to people in Singapore and the world,
help beat HFMD: Drink Water.
Postings revisit:Here you can learn the story behind the "Beating HFMD: Drink water" on The Straits Times (Singapore) Online Story, ST Forum , May 9, 2008 Friday.
Beating HFMD : Drink water
THE rising number of reported hand, foot and mouth disease cases shows that stepped-up hygiene standards and checks on the young charges are not enough to arrest the crisis.
One way that can help tackle the problem is to be mindful of children's water intake. I am not advocating just drinking lots of water. Water intake should be more specific, in proportion to the child's body weight. The key is to drink it in sufficient quantity and regularity.
The rule of thumb is : Drink at least one ounce of water for every two pounds of the child's body weight. The metric equivalent is : 31.42ml of water for every 1 kg of the child's weight. In addition, mix 6/100 (0.06) teaspoon of sea salt (do not use table salt ) into every 314.2 ml of water.
For thousands of years, doctors have successfully treated their patients with nothing more than plain water and natural salt. Water and natural salt, when combined together, give you everything your body and mind need.
Soong See Choo
(Check link )
---------------------------------------------------------
(Milestone # 1,1st e-mail to ST Health Correspondent)
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008
From : "soong seechoo"
Subject: Water Cures : Drugs Kill
To: "salma khalik"
Dear Salma, I was sad to read about the girl suffering in newspaper this morning. I hope and appeal to the doctors and media to educate the general public to correct body re hydration to prevent further complications of human body degeneration caused by primary (first) etiology of cellular dehydration.
The present "solid paradigm" and status quo protocol can never solve the present HFMD syndrome. Merely quoting 'virus name' supposedly is not scientific mean to educate the people. We must use "solvent paradigm" instead.
Use and promote "water cure" protocol , ie: increase water and sea-salt intake will reverse many signs and symptoms of body.
Formula : Every kilogram of body weight needs at least 31.42 ml of plain water,daily.
1. Present body weight = 50 kilogram.
2. Water quota daily : 50 x 31.42 = 1671 ml.
3. Mix 1/4 teaspoon of sea-salt for every 1250 ml of water drank.
4. Timing of water intake is 90 minutes interval. Portion size, use 1671 divide by 10 equals 167 ml per glass. This size is relative to every individual body weight.
5.Drink 1 glass of water upon arising every morning and follow by another glass every 90 minutes thereafter.
Research and development materials from www.watercure.com
For layperson education and testimonies go to www.watercure2.com
My blog update for public awareness of health, go to http://theinnozablog.blogspot.com
Salma, kindly, share this formula with the child's grand aunt. She herself is undergoing stressful and may be experiencing dehydration unknowingly. Dehydration at cellular cannot be tested by blood test.
Thanks.
Mr.soong see choo
(IC number given)
(hp number given)
******************************************************
(Milestone #2, 2nd e-mail to the news reporter )
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008
From: "soong seechoo"
Subject: Re: Water Cures : Drugs Kill
To: ndianah@sph.com.sg, suntimes@sph.com.sg
CC: sachs_susan@yahoo.com, leeteejong@yahoo.com
Hello Nur Dianah Suhaimi, again with much concern and pity I read your report on the HFMD in Singapore. Earlier on I have written to Salma, and you can read my letter to her, see below.
Prevent the onset of HFMD, use water-cure protocol. Unintentional-prolonged-dehydration (free water deficits in body) can cause human body immunity lower and enter into a vicious cycle of distress manifesting signs and symptoms. Why children under five years old in particular are most susceptible to HFMD? Check and monitor their daily water intake. Use the measurement offered below. I am sharing this scientific breakthrough as alternative idea to the present status quo.
I felt for the parents and the children affected. Will you forward this simple formula to them on my behalf, because I do not have their e-mail or contact numbers. To Mr.Frankie Loh, Housewife Norjannah Mohammed Kamal and husband, Madam Jessica Tan and her husband, Mr.Zain Ismail, Ms Cathy Chem, Principal Daphe Lee. I encourage you to go to the websites below and my blog for details.
Yours sincerely,
Mr.soong see choo
(address given)
(hp number given)
(attached "1st e-mail to Salma ")
******************************************************
(Mile stone #3, 3rd e-mail to the journalists)
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008
From: "soong seechoo"
Respected reporters, Salma Khalik and Nur Dianah Suhaimi. I hope to know whether you have receive my earlier e-mail and seriously consider the content?
