In our society of convenience, where services (most are redundant, though) are becoming increasingly available at the click of a button, we have come to expect instant cures for illness and minor complains, typically in a bottle (some patients, cocktail of colorful) of pills, at the end of a needle, or under a laser beam.
In the wake of present technology it is easy to forget that Nature , Mother Nature, offers a rich source of remedies for the human body, mind, and spirit, which work without the side-effects often associated with conventional medicine.
Animal-based food comes with cholesterol; plant-based food comes with phytoesterol.
The patient's role, particularly in Asia, has always been a predominantly passive one, handing over the responsibility for our recovery to a greater authority, one whose medical qualifications are widely respected. This attitude, though still prevalent, is changing: faced with a life-threatening illness, or even a relatively minor one, more of us are taking responsibility for ourselves, finding out how our bodies work, physiology, what we need to do to maintain optimum health, whether manufactured drugs will cause us greater damage/miseries than our original complaints, and how changing our way we think will have a direct bearing on what happen to us physically.
More importantly, increasing numbers of us are doing this before illness strikes. This is a major paradigm shift for world societies that have hitherto promoted disease care rather than health care.
Why wait to become ill when, with real knowledge, holistic application, and dedication, we can prevent illness and live longer, healthier, and happier lives?
Recent food scares, such as the BSE ("mad cow" disease caused by human-scientists) crisis in the world, have also prompted people to consider more seriously what they eat and how this has an impact on their health.
Incidences of stroke, cancers, and rheumatoid arthritis, younger age patients, are all on the increase, may cases of which could be avoided or prevented, if not alleviated, through informed, nutritional approaches.
The real benefits of traditional folk medicine, based on the healing powers of plants, fresh herbs yielding seed, fresh fruits bearing seeds, were largely lost to us once medical science and big businesses began to dominate health care.
While this knowledge is currently being rediscovered and repackaged to suit a more discriminating customers, this shift in treatment is slow and not without its opponents and cynics. However, they should not exaggerate the extent to which recent advances in medical science have prolonged and enhanced our lives, for the average life expectancy in the West has risen by only 2 years since the 1920s.
Why modern medicine has not extended our life spans further can be explained in part by its general approach to health care:
it focuses primarily on treating the symptoms of an illness rather than its cause, often suppressing a condition that later re-emerges as a more serious illness, compounding the side-effects, or causing side-condition.
Perhaps it is time for the westerners to review its general approach to human medicine.
Hippocrates, the Greek physician, from whose name the contemporary medical profession, veterinarian is excepted, takes its Hippocratic oath, taught his students to treat the whole person , not just the disease, to consider lifestyle and habits, and to encourage and empower with real knowledge the innate capacity of the human body to heal itself.
This holistic approach can still be seen in modern homeopathy and other alternative practices, modern orthodox medicine being more inclined to isolate the symptoms.
Ironically Hippocrates' treatments, which included massage with essential oils, hydrotherapy, water drinking, plenty of fresh air and sunlight, non-air conditioned, exercise, and wholesome food, were so effective that the philosopher Plato complained that people were living too long.
Gradually his philosophy of relying on Nature's healing force to cure illness was forgotten or hijacked by interest parties, particularly with the development of organic chemistry in the 18th and 19th centuries,
Even when modern medicine uses plants as a base for new drugs by synthetically producing the active constituents of plants, the impurities or apparently
of non-active constituents of a plant, which often play an essential role in assisting and easing the absorption of natural plant chemicals in the human body, are lost. These additional ingredients can also protect against exceeding the body's tolerance levels of any one particular compound, thereby mitigating otherwise unpleasant side-effects. For example, ephedrine, isolated from the Chinese herb, Ephedra sinica, was once marketed as a drug for asthma. By itself, the chemical was found to raise blood pressure to dangerous levels and has consequently been largely withdrawn from circulation. However, i its crude form, this same plant has been used in China for thousands of years with no harmful side-effects.
The pharmaceutical industry's reluctance to promote natural remedies can be better understood in terms of economics: botanic medicines cannot be patented, whereas synthetic drugs can be patented and increase profit taking. It is these patented medicines that earn companies vast sums of money, regardless of the fact that synthetic drugs are unable fully to replicate the effects of the equivalent natural plant medicine and are not as easily absorbed into the human body.
There is so much more to plants than providing us with essential vitamins, minerals, and trace elements. Allicin, found in garlic, onions, and leeks, lower blood cholesterol and protects against many cancers, due to plant alkaline effect in the body internal environment.
Alpha carotene in carrots and seaweed boosts the body immune system.
Beta carotene, found in dark green, red, and yellow vegetables and fruits, eaten raw, non cook, reduces the risk of numerous cancers.
Lycopene in red and orange fruits such as apricots, red grapefruit, and tomatoes protects against age-related cell damage.
Tannins found in certain plants such as willow, witch-hazel, and oak, have astringent and natural antiseptic properties that help diarrhoea, mouth infections, and slow-healing wounds.
Triterpenoid saponins - found in ginseng and wild yam - act as precursors to the sex hormones.
Fortunately, with a greater scientific understanding of plants and natural remedies, it is becoming increasingly common for people to use a honey-based syrup as a cough remedy or apple-cider vinegar and lemon to soothe a wasp sting - just as it was before manufactured drugs-poison became more widely available.
Not so much old wives' tales, but old, wise advice. Be wise to safeguard your own healthy wealth: water cures: drugs kill.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
five societal changes worth supporting?
YES! 5 SOCIETAL CHANGES WORTH SUPPORTING.
5.Accept Alternative Remedies - Surveys of allopathic (Western) medical practitioners reveal a widening acceptance of integrative healing practices and strategies. A poll of 700 U.S. physicians in year 2005, found that 64% had recommended treatments from the field of alternative medicine to their patients. Do your own homework. Read, blog, research the track records of alternative and integrative approaches to health and healing.
4. Make Dining a Health Education Opportunity - We can hope that in restaurants of the near future, menus will describe the health benefits - not just the caloric intake - of each food choice. One page might feature dishes designed to promote a healthy heart, a win-win situation for all. Another page would spotlight dishes with cancer-prevention ingredients. To make that a reality, we need to be vocal customer (custom-made for your body) and let the restaurant industry know that our patronage will be dependent on their exercise of social responsibility. When the customers live longer and healthy, the restaurants also gain in the long term. The whole society benefits when more customers are healthy and enjoy eating together.
3. Encourage Preventive Health Care - New tools are emerging that will affirm the old adage "good health is easier to preserve than it is to repair." We know that illness and disease can be triggered by an interaction between our genes and chemical toxins we have ingested or absorbed. Dehydration is the main cause of many body pains and disease. Self-diagnosis will soon be advanced by genome medicine, which will enable us to decipher our genetic weaknesses and identify those specific toxins that can initiate disease processes in us. This technology can result in more individualized types of health care that will include accurate in-home testing.
Another advance is the BioPhotonic Scanner: a device measures the levels of antioxidants in the human body. Invented by physicians at the University of Utah in 2001, it emits a low-energy laser light into the palm of your hand and reads the health of your immune system, enabling you to identify vitamin and mineral supplements that might remedy deficiencies and strengthen your immunity. Water deficiency cannot be tested from blood test, so ensure you drink enough every day to prevent dehydration at cellular level to set in. Nutrient testing should become a standard part of physical exams to measure immune system health. Water is also a nutrient.
2. Create a Naturally Occurring Standard - To insure that vitamin and mineral supplements are natural and taken directly from plant sources, and do not contain synthetics of any sort, a Natural Occurring Standard (NOS) needs to be implemented with an NOS certification logo. This will help some if not all customers to eliminate the confusion and deception we now see practiced by some elements of the supplements industry that attempt to make naturals and synthetics indistinguishable. But the human body is more complicated than we think. "natural" implies neither that is "good" nor "bad". Many things that are "natural" - like snake venom and certain toxic plants - can be deadly to humans. This word "naturally" is merely used to described a process or phenomenon that relates to, or has been produced by, Nature rather than humans.
Such a certification might also be a worthwhile addition to - or substitution for - the "organic" label on food products, a label under constant threat of dilution/illusion by food processing companies.
1. Pressure from Consumers to the Toxins Manufacturers - Under the public scrutiny and pressure from San Francisco's Breast Cancer Fund and the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics in 2005, two cosmetics companies, Revlon and L'Oreal USA, agreed to purge their products of chemicals identified by the European Union as possible causes of cancer, birth defects, and infertility. Unilever, another company agree to remove phthalates from its nail polish. None of these voluntary actions wold have happened without public pressure from wise consumer and customer groups. We are wise and beautiful people striving for real healthy wealth for all.
5.Accept Alternative Remedies - Surveys of allopathic (Western) medical practitioners reveal a widening acceptance of integrative healing practices and strategies. A poll of 700 U.S. physicians in year 2005, found that 64% had recommended treatments from the field of alternative medicine to their patients. Do your own homework. Read, blog, research the track records of alternative and integrative approaches to health and healing.
4. Make Dining a Health Education Opportunity - We can hope that in restaurants of the near future, menus will describe the health benefits - not just the caloric intake - of each food choice. One page might feature dishes designed to promote a healthy heart, a win-win situation for all. Another page would spotlight dishes with cancer-prevention ingredients. To make that a reality, we need to be vocal customer (custom-made for your body) and let the restaurant industry know that our patronage will be dependent on their exercise of social responsibility. When the customers live longer and healthy, the restaurants also gain in the long term. The whole society benefits when more customers are healthy and enjoy eating together.
3. Encourage Preventive Health Care - New tools are emerging that will affirm the old adage "good health is easier to preserve than it is to repair." We know that illness and disease can be triggered by an interaction between our genes and chemical toxins we have ingested or absorbed. Dehydration is the main cause of many body pains and disease. Self-diagnosis will soon be advanced by genome medicine, which will enable us to decipher our genetic weaknesses and identify those specific toxins that can initiate disease processes in us. This technology can result in more individualized types of health care that will include accurate in-home testing.
Another advance is the BioPhotonic Scanner: a device measures the levels of antioxidants in the human body. Invented by physicians at the University of Utah in 2001, it emits a low-energy laser light into the palm of your hand and reads the health of your immune system, enabling you to identify vitamin and mineral supplements that might remedy deficiencies and strengthen your immunity. Water deficiency cannot be tested from blood test, so ensure you drink enough every day to prevent dehydration at cellular level to set in. Nutrient testing should become a standard part of physical exams to measure immune system health. Water is also a nutrient.
