Dr. Batmanghelidj's Water Cure - How Water & Salt Intake Affects Your Health

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Dr. F. Batmanghelidj (aka "Dr. Batman") is now deceased, but before he died, this physician did more than any other doctor to popularize interest in the study of chronic intracellular dehydration as the problem behind a wide variety of common ills.

His insight came while he himself was imprisoned for political reasons in Iran. While there - and without proper medical facilities or medication - as a "doctor" he was expected to treat the ill who came to him in the prison.

One day a man presented himself with acute ulcer pain. Dr. Batmanghelidj only had water to offer. Two glasses of water, however, quickly eased the pain. Because water was the only "medication" freely available to him, the good doctor began to experiment the use of water to remedy a variety of conditions. By the time he was able to escape his imprisonment, he was convinced enough to devote the rest of his life to the study of the link between proper hydration and health.

Below are 6 videos that compose a debate on the efficacy of the Water Cure with Dr. Bathmanghelidj.

I've also attached some relevant links for more information on the "Water Cure".

Here is what Dr. Batmanghelidj prescribed as the "Water Cure".

1. Sufficient Water. For every 2 pounds of body weight, he recommended that one drink one ounce of water.

Someone weighing 200 pounds should, therefore, drink 100 ounces of water in addition to any other liquids one may ingest.

It's important to drink enough water regardless of whatever else one may drink because beverages like coffee, tea, and carbonated beverages contain caffeine and other additives that dehydrate the body and tend to produce the signs of illness.

Water should be consumed upon arising and at 2 hour intervals (approximately) throughout the day.

In addition to water, one easily overlooked component to Dr. Batmanghelidj's "Water Cure" is this:

2. Sea Salt. For every 16 ounces of water, Dr. Batmanghelidj recommended 1/8th tsp of sea salt taken on the tongue.

This is recommended for everybody by Dr. Batmanghelidj but especially for people suffering from asthma and allergies. The salt, he says, serves as an antihistamine.

As I've said salt intake is easily overlooked. The main element is water in a "water cure" but unless you take the right amount of salt, the good doctor says your results will not be as good as they might be.

Dr. Batmanghelidj's studies suggested that dehydration was the culprit behind many conditions. Here are some health issues that Dr. Batmanghelidj offered advice about:

• Allergies
• Angina
• Arthritis
• Asthma
• Autoimmune Diseases
• Back Pain
• Cancer
• Colitis
• Constipation
• Depression
• Diabetes
• Fibromyalgia
• Heartburn
• High Blood Cholesterol
• High Blood Pressure
• Low Energy
• Migraines
• Obesity
• Pain
• Skin conditions
• And many more...

In my reading of Dr. Batmanghelidj's writings, he never suggested the use of "water filters".

He considered that most municipalities in the United States had perfectly fine water for use in the "Water Cure".

Obviously there are situations where taste and contaminants make additional filtration of tap water preferable before use. 

The most common complaint about tap water is the "chlorine taste". Many times this can be alleviated through allowing the chlorine in the water to enter the atmosphere which it does, over time.

Some individuals, though, still want to use basic filtration to remove the chlorine taste.

You may wish to consider some water filters that are commonly for sale at Amazon or Ebay if you find the taste of chlorine objectionable. 

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