Are You Sick Or Are You Thirsty

Yesterday I was supposed to have lunch with my friend Margaret but she told me in the morning that she didnt want to walk to the restaurant where we were supposed to meet because she had painful arthritis in her foot.

I asked her Do you want to hear what helped my arthritis go away and of course she did.

Then I told her about a strange little book I had read a few years titled Your Bodys Many Cries for Water by F. Batmanghelidj M.D. The theory that Dr. Batmanghelidj proposes is that almost all bodily ailments no matter where and how they manifest in the body are usually caused by our body cells being chronically dehydrated and that the cure for almost all illness is simply to get our cells properly hydrated again.

At the time I read this book I had arthritis in my fingers so bad that I could not hold a cup in my hands or turn a door knob. I often had very little energy.

Within a few weeks of trying Dr. Batmanghelidjs recommendations my arthritis went away. Now whenever I get a few twinges I simply step up my water intake and the pain disappears in a couple of days. I have more energy now than I had twenty years ago and I havent really changed anything except my water intake.

Dr. Batmanghelidj had been a medical doctor living in Iran when he was arrested and thrown into jail on trumped up political charges. He was scheduled to be executed.

One night a prisoner in the same jail was brought to him for treatment. This prisoner was suffering terribly from an acute ulcer and Dr. Batmanghelidj had nothing to give the man for his pain except water. To his great surprise after a few glasses of water the pain went away.

Over the course of treating other prisoners with nothing but glasses of water Dr. Batmanghelidj found that he was able to help many serious conditions using water as therapy. When he was eventually released from prison he conducted many experiments and found many conditions improved with this treatment.

He came to the conclusion that many physical ailments are simply a result of dehydration.

Among the many ailments that Dr. Batmanghelidj believes are really a result of the body being dehydrated are such varied conditions as allergies asthma lupus arthritis back pain ulcers high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

The book is somewhat hard to read because Dr. Batmanghelidj is not very skilled in writing in English and he uses a lot of medical terminology so it can be difficult for a lay person to understand some of it.

According to Dr. Batmanghelidj only water counts as a hydrating beverage. Other drinks such as juices milk coffee and soft drinks do not have this miraculous ability to reverse disease.

Dr. Batmanghelidj has developed a formula to figure out how much water a person should be drinking each day. According to him a person should drink one fluid ounce of water for every two pounds of body weight.

Here is a quick summary of his proposed schedule: About two glasses of water taken upon waking. Then one to two glasses of water taken half an hour before meals. A glass of water two and a half hours after a meal. Other glasses of water as needed.

Dr. Batmanghelidj also recommends adding a pinch of unrefined sea salt to each glass of water to help the body cells absorb the liquid.

Of course not all people agree with Dr. Batmanghelidjs recommendations especially not all other medical doctors. Some people think he is a medical quack while others think his theory about dehydration being the cause of many ailments is not only simple but correct.

Even if you dont want to buy the book it is still very fascinating to read the letters at Amazons website from people who say that following his regimen helped cure them of all sorts of longstanding medical problems.

If you wish to try Dr. Batmanghelidj's simple remedy for health problems keep in mind that he says it will take several months of increased water intake to properly rehydrate your cells.

Just because you don't feel thirsty it does not mean you are properly hydrated. Thirst is one of the final signals of dehydration.

This article is by Royane Real author of several self help books including "Your Quick Guide to Improving Your Learning Ability" Sign up today to get her free newsletter filled with life improving tips at http://www.royanereal.com

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