2. Create a Naturally Occurring Standard - To insure that vitamin and mineral supplements are natural and taken directly from plant sources, and do not contain synthetics of any sort, a Natural Occurring Standard (NOS) needs to be implemented with an NOS certification logo. This will help some if not all customers to eliminate the confusion and deception we now see practiced by some elements of the supplements industry that attempt to make naturals and synthetics indistinguishable. But the human body is more complicated than we think. "natural" implies neither that is "good" nor "bad". Many things that are "natural" - like snake venom and certain toxic plants - can be deadly to humans. This word "naturally" is merely used to described a process or phenomenon that relates to, or has been produced by, Nature rather than humans.
Such a certification might also be a worthwhile addition to - or substitution for - the "organic" label on food products, a label under constant threat of dilution/illusion by food processing companies.
1. Pressure from Consumers to the Toxins Manufacturers - Under the public scrutiny and pressure from San Francisco's Breast Cancer Fund and the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics in 2005, two cosmetics companies, Revlon and L'Oreal USA, agreed to purge their products of chemicals identified by the European Union as possible causes of cancer, birth defects, and infertility. Unilever, another company agree to remove phthalates from its nail polish. None of these voluntary actions wold have happened without public pressure from wise consumer and customer groups. We are wise and beautiful people striving for real healthy wealth for all.
PROTECTING OURSELVES
Protecting ourselves from who?
If we cannot trust government, nor industry, nor science to protect us from chemical harm until that harm has been inflicted, who or what should we trust?
The answer may simply be that we must ourselves.
If we are going to be guinea pigs, let it be on our own terms. We must learn how to trust our own experience, our own powers of observation, and our own intuition. Whether that level of personal accountability in embraced or not may largely depend on your vision of the human future.
The trends in genetics and technology that will totally transform life as we know it in this 21st century are emergence of two groups of humans: the "enhanced" and the "natural."
The enhanced group will use synthetic chemicals in an attempt to increase memory, stamina, beauty, and life expectancy, while naturals group will resist anything synthetic.
Rarely does life or a historical moment present us with a clear choice about one way of being versus another. None of us may live long enough to experience a day when we would actually be confronted by a need to choose between leading a synthetic or a natural life. But we are already making innumerable small, seemingly inconsequential decisions and steps that define who we are becoming every single day of our lives.
Our most pressing practical challenge is how best to protect ourselves and those we care about.
How can we manage these multiplying risks and vectors without being stampeded by fear, or sabotaged by complacency and denial, or paralyzed by cynicism and despair?
There is a straightforward 3-step process you or anyone can use once you become serious about protecting your health and wealth.
1.Limit your exposure to synthetic chemicals of all types at all times.
2.Get yourself tested to determine your chemical body burden.
3.Develop a detox strategy ,using water-cure protocol formula, for yourself to eliminate the toxins detected in your body.
The lie we've been telling ourselves for many years - that synthetic chemicals in our food and medicine are benign - has weakened our own immune systems and made us more susceptible to every infusion of new chemical toxins or pandemic of microbes that emerges to challenge our health and survival. So long as we continue supporting this broken system with our bodies and our pocketbooks, it will propel us at an accelerating speed down a slippery slope leading to the further degeneration of our species, humankind.
As a culture we are in the throes of a death process. It will either be the death of the lie, or the death of all of our conceptions of what it means to be human.
If we cannot trust government, nor industry, nor science to protect us from chemical harm until that harm has been inflicted, who or what should we trust?
The answer may simply be that we must ourselves.
If we are going to be guinea pigs, let it be on our own terms. We must learn how to trust our own experience, our own powers of observation, and our own intuition. Whether that level of personal accountability in embraced or not may largely depend on your vision of the human future.
The trends in genetics and technology that will totally transform life as we know it in this 21st century are emergence of two groups of humans: the "enhanced" and the "natural."
The enhanced group will use synthetic chemicals in an attempt to increase memory, stamina, beauty, and life expectancy, while naturals group will resist anything synthetic.
Rarely does life or a historical moment present us with a clear choice about one way of being versus another. None of us may live long enough to experience a day when we would actually be confronted by a need to choose between leading a synthetic or a natural life. But we are already making innumerable small, seemingly inconsequential decisions and steps that define who we are becoming every single day of our lives.
Our most pressing practical challenge is how best to protect ourselves and those we care about.
How can we manage these multiplying risks and vectors without being stampeded by fear, or sabotaged by complacency and denial, or paralyzed by cynicism and despair?
There is a straightforward 3-step process you or anyone can use once you become serious about protecting your health and wealth.
1.Limit your exposure to synthetic chemicals of all types at all times.
2.Get yourself tested to determine your chemical body burden.
3.Develop a detox strategy ,using water-cure protocol formula, for yourself to eliminate the toxins detected in your body.
The lie we've been telling ourselves for many years - that synthetic chemicals in our food and medicine are benign - has weakened our own immune systems and made us more susceptible to every infusion of new chemical toxins or pandemic of microbes that emerges to challenge our health and survival. So long as we continue supporting this broken system with our bodies and our pocketbooks, it will propel us at an accelerating speed down a slippery slope leading to the further degeneration of our species, humankind.
As a culture we are in the throes of a death process. It will either be the death of the lie, or the death of all of our conceptions of what it means to be human.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Review of The China Study
How to be Healthy; or How to be sick - the American Way
by David W. Allan, April 2005
In short, this study reconfirms the reality of raw fresh fruits with seed and herbs with seed MUST be your "meat" for your life sustenance here.
A review of The China Study, the most comprehensive health report ever compiled.
The China Study, Copyright 2005 is a book that could change your life in a most profound and delightful way. It is The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted, THE CHINA STUDY; Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-Term Health by T. Colin Campbell, PhD with Thomas M. Campbell II (his son).
Neil Barnard, M.D., President of the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine, says: "The China Study is the account of a ground-breaking research study that provides the answers long sought by physicians, scientists and health-conscious readers. Based on painstaking investigations over many years, it unearths surprising answers to the most important nutritional questions of our time: What really causes cancer? How can we extend our lives? What will turn around the obesity epidemic? The China Study quickly and easily dispenses with fad diets, relying on solid and convincing evidence. Clearly and beautifully written by one of the world's most respected nutrition authorities, The China Study represents a major turning point in our understanding of health."
Dr. Campbell and his colleagues have received seventy-four grant-years of funding over a thirty-five year period because of the importance of their research. They have been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American Cancer Society and the American Institute for Cancer Research.
His research studies with animals began 45 years ago in 1960, where he was able to turn cancer off or on at will. He then took his work to "the most comprehensive study of diet, lifestyle and disease ever done with humans in the history of biomedical research. It was a massive undertaking jointly arranged through Cornell University, Oxford University and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine. The New York Times called it the 'Grand Prix of Epidemiology.'" (The study of how diseases spread) "This project surveyed a vast range of diseases and diet and lifestyle factors in rural China and, more recently, in Taiwan. More commonly known as the China Study, this project eventually produced more than 8,000 statistically significant associations between various dietary factors and disease!"
The China Study "used more than 200 professional workers as they carried out the nationwide study in China." When you realize that China represents 1/4th the world's population with very diverse latitudes, cultures, and climatic conditions, this study all by itself is very impressive. In addition, they included data from several more countries across the world to round out the study. "Because this survey was a one-of-a-kind opportunity, we intended that it be the best of its kind ever undertaken. It was comprehensive; it was high quality; and its uniqueness allowed new opportunities to investigate diet and disease that were never before possible."
"What made this project especially remarkable is that, among the many associations that are relevant to diet and disease, so many pointed to the same finding: people who ate the most animal-based food got the most chronic disease. Even relatively small intakes of animal-based foods were associated with adverse effects. People who ate the most plant-based foods were the healthiest and tended to avoid chronic disease. These results could not be ignored..."
Further, Dr. Campbell says: "Through all of this, I have come to see that the benefits produced by eating a plant-based diet are far more diverse and impressive than any drug or surgery used in medical practice. Heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, stroke and hypertension, arthritis, cataracts, Alzheimer's disease, impotence and all sorts of other chronic diseases can be largely prevented. These diseases,, which generally occur with aging and tissue degeneration, kill the majority of us before our time.
"Additionally, impressive evidence now exists to show that advanced heart disease, relatively advanced cancers of certain types, diabetes and a few other degenerative diseases can be reversed by diet. I remember when my superiors were only reluctantly accepting the evidence of nutrition being able to prevent heart disease, for example, but vehemently denying its ability to reverse such a disease when already advanced. But the evidence can no longer be ignored. Those in science or medicine who shut their minds to such an idea are being more than stubborn; they are being irresponsible.
"One of the more exciting benefits of good nutrition is the prevention of diseases that are thought to be due to genetic predisposition. We now know that we can largely avoid these 'genetic' diseases even though we may harbor the gene (or genes) that is (are) responsible for the disease..."
In their experimental animal studies, they could turn cancer off and on at will by adjusting the levels of protein. "What protein consistently and strongly promoted cancer? Casein, which makes up 87% of cow's milk protein, promoted all stages of the cancer process. What type of protein did not promote cancer, even at high levels of intake? The safe proteins were from plants..."
As he says, "THE BENEFITS OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE are enormous. I want you to know that you can:
live longer
look and feel younger
have more energy
lose weight
lower your blood cholesterol
prevent and even reverse heart disease
lower your risk of prostate, breast and other cancers
preserve your eyesight in you later years
prevent and treat diabetes
avoid surgery in many instances
vastly decrease the need for pharmaceutical drugs
keep your bones strong
avoid impotence
avoid stroke
prevent kidney stones
keep your baby from getting Type 1diabetes
alleviate constipation
lower your blood pressure
avoid Alzheimer's
beat arthritis
and more...
These are only some of the benefits, and all of them can be yours. The price? Simply changing your diet. I don't know that it has ever been so easy or so relatively effortless to achieve such profound benefits."
Dr. Campbell then gives us eight principles of food and health;
Nutrition represents the combined activities of countless food substances. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Vitamin supplements are not a panacea for good health.
There are virtually no nutrients in animal-based foods that are not better provided by plants.
Genes do not determine disease on their own. Genes function only by being activated, or expressed, and nutrition plays a critical role in determining which genes, good and bad, are expressed.
Nutrition can substantially control the adverse effects of noxious chemicals.
The same nutrition that prevents disease in its early stages (before diagnosis) can also halt or reverse disease in its later stages (after diagnosis).
Nutrition that is truly beneficial for one chronic disease will support health across the board.
Good nutrition creates health in all areas of our existence. All parts are interconnected."
Chapter 12 is entitled How to Eat. He gives details, but has some summary statements: "...eat a whole foods, plant-based diet, while minimizing the consumption of refined foods, added salt and added fats... The findings from the China Study indicate that the lower the percentage of animal-based foods that are consumed, the greater the health benefits - ..."
