Medicine's Ultimate Truth By Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, MD Amazing Secrets For Health And Wellness It is chronic dehydration that causes the pains and degenerative diseases of the human body The greatest tragedy in medical history is the assumption or unspoken premise that "dry mouth" is the only sign of the body's water needs. The whole structure of modern medicine is built on this pitifully flawed and, for want of a stronger word, moronic, assumption that brings about painful premature death to so many millions of people. They suffer because they do not know they are only thirsty. The human body uses a different logic to the basic "dry mouth" premises that is the cornerstone and very foundation of "modern medical science": to be able to chew and swallow, and to facilitate and lubricate this primary function, ample saliva is produced even if the rest of the body is short of water. In any case, water is too important to the body to only signal its shortage by experiencing a dry mouth. This mistake in medical thinking has given birth to the self-expanding "sick-care system" that survives and thrives on people being sick. It is now clinically and scientifically clear that the human body has many other distinct ways of showing its general or local water needs. Depending on where there is water shortage, many localized complications such as asthma are produced. We believe this information has been methodically and fraudulently concealed until now. Over 18 years of research has now revealed a simple natural cure for so many painful and serious health problems. It is called WATER CURE. The "health care system" fraud that has thrived on the treatment of human body dehydration, its manifestation and adaptive processes, with chemicals and procedures has devastated our society. It has caused unnecessary human sufferings, on top of burdening people with their ever-escalating "sick care" costs. We are now trying to intervene and inform the public about chronic dehydration as the primary cause of most of their health problems. Fortunately, we are now in a position to prevent, and even cure and eradicate, many of the human diseases, at no cost. All we have to do is to inform people with health problems, they may not be sick, but might be only thirsty. The information that will convert every person who taps into it into a healer is now available. We urge you to take charge of your own health and well being by learning about the direct relationship of chronic dehydration to pain. Here are some of the ailments that water can cure: Cure #1: Water prevents and cures heartburn 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. Tragedy: Not recognizing heartburn as a sign of dehydration and treating it with antacids and pill medications will, in time, produce inflamation of the stomach, duodenum, hiatal hernia, ulceration. and eventually cancers in the gastrointestinal tract, including the liver and pancreas. Cure #2: Water prevents and cures arthritis Rheumatoid Joint Pain - Arthitis - 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. Cure #3: Water prevents and cures back pain 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 wuth increased water intake - not a commercial treatment, but a very effective one. Tragedy: 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. Cure #4: Water prevents and cures angina Heart Pain - Angina - is a sign of water shortage in the heart/lung axis. It should be treated with increased water intake until the patient is free of pain and independent of medications. Medical supervision is prudent. However, increased water intake is angina's cure. Cure #5: Water prevents and cures migraines Migraine Headaches is a sign of water need by the brain and the eyes. It will totally clear up by preventing dehydration from establishing in the body. This particular type of dehydration might eventually cause inflammation of the back of the eye and possibly loss of the eye sight. Cure #6: Water prevents and cures colitis Colitis Pain is a signal of water shortage in the large gut. It is associated with constipation because the large intestine constricts to squeeze the last drop of water from the excrements - thus the lack of water lubrication. Tragedy: Not recognizing colitis pain as a sign of dehydration will cause persistent constipation. Later in life, it will cause fecal impacting: it can cause diverticulitis, hemorrhoids, polyps, and appreciably increases the possibility of developing cancers of the colon and rectum. Cure #7: Water and Salt prevents and cure asthma Asthma, which also affects 12,000,000 children in The U.S. and kills several thousand of them every year, is a complication of dehydration in the body. It is caused by the drought management programs of the body. Free passage of air is obstructed so that water does not leave the body in the form of vapor - the winter stream. Increased water intake will prevent asthma attacks. Asthmatics need also to take more salt to break the mucus plugs in the lungs which obstruct the free flow of of air in and out of the air sacs. Tragedy: Not recognizing asthma as the indicator of dehydration in the body of a growing child not only will sentence many thousands of children to die every year, but will permit irreversible genetic damage to establish in the remaining 12,000,000 asthmatic children. Cure #8: Water prevents and cures high blood pressure 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 which defuse water into vital cells. As part of the mechanism of reverse osmosis, when water from the 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. Tragedy: 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, small and/or massive strokes that paralyze. It will eventually cause kidney diseases. It will cause brain damage and neorological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. Cure #9: Water prevents and cures early-adult-onset diabetes Adult-Onset Diabetes is another adaptive state to severe dehydration of the human body. To have adequate water in circulation and for the brain's priority water needs, the release of insulin is inhibited to prevent insulin from pushing water into all body cells. In diabetes only some cells get survival rations of water. Water and some salt will reverse adult-onser diabetes in its early stages. Tragedy: Not recognizing adult-onset diabetes as a complication of dehydration will, in time, cause massive damage to the blood vessels all over the body. It will cause eventual loss of the toes, feet and legs from gangrene. It will cause eye damage, even blindness. Cure #10: Water lowers cholesterol High Cholesterol levels are an indicator of early drought management by the body. Cholesterol is a clay-like material that is poured in the gaps of some sell membranes to safeguard them from losing their vital water content to the osmotically more powerful blood circulating in their vicinity. Cholesterol, apart from being used to manufacture nerve cell membranes and hormones, is also used as a "shield" against water taxation of other vital cells that would normally exchange water through their cell membranes. Cure #11: Water cures depression, loss of libido, chronic fatigue syndrome, lupus, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy These conditions are caused by prolonged chronic dehydration. They will clear up once the body becomes well armed regularly hydrated. In these conditions, exercising one's muscles should be part of the treatment program.