Thanks from mr. soong see choo. Sincerely.
*******************************************************
(Milestone #4, received 1st reply from Salma Khalik)
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008
From: "salma khalik"
Dear Mr Soong,
Thank you for your e-mail.
While many people believe in the benefits of water, there is no scientific evidence to show that it does the things you claim.
In fact, there is proof that too much water can actually kill.
As a newspaper, no matter what our personal beliefs, we have to go with what the experts say.
As such, I'm afraid we can't publish the information you have sent.
Yours sincerely,
Salma Khalik
Health Correspondent
The Straits Times
*******************************************************
(Milestone #5, 4th e-mail, reply to Salma Khalik)
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008
From: "soong seechoo"
Subject: Re: Water Cures : Drugs Kill
To: "Salma Khalik"
Dear Salma Khalik,
Firstly, I thank you for your reply here.
Secondly, I apologise if I have seem to give the impression to anyone that this water cure protocol is without scientific evidence. But the evidences are plentiful from the many positive results from responders who were on drugs therapies then and later adopt this proven water cure protocol. I am not selling any products to the public, but just to highlight to them the underlying cause of their body suffering and signs/ symptoms manifestations. That scientific cause is persistence-unintentional-dehydration.
Thirdly, the formula of water drank per day, which I have shared with you and public is logical and scientific calculation for every individual in respect to individual present body weight. I did not use a general statement like "drink a lot of water", but rather, I am specific to the point of sharing the timing and amount to drink, just like any doctor prescribe the drugs dosage and timing, case to case basis.
Fourthly, how wrong could we go with the experts say? You know how your body feel and respond better than all the experts in the world. Each must seriously consider what is being said by the experts and weight seriously the actuality of what have been proposed or defended.
Fifth, I just hope and appeal again that you or any serious reporter would just filter through seriously the matter at hand. i remain confident that this simple water cure protocol can and will help many of our fellow citizens in our country. I respect the final decision you and the editor take in regard to publish or not to, after all we could not help but to share the truth with anyone who want to know the truth. Kindly review those well documented evidences found at www.watercure.com or www.watercure2.com or http://theinnozablog.blogspot.com
Thanks again for your time and reply.
Sincerely yours,
Mr. Soong See Choo
********************************************************
(Milestone #6, e-mail to Salma Khalik)
Date:Fri, 25 Apr 2008
From:"soong seechoo"
Subject: Have a nice day ahead. Thanks from soong see choo.
To:"Salma Khalik"
Thanks dear Salma Khalik for your explanation. I understand your position. Have a nice day ahead with friends and family.
Would you mind if I sent you some scientific materials in regards to water metabolism in human body and how the public recovered from their respective diseases symptoms after they learn and applied the "water cure protocol"? Please confirm your request. In public service interest.
Sincerely yours,
Mr.Soong See Choo.
(Note: still waiting for her reply )
*********************************************************
(Milestone # 7, e-mail to stforum@sph.com.sg and three others news reporters)
Date:Thu, 8 May 2008
From:"soong see choo"
Subject: Science (Stamp HFMD Outbreak)
To:"salma khalik, leepq@sph.com.sg, tracyq@sph.com.sg
CC: stforum@sph.com.sg
To Salma Khalik, Tracy Quek, Lee Pei Qi and others to whom it may concern.
This is my third e-mail to The Straits times in respond to the HFMD outbreak in Singapore since 17 April, 2008. I still remember Sharmaine Lee, 7 years old girl, hardest-hit victim, suffered brain damage.
The rising reported cases emphatically shows stepped up hygiene standards and checks on the young charges are not enough steps to arrest the crisis, hence will not solve this present outbreak problems.
Not giving up easily, I appeal again to the press, to make known or forward the "water cure protocol" to all doctors, public health administrators, public and childcare centers for serious consideration and scrutiny and immediate application to stamp the HFMD outbreak. Only the positive result after the application will prove the validity of this "solvent paradigm"/water-cure protocol to combat dehydration related symptoms such as HFMD. I am not advocating 'drink lots of water' general statement here. But I am specific, to remind and monitor the children's daily hydration or water intake, in respect to each child's body weight. Sufficient quantity and regularity is the key here.
To all parents, pre-scholars, care-givers and young students, I say do not fear, just remember to drink sufficient water everyday. I repeat below the measurement to use for each case, for your perusal.