In Part IV of the book, the bravery and courage of Dr. Campbell to speak the truth are to be highly commended. He says, "Americans are confused, and I will tell you why." It "has to do with how health information is generated and communicated and who controls such activities... I'm ready to tell the world what is wrong with the system... The distinctions between making a profit and promoting health have become blurred." He says that there are "massive amounts of misinformation, for which average American consumers pay twice. They provide the tax money to do the research, and then they provide the money for their health care to treat their largely preventable diseases.
"WHEN IS THE LAST TIME that you went to the doctor and he or she told you what to eat or what not to eat? But the vast majority of Americans will fall prey to one of the chronic diseases of affluence... ... there is a wealth of published research that suggests these diseases are a result of poor nutrition, not poor genes or bad luck. So why doesn't the medical system take nutrition seriously?
"Four words: money, ego, power and control. While it is unfair to generalize about individual doctors, it is safe to say that the system they work in, the system that currently takes responsibility for promoting the health of Americans, is failing us."
What are the diseases of American "affluence," and they are epidemic in that they affect a large percentage of our population and are increasing. Traditional medical science is not able to curb these epidemic diseases; they are all increasing. They include:
(1) Heart disease: killing 40% of Americans; "Women's death rate from heart disease is eight time higher than their death rate from breast cancer." And costing $78.1 billion in 2002 just for physician services and hospital care.
( 2) Obesity: "...two out of three adult Americans are overweight, and one-third of the adult population is obese. Medical care costs in 1999 were $70 billion and in 2002, $100,000. "Add another $30 - $40 billion out-of-pocket money... trying to keep off the weight..."
(3) Diabetes "In the eight years from 1990 to 1998, the incidence of diabetes increased 33%. Over 8% of American adults (16 million) are diabetic... The economic toll of diabetes in the U.S.: over $130 billion a year."
(4) Common Cancers: Breast, Prostate, Large Bowel (Colon and Rectal) "Roughly half a million Americans this year (2005) will go to the doctor's office and be told that they have" one of these three cancers - representing 40% of all new cancer patients. These cancers devastate the lives of the victims as well as the lives of their families and friends. The medical costs associated therewith are astronomical.
(5) Autoimmune Diseases: "NO GROUP OF DISEASES is more insidious than autoimmune diseases... the body systematically attacks itself... A quarter million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with one of the forty separate autoimmune diseases each year... There are 400,000 Americans who are victims of multiple sclerosis, and millions more with other autoimmune diseases." And
(6) Wide-Ranging Effects: Bone, Kidney, Eye and Brain Diseases: Osteoporosis is epidemic in America as are Kidney stones. "Macular degeneration is the leading cause of... blindness among people over age sixty-five. Over 1.6 million American suffer from this disease, many of whom become blind." Alzheimer's and dementia are epidemic in America. In his pioneering book Brain Longevity Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa cites the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Institute on Aging, that now the government spends 50% of its tax dollars on the elderly and in ten years that is anticipated to grow to 75%. The article also said that "almost 50 percent of all people older than eighty-five have Alzheimer's..." Khalsa says, "Over the next few decades, an unprecedented number of people will join the ranks of the elderly. Unless current trends in cognitive decline are reversed, this 'graying of America' will create a public health crisis." Currently, there are 4 million persons with Alzheimer's. This is expected to increase to 10 million over the next 15 years. With the above trends, over 30 years, 20% of the population will be over 65 and about 90% of them will have Alzheimer's. Of this Khalsa says, "To me, that notion is absolutely horrifying. If it happens, it will be a social holocaust. In the Epilogue of his book, Khalsa recoups, "...I do not believe [these trends] will [continue]. I believe that millions of us, working together, and working on our own, will reverse these trends... As we age, we will remain healthy. We will remain productive."
The incredible message of Dr. Campbell's book and from my own personal experience is that all of the above epidemic American diseases are preventable and reversible! This is wonderful news. Dr.Khalsa has seen reversals with large numbers of his dementia patients and even in some cases of those with Alzheimer's. I personally know people who have reversed osteoporosis and macular degeneration. The body has a miraculous ability to heal itself when we feed it properly - the nutrients provided by the designer of our bodies.
Not only is the medical and pharmaceutical communities turning their backs on the data, but "The government is turning a blind eye to the evidence as well as to the millions of Americans who suffer from nutrition-related illnesses. The covenant of trust between the U.S. government and the American citizen has been broken. The United States government is not only failing to put out our fires, it is actively fanning the flames," says Dr. Campbell.
Many may wonder why these distortions occur in the way health and nutritional information are shared, which includes disease prevention and cure. Dr. Campbell summarizes it well: "As you will come to see, much is governed by the Golden Rule: he who has the gold makes the rules. There are powerful, influential and enormously wealthy industries that stand to lose a vast amount of money if Americans start shifting to a plant-based diet.
"The entire system - government, science, medicine, industry and media - promotes profits over health, technology over food and confusion over clarity." Because Dr. Campbell has significant exposure, leadership, and interaction with the whole nutritional system, he has been able to see how the disinformation arises and why there is so much confusion. His Section IV in this regard is extremely interesting reading. He has first hand experience.
Robert C. Richardson, Ph.D. and Nobel Laureate says it well, "Colin Campbell's the China Study is an important and readable book. With his son Tom, he discusses studies of the relationship between diet and disease. His conclusions about the harmful consequences of animal proteins are startling. Equally surprising has been his difficulty in bring the results to the public. It is a story which needs to be heard."
"The China Study is a rare treat. Finally, a world-renowned nutritional scholar has explained the truth about diet and health in a way that everyone can easily understand - a startling truth that everyone needs to know," says Dr. Douglas J. Lisle, and Alan Goldhamer.
My wife and I chose to follow a vegan diet (no meat or dairy) about nine years ago. It has been a very interesting, beneficial, and enjoyable trip. In my own personal life, I have observed the reversal of eleven health challenges that I had before going on this diet. Most of them are listed above in Dr. Campbell's benefits list. I believe my wife is about the best cook in the state of Utah. She can make a vegan meal taste exceptional. I love to eat, and I enjoy eating, but have lost unwanted weight - nearly 40 pounds from what I was about 20 years ago. I am 68 years young and feel that I am actually getting younger in some dimensions of my being. I look and feel better than I did two decades ago. I ride a mean mountain bike and enjoy cross country skiing. I enjoy running now, where I couldn't in years past. Life is good. I am so grateful for Dr. Campbell's book. It can make a major difference in the American way of life and stop the several serious epidemics that are now rampant due to our poor diet choices. We are what we eat; let us be alive and well.
by David W. Allan, April 2005
In short, this study reconfirms the reality of raw fresh fruits with seed and herbs with seed MUST be your "meat" for your life sustenance here.
A review of The China Study, the most comprehensive health report ever compiled.
The China Study, Copyright 2005 is a book that could change your life in a most profound and delightful way. It is The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted, THE CHINA STUDY; Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-Term Health by T. Colin Campbell, PhD with Thomas M. Campbell II (his son).
Neil Barnard, M.D., President of the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine, says: "The China Study is the account of a ground-breaking research study that provides the answers long sought by physicians, scientists and health-conscious readers. Based on painstaking investigations over many years, it unearths surprising answers to the most important nutritional questions of our time: What really causes cancer? How can we extend our lives? What will turn around the obesity epidemic? The China Study quickly and easily dispenses with fad diets, relying on solid and convincing evidence. Clearly and beautifully written by one of the world's most respected nutrition authorities, The China Study represents a major turning point in our understanding of health."
Dr. Campbell and his colleagues have received seventy-four grant-years of funding over a thirty-five year period because of the importance of their research. They have been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American Cancer Society and the American Institute for Cancer Research.
His research studies with animals began 45 years ago in 1960, where he was able to turn cancer off or on at will. He then took his work to "the most comprehensive study of diet, lifestyle and disease ever done with humans in the history of biomedical research. It was a massive undertaking jointly arranged through Cornell University, Oxford University and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine. The New York Times called it the 'Grand Prix of Epidemiology.'" (The study of how diseases spread) "This project surveyed a vast range of diseases and diet and lifestyle factors in rural China and, more recently, in Taiwan. More commonly known as the China Study, this project eventually produced more than 8,000 statistically significant associations between various dietary factors and disease!"
The China Study "used more than 200 professional workers as they carried out the nationwide study in China." When you realize that China represents 1/4th the world's population with very diverse latitudes, cultures, and climatic conditions, this study all by itself is very impressive. In addition, they included data from several more countries across the world to round out the study. "Because this survey was a one-of-a-kind opportunity, we intended that it be the best of its kind ever undertaken. It was comprehensive; it was high quality; and its uniqueness allowed new opportunities to investigate diet and disease that were never before possible."
"What made this project especially remarkable is that, among the many associations that are relevant to diet and disease, so many pointed to the same finding: people who ate the most animal-based food got the most chronic disease. Even relatively small intakes of animal-based foods were associated with adverse effects. People who ate the most plant-based foods were the healthiest and tended to avoid chronic disease. These results could not be ignored..."
Further, Dr. Campbell says: "Through all of this, I have come to see that the benefits produced by eating a plant-based diet are far more diverse and impressive than any drug or surgery used in medical practice. Heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, stroke and hypertension, arthritis, cataracts, Alzheimer's disease, impotence and all sorts of other chronic diseases can be largely prevented. These diseases,, which generally occur with aging and tissue degeneration, kill the majority of us before our time.
"Additionally, impressive evidence now exists to show that advanced heart disease, relatively advanced cancers of certain types, diabetes and a few other degenerative diseases can be reversed by diet. I remember when my superiors were only reluctantly accepting the evidence of nutrition being able to prevent heart disease, for example, but vehemently denying its ability to reverse such a disease when already advanced. But the evidence can no longer be ignored. Those in science or medicine who shut their minds to such an idea are being more than stubborn; they are being irresponsible.
"One of the more exciting benefits of good nutrition is the prevention of diseases that are thought to be due to genetic predisposition. We now know that we can largely avoid these 'genetic' diseases even though we may harbor the gene (or genes) that is (are) responsible for the disease..."
In their experimental animal studies, they could turn cancer off and on at will by adjusting the levels of protein. "What protein consistently and strongly promoted cancer? Casein, which makes up 87% of cow's milk protein, promoted all stages of the cancer process. What type of protein did not promote cancer, even at high levels of intake? The safe proteins were from plants..."
As he says, "THE BENEFITS OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE are enormous. I want you to know that you can:
live longer
look and feel younger
have more energy
lose weight
lower your blood cholesterol
prevent and even reverse heart disease
lower your risk of prostate, breast and other cancers
preserve your eyesight in you later years
prevent and treat diabetes
avoid surgery in many instances
vastly decrease the need for pharmaceutical drugs
keep your bones strong
avoid impotence
avoid stroke
prevent kidney stones
keep your baby from getting Type 1diabetes
alleviate constipation
lower your blood pressure
avoid Alzheimer's
beat arthritis
and more...
