
Water is the answer — or, to be precise, water containing very small amounts of salt. Dr Batmanghelidj recommends drinking eight glasses of water daily — a total amount of about two litres in which half a teaspoonful of salt has been dissolved. In response to a question in Share International (October 2001) about the efficacy of such a simple treatment, Benjamin Creme’s Master confirmed its authenticity.
Dehydration
Medical professionals have been educated to treat pain and disease with medication. Consequently, says Dr Batmanghelidj, many doctors do not fully understand the problems associated with
dehydration. During their training, medical students receive about six hours of instruction on
nutrition and a few hundred hours on drugs. This is when doctors may be influenced by the chemical industry’s “doctored” information. After 18 years of full-time research, Dr Batmanghelidj acquired an understanding of
dehydration as one of the primary causes of pain and disease, something never taught in medical school. Although Dr Batmanghelidj has presented his clinical findings at international conferences and in medical journals, institutions have refused to acknowledge his work. He claims that the mainstream medical world refuses to study the medicinal
effects of water used in place of drugs. In the ancient tradition of medicine, doctors were thinkers and philosophers; it is only recently that they have been forced to memorize pre-digested information to get through the curriculum in teaching hospitals.
Preventative pro-active health
In his book, Dr Batmanghelidj shows how
preventative medicine can become the main approach to health care in any society. Medical professionals today underestimate the vital role of
water in the human body.
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