The rule of thumb is : Drink at least 1 ounce of water for every 2 pounds of the child's body weight. Metric equivalent is use 31.42 ml of water for every 1 kilogram of the child's body weight. And for every 314.2 ml of water drank, mix 6/100 (0.06)teaspoon of sea salt into it.
Formula:
1.The child's body weight, say, 10 kg.
2.Water intake per day, 10 x 31.42 = 314.2 ml. Round up to 315 ml.
3.Mix 6/100 (or 0.06) teaspoon of sea salt (do not use table salt) into every 315 ml water drank. Note: Table salt has nothing in common with natural salt, biophysics proven.
4.Each portion to drink is 315 ml divided into 10 equal parts, that is 31.5 ml.
5.Drink one portion 31.5 ml upon arising every morning and follow up with one portion every 90 minutes interval. Regularity is the key.
For thousands of years, doctors have successfully treated their patients with nothing more than plain water and natural salt. Bio physically, water and natural salt, when combined together, give you everything your body and mind need.
Recall the incident when Sharmaine Lee was prone to screaming fits and angry fits. My question, did anyone check her water and salinity deficiency?
Industrialization may have supplanted this ancient important knowledge, but it's time again to revive this know- how and rediscover natural salt and water as vital healing source.
Let "drink your regular sufficient water" be the buzz-word now, beside the catch phase "wash your hands" only. Note: Not over drink or under drink, but drink sufficient, daily.
At the end of the day, prevention is better than all treatments or attempts to cure. If nothing else, prevention is cheaper,natural and less painful. We must fight to maintain and continue building on previous achievements, and avoid backsliding. The war on diseases are not the sole domain of scientists and clinicians, but laymen themselves have significant roles to play. It is an uphill task to change mindset and habits, and to encourage paradigm shift based on solid scientific evidence from research.
For me as a researcher, I do research about water metabolism and public health issues because I want to understand fundamental mechanisms, not to gather fortune. But good work can never be done in isolation. There is a need for cross fertilization of ideas and exchange views. Hence, I sincerely encourage all , to whom it may concern , to review my modest appeal.
Well, human beings can't agree on all findings. In any social cause community, especially in public health issues, there are people who strive for purity. Some strive for pragmatic and compromise on purity. Common sense cannot be gotten from text books. We were born with the capacity of cultivating common sense and using common sense, to learn and sense the common. Children need to learn new things everyday and drinking sufficient plain water daily is one of the important things they must be taught and be constantly reminded. The crystalline sole (so-lay), salt-water brine, is unquestionably the energy matrix in which life begins, develops and subsists.
Yours Sincerely,
Soong See Choo.
(address given )
(phone numbers given)
P.S. Tracy Quek, can you please forward this "watercure protocol" to the people in China, especially to Madam Bao Xianfang, on my behalf. Thanks.
"We know about the (HFMD) virus, but we don't know clearly how to protect ourselves. The information hasn't been thorough enough". --- (one lady interviewed by Tracy Quek, ST Correspondent in China about HFMD)
Scientific background and research informations available from www.watercure.com
Lay persons' website for public education and testimonies, log on www.watercure2.com
My blogsite updates for public sharing or awareness on health issues, log on http://theinnozablog.blogspot.com
******************************************************
(Milestone #8, see later post)(reply from Singapore Ministry of Health)Beating HFMD : Drink water
THE rising number of reported hand, foot and mouth disease cases shows that stepped-up hygiene standards and checks on the young charges are not enough to arrest the crisis.
One way that can help tackle the problem is to be mindful of children's water intake. I am not advocating just drinking lots of water. Water intake should be more specific, in proportion to the child's body weight. The key is to drink it in sufficient quantity and regularity.
The rule of thumb is : Drink at least one ounce of water for every two pounds of the child's body weight. The metric equivalent is : 31.42ml of water for every 1 kg of the child's weight. In addition, mix 6/100 (0.06) teaspoon of sea salt (do not use table salt ) into every 314.2 ml of water.
For thousands of years, doctors have successfully treated their patients with nothing more than plain water and natural salt. Water and natural salt, when combined together, give you everything your body and mind need.
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The Story Behind "Beating HFMD:Drink water"
Here you can learn the story behind the "Beating HFMD: Drink water" on The Straits Times (Singapore) Online Story, ST Forum , May 9, 2008 Friday.
Beating HFMD : Drink water
THE rising number of reported hand, foot and mouth disease cases shows that stepped-up hygiene standards and checks on the young charges are not enough to arrest the crisis.