These are only some of the benefits, and all of them can be yours. The price? Simply changing your diet. I don't know that it has ever been so easy or so relatively effortless to achieve such profound benefits."
Dr. Campbell then gives us eight principles of food and health;
Nutrition represents the combined activities of countless food substances. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Vitamin supplements are not a panacea for good health.
There are virtually no nutrients in animal-based foods that are not better provided by plants.
Genes do not determine disease on their own. Genes function only by being activated, or expressed, and nutrition plays a critical role in determining which genes, good and bad, are expressed.
Nutrition can substantially control the adverse effects of noxious chemicals.
The same nutrition that prevents disease in its early stages (before diagnosis) can also halt or reverse disease in its later stages (after diagnosis).
Nutrition that is truly beneficial for one chronic disease will support health across the board.
Good nutrition creates health in all areas of our existence. All parts are interconnected."
Chapter 12 is entitled How to Eat. He gives details, but has some summary statements: "...eat a whole foods, plant-based diet, while minimizing the consumption of refined foods, added salt and added fats... The findings from the China Study indicate that the lower the percentage of animal-based foods that are consumed, the greater the health benefits - ..."
In Part IV of the book, the bravery and courage of Dr. Campbell to speak the truth are to be highly commended. He says, "Americans are confused, and I will tell you why." It "has to do with how health information is generated and communicated and who controls such activities... I'm ready to tell the world what is wrong with the system... The distinctions between making a profit and promoting health have become blurred." He says that there are "massive amounts of misinformation, for which average American consumers pay twice. They provide the tax money to do the research, and then they provide the money for their health care to treat their largely preventable diseases.
"WHEN IS THE LAST TIME that you went to the doctor and he or she told you what to eat or what not to eat? But the vast majority of Americans will fall prey to one of the chronic diseases of affluence... ... there is a wealth of published research that suggests these diseases are a result of poor nutrition, not poor genes or bad luck. So why doesn't the medical system take nutrition seriously?
"Four words: money, ego, power and control. While it is unfair to generalize about individual doctors, it is safe to say that the system they work in, the system that currently takes responsibility for promoting the health of Americans, is failing us."
What are the diseases of American "affluence," and they are epidemic in that they affect a large percentage of our population and are increasing. Traditional medical science is not able to curb these epidemic diseases; they are all increasing. They include:
(1) Heart disease: killing 40% of Americans; "Women's death rate from heart disease is eight time higher than their death rate from breast cancer." And costing $78.1 billion in 2002 just for physician services and hospital care.
( 2) Obesity: "...two out of three adult Americans are overweight, and one-third of the adult population is obese. Medical care costs in 1999 were $70 billion and in 2002, $100,000. "Add another $30 - $40 billion out-of-pocket money... trying to keep off the weight..."
(3) Diabetes "In the eight years from 1990 to 1998, the incidence of diabetes increased 33%. Over 8% of American adults (16 million) are diabetic... The economic toll of diabetes in the U.S.: over $130 billion a year."
(4) Common Cancers: Breast, Prostate, Large Bowel (Colon and Rectal) "Roughly half a million Americans this year (2005) will go to the doctor's office and be told that they have" one of these three cancers - representing 40% of all new cancer patients. These cancers devastate the lives of the victims as well as the lives of their families and friends. The medical costs associated therewith are astronomical.
(5) Autoimmune Diseases: "NO GROUP OF DISEASES is more insidious than autoimmune diseases... the body systematically attacks itself... A quarter million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with one of the forty separate autoimmune diseases each year... There are 400,000 Americans who are victims of multiple sclerosis, and millions more with other autoimmune diseases." And
(6) Wide-Ranging Effects: Bone, Kidney, Eye and Brain Diseases: Osteoporosis is epidemic in America as are Kidney stones. "Macular degeneration is the leading cause of... blindness among people over age sixty-five. Over 1.6 million American suffer from this disease, many of whom become blind." Alzheimer's and dementia are epidemic in America. In his pioneering book Brain Longevity Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa cites the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Institute on Aging, that now the government spends 50% of its tax dollars on the elderly and in ten years that is anticipated to grow to 75%. The article also said that "almost 50 percent of all people older than eighty-five have Alzheimer's..." Khalsa says, "Over the next few decades, an unprecedented number of people will join the ranks of the elderly. Unless current trends in cognitive decline are reversed, this 'graying of America' will create a public health crisis." Currently, there are 4 million persons with Alzheimer's. This is expected to increase to 10 million over the next 15 years. With the above trends, over 30 years, 20% of the population will be over 65 and about 90% of them will have Alzheimer's. Of this Khalsa says, "To me, that notion is absolutely horrifying. If it happens, it will be a social holocaust. In the Epilogue of his book, Khalsa recoups, "...I do not believe [these trends] will [continue]. I believe that millions of us, working together, and working on our own, will reverse these trends... As we age, we will remain healthy. We will remain productive."
The incredible message of Dr. Campbell's book and from my own personal experience is that all of the above epidemic American diseases are preventable and reversible! This is wonderful news. Dr.Khalsa has seen reversals with large numbers of his dementia patients and even in some cases of those with Alzheimer's. I personally know people who have reversed osteoporosis and macular degeneration. The body has a miraculous ability to heal itself when we feed it properly - the nutrients provided by the designer of our bodies.
Not only is the medical and pharmaceutical communities turning their backs on the data, but "The government is turning a blind eye to the evidence as well as to the millions of Americans who suffer from nutrition-related illnesses. The covenant of trust between the U.S. government and the American citizen has been broken. The United States government is not only failing to put out our fires, it is actively fanning the flames," says Dr. Campbell.
Many may wonder why these distortions occur in the way health and nutritional information are shared, which includes disease prevention and cure. Dr. Campbell summarizes it well: "As you will come to see, much is governed by the Golden Rule: he who has the gold makes the rules. There are powerful, influential and enormously wealthy industries that stand to lose a vast amount of money if Americans start shifting to a plant-based diet.
"The entire system - government, science, medicine, industry and media - promotes profits over health, technology over food and confusion over clarity." Because Dr. Campbell has significant exposure, leadership, and interaction with the whole nutritional system, he has been able to see how the disinformation arises and why there is so much confusion. His Section IV in this regard is extremely interesting reading. He has first hand experience.
Robert C. Richardson, Ph.D. and Nobel Laureate says it well, "Colin Campbell's the China Study is an important and readable book. With his son Tom, he discusses studies of the relationship between diet and disease. His conclusions about the harmful consequences of animal proteins are startling. Equally surprising has been his difficulty in bring the results to the public. It is a story which needs to be heard."
"The China Study is a rare treat. Finally, a world-renowned nutritional scholar has explained the truth about diet and health in a way that everyone can easily understand - a startling truth that everyone needs to know," says Dr. Douglas J. Lisle, and Alan Goldhamer.
My wife and I chose to follow a vegan diet (no meat or dairy) about nine years ago. It has been a very interesting, beneficial, and enjoyable trip. In my own personal life, I have observed the reversal of eleven health challenges that I had before going on this diet. Most of them are listed above in Dr. Campbell's benefits list. I believe my wife is about the best cook in the state of Utah. She can make a vegan meal taste exceptional. I love to eat, and I enjoy eating, but have lost unwanted weight - nearly 40 pounds from what I was about 20 years ago. I am 68 years young and feel that I am actually getting younger in some dimensions of my being. I look and feel better than I did two decades ago. I ride a mean mountain bike and enjoy cross country skiing. I enjoy running now, where I couldn't in years past. Life is good. I am so grateful for Dr. Campbell's book. It can make a major difference in the American way of life and stop the several serious epidemics that are now rampant due to our poor diet choices. We are what we eat; let us be alive and well.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Back Pain Cured With Water Drinking?
Back Pain cured with water drinking.
I would like to thank you and share with you the significant progress I have enjoyed in the healing of my back. While reading your book, Your Body's Many Cries for Water, I learned of your other book, How to Deal with Back Pain and Rheumatoid Joint Pain.
Following your suggested exercises - plus a few of my own - and drinking the amount of water you suggest as well, I am pleased to report that I have enjoyed much more strength and a lot less pain in my back.
I had a back injury well over twenty years, while helping to lift a piano for a friend. It seems that one of the disks in my lower back was crushed or badly damaged. It had gotten progressively worse over the years to a point a couple of years ago when it would go into spasms - rendering me unable to walk. Te pain is excruciating. This would usually be triggered by a slight amount of lifting - especially front on. If I bent over and lifted something much over 10 pounds, I would be in trouble for some days.
Upon starting your suggested back exercise program about a year and a half ago, I saw slow but consistent progress. last summer was the acid test. Ten and a half years ago, I retired as an atomic clock researcher in Boulder, CO, and bought a farm in central Utah - near my hometown and family. My wife and I have pretty much had others run the farm until this last summer, but circumstances arose that we needed to run it. This including moving 30-feet-long irrigation pipes, baling and hauling three crops of hay. The farm is not big enough to be modernized, so my sons and I with some hired help were hand lifting 90-pound bales of hay up on a truck and hay wagon - with hay leaves down my sweating neck and all. We had to also lift them into the hay barn - harvesting well over a thousand bales. having been raised on a farm, I have never minded hard work and this was hard.
There is no way that I could have done that the year before, and it actually felt good to be able to do this hard work. I have always tried to keep myself in good physical condition, but some years ago i had to even stop jogging because it hurt my back too much. Now I can also run again without serious pain. Considering also that I am 66 years old, I feel that the whole thing is pretty remarkable and I thank you for the tremendous assist in my recovery. i am far from all the way better, but the trend is right and my back is getting stronger all the time. This morning and yesterday I shoveled about a foot of snow off of our walk way with no significant back pain. I haven't been able to do that for years.
You suggested extra weights on the feet as one does the back exercises. I just wear shoes and have a three-pound weight in each hand to strengthen my upper body while I am at it. The extra exercises that I do in addition to yours are all towards strengthening the back muscles and for general cardiovascular and lymph system circulation improvement.
These include :
1) Lying on each side and doing scissors with my free arm and leg in circular motion as well as up and down;
2) sit ups and leg lifts while lying on my back;
3) push ups from the knees and the toes with particular emphasis on flexing and using the lower back muscles - activating the osmotic pumping of water action as you suggest for the lower back;
4) jumping jacks, touching the floor with the weights in my hands, and cross touching the right hand to the left foot while straddled, and vice-versa;
5) doing a variety of jumping exercises on a re-bounder, which is excellent for the lymph system circulation; and
6) then a variety of stretching exercises to keep the whole body limber.
