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In a famous book by Dr. Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, “Your
Body’s Many Cries for Water” published in 1992, Dr. Batman,
as he became to be known, wrote that a dry mouth is not a reliable indicator
of dehydration. The body signals its water shortage by producing pain.
Dehydration actually produces pain and many degenerative diseases, including
asthma, arthritis, hypertension, angina, adult-onset diabetes, lupus and
multiple sclerosis. Dr. B’s message to the world is, “You are
not sick, you are thirsty. Don’t treat thirst with medication.”
Let me quote a few more statements made by Dr. Batmanghelidj. I want
you to know that you probably need fewer medications, perhaps just more
water.
Heartburn is a signal of water shortage in the upper part of the
gastrointestinal tract. It is a major thirst signal of the human body.
The use of antacids or tablet medications in the treatment of this pain
does not correct dehydration, and the body continues to suffer as a result
of its water shortage.
Not recognizing heartburn as a sign of dehydration and treating it with
antacids and pill medications will, in time, produce inflammation of the
stomach and duodenum, hiatal hernia, ulceration, and eventually cancers
in the gastrointestinal tract, including the liver and pancreas.
Rheumatoid joint pain - arthritis - is a signal of water shortage
in the painful joint. It can affect the young as well as the old. The use
of pain-killers does not cure the problem, but exposes the person to further
damage from pain medications. Intake of water and small amounts of salt
will cure this problem.
Low back pain and ankylosing arthritis of the spine are signs
of water shortage in the spinal column and discs - the water cushions that
support the weight of the body. These conditions should be treated with
increased water intake - not a commercial treatment, but a very effective
one.
Not recognizing arthritis and low back pain as signs of dehydration in
the joint cavities and treating them with pain-killers, manipulation, acupuncture,
and eventually surgery will, in time, produce osteoarthritis when the cartilage
cells in the joints have eventually all died. It will produce deformity
of the spine. It will produce crippling deformities of the limbs. Pain
medications have their own life-threatening complications.
Migraine headache is a sign of water need by the brain and the
eyes. It will totally clear up if dehydration is prevented from establishing
in the body. The type of dehydration that causes migraine might eventually
cause inflammation of the back of the eye and possibly loss of eye sight.
Hypertension is a state of adaptation of the body to a generalized
drought, when there is not enough water to fill all the blood vessels that
diffuse water into vital cells. As part of the mechanism of reverse osmosis,
when water from the blood serum is filtered and injected into important
cells through minute holes in their membranes, extra pressure is needed
for the "injection process." Just as we inject I.V. "water"
in hospitals, so the body injects water into tens of trillions of cells
all at the same time. Water and some salt intake will bring blood pressure
back to normal!
Not recognizing hypertension as one of the major indicators of dehydration
in the human body, and treating it with diuretics that further dehydrate
the body will, in time, cause blockage by cholesterol of the heart arteries
and the arteries that go to the brain. It will cause heart attacks and
small or massive strokes that paralyze. It will eventually cause kidney
disease. It will cause brain damage and neurological disorders, such as
Alzheimer's disease.
Monitor your urine to make sure you are not dehydrated:
* A hydrated body produces clear, colorless urine.
* A somewhat dehydrated body produces yellow urine.
* A severely dehydrated body produces orange or dark-colored urine.
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