One way that can help tackle the problem is to be mindful of children's water intake. I am not advocating just drinking lots of water. Water intake should be more specific, in proportion to the child's body weight. The key is to drink it in sufficient quantity and regularity.
The rule of thumb is : Drink at least one ounce of water for every two pounds of the child's body weight. The metric equivalent is : 31.42ml of water for every 1 kg of the child's weight. In addition, mix 6/100 (0.06) teaspoon of sea salt (do not use table salt ) into every 314.2 ml of water.
For thousands of years, doctors have successfully treated their patients with nothing more than plain water and natural salt. Water and natural salt, when combined together, give you everything your body and mind need.
Soong See Choo
---------------------------------------------------------
(Milestone # 1,1st e-mail to ST Health Correspondent)
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008
From : "soong seechoo"
Subject: Water Cures : Drugs Kill
To: "salma khalik"
Dear Salma, I was sad to read about the girl suffering in newspaper this morning. I hope and appeal to the doctors and media to educate the general public to correct body re hydration to prevent further complications of human body degeneration caused by primary (first) etiology of cellular dehydration.
The present "solid paradigm" and status quo protocol can never solve the present HFMD syndrome. Merely quoting 'virus name' supposedly is not scientific mean to educate the people. We must use "solvent paradigm" instead.
Use and promote "water cure" protocol , ie: increase water and sea-salt intake will reverse many signs and symptoms of body.
Formula : Every kilogram of body weight needs at least 31.42 ml of plain water,daily.
1. Present body weight = 50 kilogram.
2. Water quota daily : 50 x 31.42 = 1671 ml.
3. Mix 1/4 teaspoon of sea-salt for every 1250 ml of water drank.
4. Timing of water intake is 90 minutes interval. Portion size, use 1671 divide by 10 equals 167 ml per glass. This size is relative to every individual body weight.
5.Drink 1 glass of water upon arising every morning and follow by another glass every 90 minutes thereafter.
Research and development materials from www.watercure.com
For layperson education and testimonies go to www.watercure2.com
My blog update for public awareness of health, go to http://theinnozablog.blogspot.com
Salma, kindly, share this formula with the child's grand aunt. She herself is undergoing stressful and may be experiencing dehydration unknowingly. Dehydration at cellular cannot be tested by blood test.
Thanks.
Mr.soong see choo
(IC number given)
(hp number given)
******************************************************
(Milestone #2, 2nd e-mail to the news reporter )
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008
From: "soong seechoo"
Subject: Re: Water Cures : Drugs Kill
To: ndianah@sph.com.sg, suntimes@sph.com.sg
CC: sachs_susan@yahoo.com, leeteejong@yahoo.com
Hello Nur Dianah Suhaimi, again with much concern and pity I read your report on the HFMD in Singapore. Earlier on I have written to Salma, and you can read my letter to her, see below.
Prevent the onset of HFMD, use water-cure protocol. Unintentional-prolonged-dehydration (free water deficits in body) can cause human body immunity lower and enter into a vicious cycle of distress manifesting signs and symptoms. Why children under five years old in particular are most susceptible to HFMD? Check and monitor their daily water intake. Use the measurement offered below. I am sharing this scientific breakthrough as alternative idea to the present status quo.
I felt for the parents and the children affected. Will you forward this simple formula to them on my behalf, because I do not have their e-mail or contact numbers. To Mr.Frankie Loh, Housewife Norjannah Mohammed Kamal and husband, Madam Jessica Tan and her husband, Mr.Zain Ismail, Ms Cathy Chem, Principal Daphe Lee. I encourage you to go to the websites below and my blog for details.
Yours sincerely,
Mr.soong see choo
(address given)
(hp number given)
(attached "1st e-mail to Salma ")
******************************************************
(Mile stone #3, 3rd e-mail to the journalists)
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008
From: "soong seechoo"
Respected reporters, Salma Khalik and Nur Dianah Suhaimi. I hope to know whether you have receive my earlier e-mail and seriously consider the content?
Thanks from mr. soong see choo. Sincerely.
*******************************************************
(Milestone #4, received 1st reply from Salma Khalik)
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008
From: "salma khalik"
Dear Mr Soong,
Thank you for your e-mail.
While many people believe in the benefits of water, there is no scientific evidence to show that it does the things you claim.
In fact, there is proof that too much water can actually kill.
As a newspaper, no matter what our personal beliefs, we have to go with what the experts say.
As such, I'm afraid we can't publish the information you have sent.