I add to these walking with my wife, cross-country skiing, and mountain bike riding every day when the weather permits. We can usually do one of these most days of the year.
It feels so good to feel good. Life has been really good to me, and a good health allows me to better serve and do those things that I feel are most important. I love to express my gratitude by serving, and you can't do that very well lying on your back in pain. Thanks again for helping so significantly to take that pain away. I was so impressed with your first book, that I did a book report and have it posted on my website : http://www.allanstime.com/Health/water.htm
Your second book is saving my back. My wife has found significant benefit from your water cure as well.
Gratefully yours, D.W.A.
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Water, the Remarkable Panacea!
By David W. Allan
September 10, 2001
It seems too good to be true that such a simple procedure (drink eight eight-ounce glasses of water a day) could provide such astounding benefits. From a preventative, as well as curative point of view, the list: is most impressive: digestive system problems; pain from arthritis, lower back, neck, angina, and headaches; stress related problems and depression; high blood pressure and hypertension; excessive cholesterol levels and many heart problems; excess body weight and over-eating problems; asthma and allergy problems; nerve disorders, including multiple sclerosis (MS); both insulin-dependent and insulin-independent diabetes and improper tryptophan balance; the latter may tie to the prevention and cure of AIDS; and lastly, but not the end of the list, is the BIG C (cancer).
Your Body's Many Cries for Water, by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj If this seems overly simplistic, I understand. I felt exactly the same way before reading Dr. F. Batmanghelidj’s book, Your Body’s Many Cries for Water with subtitles: You are not sick, you are thirsty! and Don’t treat thirst with medications. I would suggest that you read his book. Even though the book is written for a lay audience, it is quite technical. Quoting from one of a large number of inspiring testimonials in this book (several of whom are Doctors), M.D. Dan C. Roehm says, "...it is very apparent that this work is revolutionary and sweeps nearly all diseases before it. As an Internist/Cardiologist I find this work incisive, trenchant and fundamental. This work is a God send for all."
Dr. B (Batmanghelidj), as he is known by many of his associates, has had a remarkable career path. Born in Tehran, Iran in 1931, he was schooled in Edinburgh, Scotland and at St. Mary’ Hospital Medical School of London University. Immediately before the revolution in 1979, he was engaged in the completion of a family charity medical center, the largest medical complex in Iran. The revolutionary government put him in prison. It was there, in prison, that he began his research on the benefits of proper hydration in the human body. He had an unusual clientele with the high stress level of the prisoners – many of them suffering from abdominal pains, peptic ulcers, and numerous other problems. Because of his excellent success in treating his fellow prisoners, his execution was delayed. When his trial came, he presented the judge with an article on water treatment of peptic ulcers. This saved his life so that he could continue his research, and he was released from prison. The article was sent to a professor of gastroenterology at Yale University, and later published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, and then in the science section of the New York Times.
He escaped from Iran so that he could continue his research in America, where he has now published several books and numerous scientific papers. Interestingly, in his research, he has also uncovered the inappropriate activities of the pharmaceutical industries and the American Medical Association (AMA) to promote medicine at the expense of health. For example, he now has enough well documented information to pull together a class-action suit, should he choose to do so, against the medical community in how they are mistreating patients with hypertension. This potentially could be much like the class-action suit that smokers pulled together against the tobacco industry in 1995, and won!
Are these inappropriate activities being promulgated in innocence? Yes, but not totally, as many of them have been made aware of Dr. Batmanghelidj’s work, and they ignore it anyway. In addition to reading Dr. B’s books, one can find out more about his organizations activities on their web site as listed at the end of this book report.
Here, I will only give brief synoptic information from the above cited book. One really needs to read this book to better appreciate his work. This synopsis is written with the intent to help promulgate health, happiness and a better understanding of the marvelous miracle the body is. We learn from Dr. B that we cannot have optimum health without proper hydration, and if we are sick or diseased, it is a lot harder to be happy. Billions of dollars are spent on health, yet in water and its proper utilization for our bodies we could avoid much of these expenditures by understanding how our bodies work and its critical need to be properly hydrated. He further points out that most drugs and medications treat only the symptoms of illnesses and do not provide a cure. This is often because the medical community does not recognize that the proper cure could come from proper hydration of the body in many instances.
He points out the doctors take an oath to serve mankind, but the "business of America is business" – making money. They have no right, but some of them are doing it anyway, to "obstruct the simple message of ‘you are not sick, you are thirsty,’ from reaching a wider cross-section of the public. They have no business converting the pain and suffering of their fellow man into accumulative commercial practices..." to protect their own interests and profiteering motives.
This marvelous mechanism we call the body has a priority sequence in how it uses the water we give it. This is so that it can function as well as possible in the state of water shortage, which exists for most people – not being aware of their bodies need for more water nor being aware of its many "cries" indicators of it being in a state of dehydration. The first priority is the brain. Though the brain is only 2% of our body weight, it gets about 20% of the blood flow and is the first to be hydrated so that it can properly sense and prioritize the utilization of water for the rest of the body.
"...there is a mechanism for establishment of priority for circulating blood to any given area.. The order is predetermined according to a scale of importance of function. The brain, lungs, liver, kidneys, and glands take priority over muscles, bones, and skin in blood distribution... When we do not drink enough water to serve all the needs of the body, some cells become dehydrated and lose some of their water to the circulation... In water shortage and body drought, 66 % is taken from the water volume normally held inside the cells; 26 % is taken from... outside the cells; and 8 % is taken from blood volume." The long-term consequences of this dehydration is various kinds of disease. These illnesses and the pains associated therewith are then really our body crying for water.
For complete health our bodies need proper hydration, proper diet, proper rest and environment, and proper exercise. He also points out how stress in conjunction with dehydration brings on a variety of diseases – many of them digestive-system related.
In regard to diet, he further points out the large misunderstanding we have is "[in] advanced societies, thinking that tea, coffee, alcohol, and manufactured beverages are desirable substitutes for the purely natural water needs of the daily ‘stressed’ body is [a]... catastrophic mistake... [They]... contain dehydrating agents. They get rid of the water they are dissolved in plus some more water from the reserves of the body! One of the diseases of dehydration is to confuse the sensations of thirst and hunger. We think we are hungry and eat when we are actually thirsty. Aspartame and saccharin have similar effects – tricking the brain into thinking it has sugar when it doesn’t. For example, the diet and/or caffeine drinks confuse the body into thinking it is hungry when it is actually simply asking for water. This is the cause of a large number of people getting large (overweight). If when we go for a snack, we would get a drink of water instead, we would undoubtedly be a far healthier people – a simple but far reaching change of behavior.
Also, "Caffeine has diuretic properties. It... acts on the kidneys and causes increased urine production. It is physiologically a dehydrating agent. This characteristic is the main reason a person is forced to drink so many cans of soda every day and never be satisfied. Thinking they have consumed enough ‘water’ that is in the soda, they assume they are hungry and eat more than their body’s need... causing a gradual gain in weight..." Alcoholic beverages do basically the same thing – put the body in a state of dehydration and confusion.
In regard to exercise, he says, "Walking two times a day – every 12 hours – will maintain the activity of the hormone sensitive fat burning enzyme (... lipase) during day and night and help clear away the excess lipid deposits in the arteries." The walking can be replaced, if desired, with an equivalent aerobic exercise. He has several testimonials where people have accomplished significant weight loss (proper "fat-burning") and great health gains by simply cutting out all sodas, by drinking enough water, and by having proper exercise. Of course, a reasonable diet needs to be followed as well, but the body moves in the right direction when it is treated as it was designed to be.
In regard to diet, he treats the body chemistry in general terms as well as in specifics as dehydration affects and is the cause of many of our main diseases. In this context, the book becomes quite complex, but is very interesting as you see the wonderful harmony of how all the body functions work together when in a properly hydrated state – bringing about the prevention of most diseases.
As is well known, there are 20 amino acids (AA) needed by the body. Twelve are manufactured by the body – three in limited quantities. The other eight need to be imported from food intake. A critical one of these eight is tryptophan. "The brain tryptophan content, and its various by-product neurotransmitter systems, are responsible for maintenance of the ‘homeostatic balance of the body.’ Normal levels of tryptophan in the brain maintain a well-regulated balance in all functions of the body – what is meant by homeostasis. With a decrease in tryptophan supply to the brain, there is a proportionate decrease in the efficiency of all functions in the body.
"Depression and some mental disorders are the consequence of brain tryptophan imbalance. Prozac used in some mental disorders... is a drug that stops the enzymes that break down serotonin, a byproduct of tryptophan. When more serotonin is present, all nerves function normally. However, Prozac cannot replace the indispensable role of tryptophan itself... Hydration of the body, exercise and the intake of right foods help replenish brain tryptophan reserves... Chronic dehydration causes its loss from the pool of different amino acids held in the body." He also points out that stress can cause a dumping of the AAs and that "tryptophan seems to be one of the most important" ones that gets dumped.
As an important aside, Ann Blake Tracy in her book, PROZAC, Panacea or Pandora? says that the side effects from using PROZAC can be devastating, listing: Agitation, Akathisia (need of movement, suicidal tendencies, and tendencies of violence), Atazia (defective muscular coordination), Asthenia (loss of strength), Depersonalization (the belief that one’s own reality is temporarily lost), Hypesthesia (lessened sensitivity to touch), Hypoglycemia (deficiency of sugar in the blood), Hypomania (mild mania and excitement with moderate change in behavior), Hysteria, Mania, Neuralgia (severe sharp pain along the course of a nerve), Neuropathy (disease of the nerves), Paranoia, Psychosis, and Tremors. This is one of many drugs approved by the FDA, and which treat symptoms – and provide no cures – but which can have very serious side effects on one’s health. It is so important that we take our own health into our own hands.
"One must consume the full range of AAs to build the ‘reserve pool’ in due time... The best proteins are those stored in the germinating seeds of plants, such as lentils, grains, beans, etc." From my perspective, the consumption of raw foods from a plant based food selection approaches the ideal diet for optimum health. He says that, "Carrots (for their beta-carotene content) are an essential dietary requirement. Beta-carotene is a precursor for vitamin A and absolutely essential for liver metabolism, apart from its need by the eyes." Potassium is also essential; but not too much. It can be obtained from orange juice or bananas. In addition, he discusses the importance of the omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. These are needed for the manufacture of cell membranes, hormones and nerve coverings in the body. Flax seed and flax seed oil are excellent sources for these.