Yours sincerely,
Salma Khalik
Health Correspondent
The Straits Times
*******************************************************
(Milestone #5, 4th e-mail, reply to Salma Khalik)
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008
From: "soong seechoo"
Subject: Re: Water Cures : Drugs Kill
To: "Salma Khalik"
Dear Salma Khalik,
Firstly, I thank you for your reply here.
Secondly, I apologise if I have seem to give the impression to anyone that this water cure protocol is without scientific evidence. But the evidences are plentiful from the many positive results from responders who were on drugs therapies then and later adopt this proven water cure protocol. I am not selling any products to the public, but just to highlight to them the underlying cause of their body suffering and signs/ symptoms manifestations. That scientific cause is persistence-unintentional-dehydration.
Thirdly, the formula of water drank per day, which I have shared with you and public is logical and scientific calculation for every individual in respect to individual present body weight. I did not use a general statement like "drink a lot of water", but rather, I am specific to the point of sharing the timing and amount to drink, just like any doctor prescribe the drugs dosage and timing, case to case basis.
Fourthly, how wrong could we go with the experts say? You know how your body feel and respond better than all the experts in the world. Each must seriously consider what is being said by the experts and weight seriously the actuality of what have been proposed or defended.
Fifth, I just hope and appeal again that you or any serious reporter would just filter through seriously the matter at hand. i remain confident that this simple water cure protocol can and will help many of our fellow citizens in our country. I respect the final decision you and the editor take in regard to publish or not to, after all we could not help but to share the truth with anyone who want to know the truth. Kindly review those well documented evidences found at www.watercure.com or www.watercure2.com or http://theinnozablog.blogspot.com
Thanks again for your time and reply.
Sincerely yours,
Mr. Soong See Choo
********************************************************
(Milestone #6, e-mail to Salma Khalik)
Date:Fri, 25 Apr 2008
From:"soong seechoo"
Subject: Have a nice day ahead. Thanks from soong see choo.
To:"Salma Khalik"
Thanks dear Salma Khalik for your explanation. I understand your position. Have a nice day ahead with friends and family.
Would you mind if I sent you some scientific materials in regards to water metabolism in human body and how the public recovered from their respective diseases symptoms after they learn and applied the "water cure protocol"? Please confirm your request. In public service interest.
Sincerely yours,
Mr.Soong See Choo.
(Note: still waiting for her reply )
*********************************************************
(Milestone # 7, e-mail to stforum@sph.com.sg and three others news reporters)
Date:Thu, 8 May 2008
From:"soong see choo"
Subject: Science (Stamp HFMD Outbreak)
To:"salma khalik, leepq@sph.com.sg, tracyq@sph.com.sg
CC: stforum@sph.com.sg
To Salma Khalik, Tracy Quek, Lee Pei Qi and others to whom it may concern.
This is my third e-mail to The Straits times in respond to the HFMD outbreak in Singapore since 17 April, 2008. I still remember Sharmaine Lee, 7 years old girl, hardest-hit victim, suffered brain damage.
The rising reported cases emphatically shows stepped up hygiene standards and checks on the young charges are not enough steps to arrest the crisis, hence will not solve this present outbreak problems.
Not giving up easily, I appeal again to the press, to make known or forward the "water cure protocol" to all doctors, public health administrators, public and childcare centers for serious consideration and scrutiny and immediate application to stamp the HFMD outbreak. Only the positive result after the application will prove the validity of this "solvent paradigm"/water-cure protocol to combat dehydration related symptoms such as HFMD. I am not advocating 'drink lots of water' general statement here. But I am specific, to remind and monitor the children's daily hydration or water intake, in respect to each child's body weight. Sufficient quantity and regularity is the key here.
To all parents, pre-scholars, care-givers and young students, I say do not fear, just remember to drink sufficient water everyday. I repeat below the measurement to use for each case, for your perusal.
The rule of thumb is : Drink at least 1 ounce of water for every 2 pounds of the child's body weight. Metric equivalent is use 31.42 ml of water for every 1 kilogram of the child's body weight. And for every 314.2 ml of water drank, mix 6/100 (0.06)teaspoon of sea salt into it.
Formula:
1.The child's body weight, say, 10 kg.
2.Water intake per day, 10 x 31.42 = 314.2 ml. Round up to 315 ml.
3.Mix 6/100 (or 0.06) teaspoon of sea salt (do not use table salt) into every 315 ml water drank. Note: Table salt has nothing in common with natural salt, biophysics proven.