In the book, the various chapters work through the body chemistry and the effects of dehydration and proper hydration as it relates to sickness and health. For example, there is a chapter on the digestive system; one on rheumatoid arthritis, lower-back pain, neck pain, anginal pain, and headaches; one on stress and depression; one on high blood pressure and hypertension; one on cholesterol and why people tend to overeat; one on asthma and allergies; one on both insulin-independent diabetes and insulin-dependent diabetes – showing the very important relationship to the AA tryptophan in the body; one on AIDS and that HIV is a misnomer; and a general chapter on dealing with insomnia, fainting, heart attacks, the fallacy of a salt-free diet, our health care systems and the enormous savings that could be appreciated if everyone understood and applied this new "water-cure" paradigm. In the beginning of the book, he makes the intriguing statement that, "Morning sickness of the mother is a thirst signal of both the fetus and the mother." Hence, expectant mothers that have been continually drinking caffeine, diet-free, or alcoholic beverages, put themselves in a state of dehydration – thus increasing the probability of morning sickness and of exacerbating the problems associated therewith. Interspersed throughout the book are other very important discussions around cancer, Alzheimer’s, osteoporosis, puffiness of the eyes and swelling of the ankles, muscle cramps, the balance of salt and water for healthy cell regeneration, hydration, and sustenance, and providing the proper balance for all aspects of the reproductive process. He says that, "If bulimics begin to rehydrate their [bodies] well and drink water before their food, [their] problem will disappear."
He has some astounding bullet statements in the book like:
Excess cholesterol formation is the result of dehydration.
The present way of treating hypertension is wrong to the point of scientific absurdity.
Dehydration is the number one stressor of the human body – or any living matter.
Alcohol will suppress the secretion of vasopressin from the pituitary gland. Lack of vasopressin in circulation will translate to general dehydration of the body – even the brain cells.
It is... more prudent to attend to our daily water intake... than to what foods we eat.
He recommends eight to ten eight-ounce glasses of water per day – depending, of course, on body size. For each ten glasses of water, he recommends one-half teaspoon of salt. It is better to drink the water away from meals (½ hour before and about 2 hours after). It takes a lot of water to help properly digest food, but the body needs to be well hydrated before. Often, people drink their water with their meals – feeling thirsty mid-way through. Then, he says, "It is already too late, because the damage is registered by the cells lining the blood vessels." He says, "If we begin to appreciate that for the process of digestion of food, water is the most essential ingredient, most of the battle is won. If we give the necessary water to the body before we eat food, all the battle against cholesterol formation in the blood vessels will be won."
He has an extensive and fascinating discussion of the importance of water filtration into each of the cells in their myriad, miraculous, and diverse functions in a healthy, well-balanced, hydrated body. He says, "...water regulates the volume of a cell from inside. Salt regulates the amount of water that is held outside the cells – the ocean around the cell. There is a very delicate balance process in the design of the body in the way it maintains its composition of blood at the expense of fluctuating the water content in some cells of the body. When there is a shortage of water, some cells will go without a portion of their normal needs and some others will get a predetermined rationed amount to maintain function (... the mechanism involves water filtration through the cell membrane). However, blood will normally retain the consistency of its composition. It must do so to keep the normal composition of elements reaching the vital centers."
Current traditional medical thinking is that water acts as the conveyor of various essential minerals in solution to the sundry parts of the body. Dr. B. says, "This is where the ‘solutes paradigm’ is inadequate and goes wrong. It bases all assessments and evaluations of body functions on the solids content of blood. It does not recognize the comparative dehydration of some other parts of the body. All blood tests can appear normal and yet the small capillaries of the heart and the brain may be closed and cause some of the cells of these organs a gradual damage from increasing dehydration over a long period of time." It is my surmise that this may be a significant contributor to Alzheimer’s disease.
He goes on to say, "When we lose thirst sensation (or do not recognize the other signals of dehydration) and drink less water than the daily requirement, the shutting down of some vascular beds is the only natural alternative to keep the rest of the blood vessels full. The question is, how long can we go on like this? The answer is, long enough to ultimately become very ill and die. Unless we get wise to the paradigm shift and professionally and generally begin to recognize the problems associated with water metabolism disturbance in the human body and its variety of thirst signals, chronic dehydration will continue to take its toll on both our bodies and our society!"
Dr. Batmanghelidj now has other books, which are a continuation of this one – reporting their ongoing research. For myself, I am very happy that our dear friends, Doug and Charlotte Brown, told us about this book. I can now see where I have not been drinking near enough water over the course of my life. Just in the short time I have been following his recommended amount, I can see some significant benefits. For instance, I have been dealing with a lower back pain for many years – that can go into muscle spasms, and when it does, I cannot even walk. I can already see an improvement there. I believe this book contains very important information which everyone should know about, and hence, I have taken the time to write this report.
His book is available from any book store and also from his web site: www.watercure.com.
His other books are also available there as well. I highly recommend and desire to promote his work.
I would like to thank you and share with you the significant progress I have enjoyed in the healing of my back. While reading your book, Your Body's Many Cries for Water, I learned of your other book, How to Deal with Back Pain and Rheumatoid Joint Pain.
Following your suggested exercises - plus a few of my own - and drinking the amount of water you suggest as well, I am pleased to report that I have enjoyed much more strength and a lot less pain in my back.
I had a back injury well over twenty years, while helping to lift a piano for a friend. It seems that one of the disks in my lower back was crushed or badly damaged. It had gotten progressively worse over the years to a point a couple of years ago when it would go into spasms - rendering me unable to walk. Te pain is excruciating. This would usually be triggered by a slight amount of lifting - especially front on. If I bent over and lifted something much over 10 pounds, I would be in trouble for some days.
Upon starting your suggested back exercise program about a year and a half ago, I saw slow but consistent progress. last summer was the acid test. Ten and a half years ago, I retired as an atomic clock researcher in Boulder, CO, and bought a farm in central Utah - near my hometown and family. My wife and I have pretty much had others run the farm until this last summer, but circumstances arose that we needed to run it. This including moving 30-feet-long irrigation pipes, baling and hauling three crops of hay. The farm is not big enough to be modernized, so my sons and I with some hired help were hand lifting 90-pound bales of hay up on a truck and hay wagon - with hay leaves down my sweating neck and all. We had to also lift them into the hay barn - harvesting well over a thousand bales. having been raised on a farm, I have never minded hard work and this was hard.
There is no way that I could have done that the year before, and it actually felt good to be able to do this hard work. I have always tried to keep myself in good physical condition, but some years ago i had to even stop jogging because it hurt my back too much. Now I can also run again without serious pain. Considering also that I am 66 years old, I feel that the whole thing is pretty remarkable and I thank you for the tremendous assist in my recovery. i am far from all the way better, but the trend is right and my back is getting stronger all the time. This morning and yesterday I shoveled about a foot of snow off of our walk way with no significant back pain. I haven't been able to do that for years.
You suggested extra weights on the feet as one does the back exercises. I just wear shoes and have a three-pound weight in each hand to strengthen my upper body while I am at it. The extra exercises that I do in addition to yours are all towards strengthening the back muscles and for general cardiovascular and lymph system circulation improvement.
These include :
1) Lying on each side and doing scissors with my free arm and leg in circular motion as well as up and down;
2) sit ups and leg lifts while lying on my back;
3) push ups from the knees and the toes with particular emphasis on flexing and using the lower back muscles - activating the osmotic pumping of water action as you suggest for the lower back;
4) jumping jacks, touching the floor with the weights in my hands, and cross touching the right hand to the left foot while straddled, and vice-versa;
5) doing a variety of jumping exercises on a re-bounder, which is excellent for the lymph system circulation; and
6) then a variety of stretching exercises to keep the whole body limber.
I add to these walking with my wife, cross-country skiing, and mountain bike riding every day when the weather permits. We can usually do one of these most days of the year.
It feels so good to feel good. Life has been really good to me, and a good health allows me to better serve and do those things that I feel are most important. I love to express my gratitude by serving, and you can't do that very well lying on your back in pain. Thanks again for helping so significantly to take that pain away. I was so impressed with your first book, that I did a book report and have it posted on my website : http://www.allanstime.com/Health/water.htm
Your second book is saving my back. My wife has found significant benefit from your water cure as well.
Gratefully yours, D.W.A.
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Water, the Remarkable Panacea!
By David W. Allan
September 10, 2001
It seems too good to be true that such a simple procedure (drink eight eight-ounce glasses of water a day) could provide such astounding benefits. From a preventative, as well as curative point of view, the list: is most impressive: digestive system problems; pain from arthritis, lower back, neck, angina, and headaches; stress related problems and depression; high blood pressure and hypertension; excessive cholesterol levels and many heart problems; excess body weight and over-eating problems; asthma and allergy problems; nerve disorders, including multiple sclerosis (MS); both insulin-dependent and insulin-independent diabetes and improper tryptophan balance; the latter may tie to the prevention and cure of AIDS; and lastly, but not the end of the list, is the BIG C (cancer).
Your Body's Many Cries for Water, by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj If this seems overly simplistic, I understand. I felt exactly the same way before reading Dr. F. Batmanghelidj’s book, Your Body’s Many Cries for Water with subtitles: You are not sick, you are thirsty! and Don’t treat thirst with medications. I would suggest that you read his book. Even though the book is written for a lay audience, it is quite technical. Quoting from one of a large number of inspiring testimonials in this book (several of whom are Doctors), M.D. Dan C. Roehm says, "...it is very apparent that this work is revolutionary and sweeps nearly all diseases before it. As an Internist/Cardiologist I find this work incisive, trenchant and fundamental. This work is a God send for all."
Dr. B (Batmanghelidj), as he is known by many of his associates, has had a remarkable career path. Born in Tehran, Iran in 1931, he was schooled in Edinburgh, Scotland and at St. Mary’ Hospital Medical School of London University. Immediately before the revolution in 1979, he was engaged in the completion of a family charity medical center, the largest medical complex in Iran. The revolutionary government put him in prison. It was there, in prison, that he began his research on the benefits of proper hydration in the human body. He had an unusual clientele with the high stress level of the prisoners – many of them suffering from abdominal pains, peptic ulcers, and numerous other problems. Because of his excellent success in treating his fellow prisoners, his execution was delayed. When his trial came, he presented the judge with an article on water treatment of peptic ulcers. This saved his life so that he could continue his research, and he was released from prison. The article was sent to a professor of gastroenterology at Yale University, and later published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, and then in the science section of the New York Times.
He escaped from Iran so that he could continue his research in America, where he has now published several books and numerous scientific papers. Interestingly, in his research, he has also uncovered the inappropriate activities of the pharmaceutical industries and the American Medical Association (AMA) to promote medicine at the expense of health. For example, he now has enough well documented information to pull together a class-action suit, should he choose to do so, against the medical community in how they are mistreating patients with hypertension. This potentially could be much like the class-action suit that smokers pulled together against the tobacco industry in 1995, and won!
Are these inappropriate activities being promulgated in innocence? Yes, but not totally, as many of them have been made aware of Dr. Batmanghelidj’s work, and they ignore it anyway. In addition to reading Dr. B’s books, one can find out more about his organizations activities on their web site as listed at the end of this book report.
Here, I will only give brief synoptic information from the above cited book. One really needs to read this book to better appreciate his work. This synopsis is written with the intent to help promulgate health, happiness and a better understanding of the marvelous miracle the body is. We learn from Dr. B that we cannot have optimum health without proper hydration, and if we are sick or diseased, it is a lot harder to be happy. Billions of dollars are spent on health, yet in water and its proper utilization for our bodies we could avoid much of these expenditures by understanding how our bodies work and its critical need to be properly hydrated. He further points out that most drugs and medications treat only the symptoms of illnesses and do not provide a cure. This is often because the medical community does not recognize that the proper cure could come from proper hydration of the body in many instances.
He points out the doctors take an oath to serve mankind, but the "business of America is business" – making money. They have no right, but some of them are doing it anyway, to "obstruct the simple message of ‘you are not sick, you are thirsty,’ from reaching a wider cross-section of the public. They have no business converting the pain and suffering of their fellow man into accumulative commercial practices..." to protect their own interests and profiteering motives.
This marvelous mechanism we call the body has a priority sequence in how it uses the water we give it. This is so that it can function as well as possible in the state of water shortage, which exists for most people – not being aware of their bodies need for more water nor being aware of its many "cries" indicators of it being in a state of dehydration. The first priority is the brain. Though the brain is only 2% of our body weight, it gets about 20% of the blood flow and is the first to be hydrated so that it can properly sense and prioritize the utilization of water for the rest of the body.
"...there is a mechanism for establishment of priority for circulating blood to any given area.. The order is predetermined according to a scale of importance of function. The brain, lungs, liver, kidneys, and glands take priority over muscles, bones, and skin in blood distribution... When we do not drink enough water to serve all the needs of the body, some cells become dehydrated and lose some of their water to the circulation... In water shortage and body drought, 66 % is taken from the water volume normally held inside the cells; 26 % is taken from... outside the cells; and 8 % is taken from blood volume." The long-term consequences of this dehydration is various kinds of disease. These illnesses and the pains associated therewith are then really our body crying for water.
For complete health our bodies need proper hydration, proper diet, proper rest and environment, and proper exercise. He also points out how stress in conjunction with dehydration brings on a variety of diseases – many of them digestive-system related.
In regard to diet, he further points out the large misunderstanding we have is "[in] advanced societies, thinking that tea, coffee, alcohol, and manufactured beverages are desirable substitutes for the purely natural water needs of the daily ‘stressed’ body is [a]... catastrophic mistake... [They]... contain dehydrating agents. They get rid of the water they are dissolved in plus some more water from the reserves of the body! One of the diseases of dehydration is to confuse the sensations of thirst and hunger. We think we are hungry and eat when we are actually thirsty. Aspartame and saccharin have similar effects – tricking the brain into thinking it has sugar when it doesn’t. For example, the diet and/or caffeine drinks confuse the body into thinking it is hungry when it is actually simply asking for water. This is the cause of a large number of people getting large (overweight). If when we go for a snack, we would get a drink of water instead, we would undoubtedly be a far healthier people – a simple but far reaching change of behavior.
Also, "Caffeine has diuretic properties. It... acts on the kidneys and causes increased urine production. It is physiologically a dehydrating agent. This characteristic is the main reason a person is forced to drink so many cans of soda every day and never be satisfied. Thinking they have consumed enough ‘water’ that is in the soda, they assume they are hungry and eat more than their body’s need... causing a gradual gain in weight..." Alcoholic beverages do basically the same thing – put the body in a state of dehydration and confusion.
In regard to exercise, he says, "Walking two times a day – every 12 hours – will maintain the activity of the hormone sensitive fat burning enzyme (... lipase) during day and night and help clear away the excess lipid deposits in the arteries." The walking can be replaced, if desired, with an equivalent aerobic exercise. He has several testimonials where people have accomplished significant weight loss (proper "fat-burning") and great health gains by simply cutting out all sodas, by drinking enough water, and by having proper exercise. Of course, a reasonable diet needs to be followed as well, but the body moves in the right direction when it is treated as it was designed to be.
In regard to diet, he treats the body chemistry in general terms as well as in specifics as dehydration affects and is the cause of many of our main diseases. In this context, the book becomes quite complex, but is very interesting as you see the wonderful harmony of how all the body functions work together when in a properly hydrated state – bringing about the prevention of most diseases.
As is well known, there are 20 amino acids (AA) needed by the body. Twelve are manufactured by the body – three in limited quantities. The other eight need to be imported from food intake. A critical one of these eight is tryptophan. "The brain tryptophan content, and its various by-product neurotransmitter systems, are responsible for maintenance of the ‘homeostatic balance of the body.’ Normal levels of tryptophan in the brain maintain a well-regulated balance in all functions of the body – what is meant by homeostasis. With a decrease in tryptophan supply to the brain, there is a proportionate decrease in the efficiency of all functions in the body.
"Depression and some mental disorders are the consequence of brain tryptophan imbalance. Prozac used in some mental disorders... is a drug that stops the enzymes that break down serotonin, a byproduct of tryptophan. When more serotonin is present, all nerves function normally. However, Prozac cannot replace the indispensable role of tryptophan itself... Hydration of the body, exercise and the intake of right foods help replenish brain tryptophan reserves... Chronic dehydration causes its loss from the pool of different amino acids held in the body." He also points out that stress can cause a dumping of the AAs and that "tryptophan seems to be one of the most important" ones that gets dumped.
As an important aside, Ann Blake Tracy in her book, PROZAC, Panacea or Pandora? says that the side effects from using PROZAC can be devastating, listing: Agitation, Akathisia (need of movement, suicidal tendencies, and tendencies of violence), Atazia (defective muscular coordination), Asthenia (loss of strength), Depersonalization (the belief that one’s own reality is temporarily lost), Hypesthesia (lessened sensitivity to touch), Hypoglycemia (deficiency of sugar in the blood), Hypomania (mild mania and excitement with moderate change in behavior), Hysteria, Mania, Neuralgia (severe sharp pain along the course of a nerve), Neuropathy (disease of the nerves), Paranoia, Psychosis, and Tremors. This is one of many drugs approved by the FDA, and which treat symptoms – and provide no cures – but which can have very serious side effects on one’s health. It is so important that we take our own health into our own hands.
"One must consume the full range of AAs to build the ‘reserve pool’ in due time... The best proteins are those stored in the germinating seeds of plants, such as lentils, grains, beans, etc." From my perspective, the consumption of raw foods from a plant based food selection approaches the ideal diet for optimum health. He says that, "Carrots (for their beta-carotene content) are an essential dietary requirement. Beta-carotene is a precursor for vitamin A and absolutely essential for liver metabolism, apart from its need by the eyes." Potassium is also essential; but not too much. It can be obtained from orange juice or bananas. In addition, he discusses the importance of the omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. These are needed for the manufacture of cell membranes, hormones and nerve coverings in the body. Flax seed and flax seed oil are excellent sources for these.
In the book, the various chapters work through the body chemistry and the effects of dehydration and proper hydration as it relates to sickness and health. For example, there is a chapter on the digestive system; one on rheumatoid arthritis, lower-back pain, neck pain, anginal pain, and headaches; one on stress and depression; one on high blood pressure and hypertension; one on cholesterol and why people tend to overeat; one on asthma and allergies; one on both insulin-independent diabetes and insulin-dependent diabetes – showing the very important relationship to the AA tryptophan in the body; one on AIDS and that HIV is a misnomer; and a general chapter on dealing with insomnia, fainting, heart attacks, the fallacy of a salt-free diet, our health care systems and the enormous savings that could be appreciated if everyone understood and applied this new "water-cure" paradigm. In the beginning of the book, he makes the intriguing statement that, "Morning sickness of the mother is a thirst signal of both the fetus and the mother." Hence, expectant mothers that have been continually drinking caffeine, diet-free, or alcoholic beverages, put themselves in a state of dehydration – thus increasing the probability of morning sickness and of exacerbating the problems associated therewith. Interspersed throughout the book are other very important discussions around cancer, Alzheimer’s, osteoporosis, puffiness of the eyes and swelling of the ankles, muscle cramps, the balance of salt and water for healthy cell regeneration, hydration, and sustenance, and providing the proper balance for all aspects of the reproductive process. He says that, "If bulimics begin to rehydrate their [bodies] well and drink water before their food, [their] problem will disappear."
He has some astounding bullet statements in the book like:
Excess cholesterol formation is the result of dehydration.
The present way of treating hypertension is wrong to the point of scientific absurdity.
Dehydration is the number one stressor of the human body – or any living matter.
Alcohol will suppress the secretion of vasopressin from the pituitary gland. Lack of vasopressin in circulation will translate to general dehydration of the body – even the brain cells.
It is... more prudent to attend to our daily water intake... than to what foods we eat.
He recommends eight to ten eight-ounce glasses of water per day – depending, of course, on body size. For each ten glasses of water, he recommends one-half teaspoon of salt. It is better to drink the water away from meals (½ hour before and about 2 hours after). It takes a lot of water to help properly digest food, but the body needs to be well hydrated before. Often, people drink their water with their meals – feeling thirsty mid-way through. Then, he says, "It is already too late, because the damage is registered by the cells lining the blood vessels." He says, "If we begin to appreciate that for the process of digestion of food, water is the most essential ingredient, most of the battle is won. If we give the necessary water to the body before we eat food, all the battle against cholesterol formation in the blood vessels will be won."
He has an extensive and fascinating discussion of the importance of water filtration into each of the cells in their myriad, miraculous, and diverse functions in a healthy, well-balanced, hydrated body. He says, "...water regulates the volume of a cell from inside. Salt regulates the amount of water that is held outside the cells – the ocean around the cell. There is a very delicate balance process in the design of the body in the way it maintains its composition of blood at the expense of fluctuating the water content in some cells of the body. When there is a shortage of water, some cells will go without a portion of their normal needs and some others will get a predetermined rationed amount to maintain function (... the mechanism involves water filtration through the cell membrane). However, blood will normally retain the consistency of its composition. It must do so to keep the normal composition of elements reaching the vital centers."
Current traditional medical thinking is that water acts as the conveyor of various essential minerals in solution to the sundry parts of the body. Dr. B. says, "This is where the ‘solutes paradigm’ is inadequate and goes wrong. It bases all assessments and evaluations of body functions on the solids content of blood. It does not recognize the comparative dehydration of some other parts of the body. All blood tests can appear normal and yet the small capillaries of the heart and the brain may be closed and cause some of the cells of these organs a gradual damage from increasing dehydration over a long period of time." It is my surmise that this may be a significant contributor to Alzheimer’s disease.
He goes on to say, "When we lose thirst sensation (or do not recognize the other signals of dehydration) and drink less water than the daily requirement, the shutting down of some vascular beds is the only natural alternative to keep the rest of the blood vessels full. The question is, how long can we go on like this? The answer is, long enough to ultimately become very ill and die. Unless we get wise to the paradigm shift and professionally and generally begin to recognize the problems associated with water metabolism disturbance in the human body and its variety of thirst signals, chronic dehydration will continue to take its toll on both our bodies and our society!"
Dr. Batmanghelidj now has other books, which are a continuation of this one – reporting their ongoing research. For myself, I am very happy that our dear friends, Doug and Charlotte Brown, told us about this book. I can now see where I have not been drinking near enough water over the course of my life. Just in the short time I have been following his recommended amount, I can see some significant benefits. For instance, I have been dealing with a lower back pain for many years – that can go into muscle spasms, and when it does, I cannot even walk. I can already see an improvement there. I believe this book contains very important information which everyone should know about, and hence, I have taken the time to write this report.
His book is available from any book store and also from his web site: www.watercure.com.
His other books are also available there as well. I highly recommend and desire to promote his work.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Water-Cure real people, Not Anecdotal
WATER CURES : DRUGS KILL
This post is dedicated to people's reports on how adjusting/increasing their daily water intake and sticking to the routine I have identified in water-cure protocol formula (given in http://theinnozablog.blogspot.com )and literature material sourced from www.watercure.com has reversed their serious health problems.
In medical research, when studying chemical compounds and drugs, the custom has been to do double-blind studies to investigate the effectiveness of the compound. Such studies are only useful for comparative evaluation of foreign-to-the body substances that might even kill the person when used in larger doses.
In studying the effects of lifestyle changes and dietary manipulations, the methodology used is called "outcome studies" when the patient participates in the research by observing the markers of changes and reporting the outcome.
The real life stories you will read fall into this category of research.
When I discovered that water is a better natural medication for a host of disease conditions than anything the drug industry has to offer, I wrote the book Your Body's Many Cries for Water for the public. Because the relevant authorities (which I had approached) don't want to disseminate this simple discovery to the public. I just left them to their own agendas and carry on this personal crusade to make known this discovery of water-cure many diseases, for free.
I asked my readers to report their personal observations on the way increased water intake improved or reversed their health problems. The letters that follow are some of the many reports I have received. They are not " anecdotal reports." They are objective observations of people whose health problems had taken them to their doctors and were dragged through the sick-care system's maze of very expensive and conflicting treatment rituals and procedures.
These real life stories are all the more genuine and valid because no exchange of money was involved and no manufactured product stood to gain from the treatment process. Just drink plain water.
Anyone has to be blind or party to the present drug industry's crime against society to brush aside these personal observations of individuals who noticed the reversal of the dis-ease process in themselves, or to dismiss their reports as merely 'anecdotal."
This post is dedicated to people's reports on how adjusting/increasing their daily water intake and sticking to the routine I have identified in water-cure protocol formula (given in http://theinnozablog.blogspot.com )and literature material sourced from www.watercure.com has reversed their serious health problems.
In medical research, when studying chemical compounds and drugs, the custom has been to do double-blind studies to investigate the effectiveness of the compound. Such studies are only useful for comparative evaluation of foreign-to-the body substances that might even kill the person when used in larger doses.
In studying the effects of lifestyle changes and dietary manipulations, the methodology used is called "outcome studies" when the patient participates in the research by observing the markers of changes and reporting the outcome.
The real life stories you will read fall into this category of research.
When I discovered that water is a better natural medication for a host of disease conditions than anything the drug industry has to offer, I wrote the book Your Body's Many Cries for Water for the public. Because the relevant authorities (which I had approached) don't want to disseminate this simple discovery to the public. I just left them to their own agendas and carry on this personal crusade to make known this discovery of water-cure many diseases, for free.
I asked my readers to report their personal observations on the way increased water intake improved or reversed their health problems. The letters that follow are some of the many reports I have received. They are not " anecdotal reports." They are objective observations of people whose health problems had taken them to their doctors and were dragged through the sick-care system's maze of very expensive and conflicting treatment rituals and procedures.
These real life stories are all the more genuine and valid because no exchange of money was involved and no manufactured product stood to gain from the treatment process. Just drink plain water.
Anyone has to be blind or party to the present drug industry's crime against society to brush aside these personal observations of individuals who noticed the reversal of the dis-ease process in themselves, or to dismiss their reports as merely 'anecdotal."
WATER CURES : DRUGS KILL
The Healing Power of Plain Water, a New Medical Knowledge
The Ultimate Truths in Medicine
I was cured :Duodenal Ulcer; Indigestion; Colitis; Back Pain; Allergies; Chronic Sinus Infection:
It has been one year since I first read your book, which was given to me as a present by Marcel Thevoz. Since then my health has improved significantly. I am now 52 and in excellent health. This was not the case before your book and Marcel's kindness inspired me to make water an integral part of my life.
To most people I was successful and in excellent health - normal weigh, unusual strength and endurance, above average at sports, with an excellent diet( a lot of fresh vegetables and whole grains and very little meat, animal products or processed food). Yet my list of complaints stretches over the last fifty years and includes duodenal ulcer (age 19), indigestion, colon and elimination problems (age 19-51), food allergies (age 12-17), chronic sinus infections (age 5 - 51), chronic and acute back pain problems (age 13- 51), emotional illness and mental confusion (age 6- 51).
These problems were even more bewildering and confusing because I am intelligent, educated, and motivated to find solutions to problems. I have been searching for answers to those problems for 35 years. I have looked for answers in diet, supplementation, exercise, yoga, meditation, traditional religion, spiritual practices, acupuncture, traditional medicine, chiropractic, massage, Reike, polarity balancing, 12-step programs, and self-improvement books and courses such as EST and the Hoffman Quandrinity process.
I had , of course, read many times about the importance of drinking plenty of water. I even invested in a reverse osmosis (RO) water filter six years ago hoping that the improved taste of the municipal water would motivate me to drink more water. In spite of this, I never gave water therapy a fair chance. Until I read your book, other beverages always looked better to me, particularly tea and coffee.
At that time I read your book I had a chronic nerve injury in my upper back that intermittently prevented me from playing golf or racquetball for a period of two years. My arm strength was about 1/3 of what it had been only two years previously. I was at a low point in my life physically and mentally.
I have never drunk in my life or smoked more than 5 cigarettes in a day. At that time I was not smoking or drinking any alcohol. Yet, I found myself obsessed with thoughts of caffeine, smoking and drinking. Although I have been a frequent visitor at chiropractic, osteopathic and massage therapists, I had not needed to visit medical doctor in 15 years. In my desperation I went to an M.D. who prescribed an anti-stress medication, a pain reliever and a muscle relaxant. I took the prescribed doses and fell into a semi coma for 16 hours and discontinued the medication. A few weeks latter Marcel came to my home for dinner and gave me your book.
Within one week of adding 2-3 quarts of water to my diet I noticed that:
1.The pain from the nerve injury went away and I was able to begin exercising.
2. I had much less indigestion and gas.
3. My urges and compulsive behavior lessened substantially or vanished. I no longer had to fight the urge to smoke, drink, stuff myself or use excessive amounts of caffeine.
4. My energy level improved.
5. My thinking and work improved.
Please feel free to use me as reference. I am happy to talk to anyone about water cure at any time.
Sincerely,
W.E.G.
The Ultimate Truths in Medicine
I was cured :Duodenal Ulcer; Indigestion; Colitis; Back Pain; Allergies; Chronic Sinus Infection:
It has been one year since I first read your book, which was given to me as a present by Marcel Thevoz. Since then my health has improved significantly. I am now 52 and in excellent health. This was not the case before your book and Marcel's kindness inspired me to make water an integral part of my life.
To most people I was successful and in excellent health - normal weigh, unusual strength and endurance, above average at sports, with an excellent diet( a lot of fresh vegetables and whole grains and very little meat, animal products or processed food). Yet my list of complaints stretches over the last fifty years and includes duodenal ulcer (age 19), indigestion, colon and elimination problems (age 19-51), food allergies (age 12-17), chronic sinus infections (age 5 - 51), chronic and acute back pain problems (age 13- 51), emotional illness and mental confusion (age 6- 51).
These problems were even more bewildering and confusing because I am intelligent, educated, and motivated to find solutions to problems. I have been searching for answers to those problems for 35 years. I have looked for answers in diet, supplementation, exercise, yoga, meditation, traditional religion, spiritual practices, acupuncture, traditional medicine, chiropractic, massage, Reike, polarity balancing, 12-step programs, and self-improvement books and courses such as EST and the Hoffman Quandrinity process.
I had , of course, read many times about the importance of drinking plenty of water. I even invested in a reverse osmosis (RO) water filter six years ago hoping that the improved taste of the municipal water would motivate me to drink more water. In spite of this, I never gave water therapy a fair chance. Until I read your book, other beverages always looked better to me, particularly tea and coffee.
At that time I read your book I had a chronic nerve injury in my upper back that intermittently prevented me from playing golf or racquetball for a period of two years. My arm strength was about 1/3 of what it had been only two years previously. I was at a low point in my life physically and mentally.
I have never drunk in my life or smoked more than 5 cigarettes in a day. At that time I was not smoking or drinking any alcohol. Yet, I found myself obsessed with thoughts of caffeine, smoking and drinking. Although I have been a frequent visitor at chiropractic, osteopathic and massage therapists, I had not needed to visit medical doctor in 15 years. In my desperation I went to an M.D. who prescribed an anti-stress medication, a pain reliever and a muscle relaxant. I took the prescribed doses and fell into a semi coma for 16 hours and discontinued the medication. A few weeks latter Marcel came to my home for dinner and gave me your book.
Within one week of adding 2-3 quarts of water to my diet I noticed that:
1.The pain from the nerve injury went away and I was able to begin exercising.
2. I had much less indigestion and gas.
3. My urges and compulsive behavior lessened substantially or vanished. I no longer had to fight the urge to smoke, drink, stuff myself or use excessive amounts of caffeine.
4. My energy level improved.
5. My thinking and work improved.
Please feel free to use me as reference. I am happy to talk to anyone about water cure at any time.
Sincerely,
W.E.G.
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