4.Each portion to drink is 315 ml divided into 10 equal parts, that is 31.5 ml.
5.Drink one portion 31.5 ml upon arising every morning and follow up with one portion every 90 minutes interval. Regularity is the key.
For thousands of years, doctors have successfully treated their patients with nothing more than plain water and natural salt. Bio physically, water and natural salt, when combined together, give you everything your body and mind need.
Recall the incident when Sharmaine Lee was prone to screaming fits and angry fits. My question, did anyone check her water and salinity deficiency?
Industrialization may have supplanted this ancient important knowledge, but it's time again to revive this know- how and rediscover natural salt and water as vital healing source.
Let "drink your regular sufficient water" be the buzz-word now, beside the catch phase "wash your hands" only. Note: Not over drink or under drink, but drink sufficient, daily.
At the end of the day, prevention is better than all treatments or attempts to cure. If nothing else, prevention is cheaper,natural and less painful. We must fight to maintain and continue building on previous achievements, and avoid backsliding. The war on diseases are not the sole domain of scientists and clinicians, but laymen themselves have significant roles to play. It is an uphill task to change mindset and habits, and to encourage paradigm shift based on solid scientific evidence from research.
For me as a researcher, I do research about water metabolism and public health issues because I want to understand fundamental mechanisms, not to gather fortune. But good work can never be done in isolation. There is a need for cross fertilization of ideas and exchange views. Hence, I sincerely encourage all , to whom it may concern , to review my modest appeal.
Well, human beings can't agree on all findings. In any social cause community, especially in public health issues, there are people who strive for purity. Some strive for pragmatic and compromise on purity. Common sense cannot be gotten from text books. We were born with the capacity of cultivating common sense and using common sense, to learn and sense the common. Children need to learn new things everyday and drinking sufficient plain water daily is one of the important things they must be taught and be constantly reminded. The crystalline sole (so-lay), salt-water brine, is unquestionably the energy matrix in which life begins, develops and subsists.
Yours Sincerely,
Soong See Choo.
(address given )
(phone numbers given)
P.S. Tracy Quek, can you please forward this "watercure protocol" to the people in China, especially to Madam Bao Xianfang, on my behalf. Thanks.
"We know about the (HFMD) virus, but we don't know clearly how to protect ourselves. The information hasn't been thorough enough". --- (one lady interviewed by Tracy Quek, ST Correspondent in China about HFMD)
Scientific background and research informations available from www.watercure.com
Lay persons' website for public education and testimonies, log on www.watercure2.com
My blogsite updates for public sharing or awareness on health issues, log on http://theinnozablog.blogspot.com
******************************************************
(Milestone #8, see later post)(reply from Singapore Ministry of Health)Beating HFMD : Drink water
THE rising number of reported hand, foot and mouth disease cases shows that stepped-up hygiene standards and checks on the young charges are not enough to arrest the crisis.
One way that can help tackle the problem is to be mindful of children's water intake. I am not advocating just drinking lots of water. Water intake should be more specific, in proportion to the child's body weight. The key is to drink it in sufficient quantity and regularity.
The rule of thumb is : Drink at least one ounce of water for every two pounds of the child's body weight. The metric equivalent is : 31.42ml of water for every 1 kg of the child's weight. In addition, mix 6/100 (0.06) teaspoon of sea salt (do not use table salt ) into every 314.2 ml of water.
For thousands of years, doctors have successfully treated their patients with nothing more than plain water and natural salt. Water and natural salt, when combined together, give you everything your body and mind need.
Beating HFMD : Drink water
THE rising number of reported hand, foot and mouth disease cases shows that stepped-up hygiene standards and checks on the young charges are not enough to arrest the crisis.
One way that can help tackle the problem is to be mindful of children's water intake. I am not advocating just drinking lots of water. Water intake should be more specific, in proportion to the child's body weight. The key is to drink it in sufficient quantity and regularity.
The rule of thumb is : Drink at least one ounce of water for every two pounds of the child's body weight. The metric equivalent is : 31.42ml of water for every 1 kg of the child's weight. In addition, mix 6/100 (0.06) teaspoon of sea salt (do not use table salt ) into every 314.2 ml of water.
For thousands of years, doctors have successfully treated their patients with nothing more than plain water and natural salt. Water and natural salt, when combined together, give you everything your body and mind need.
Soong See Choo
---------------------------------------------------------
(Milestone # 1,1st e-mail to ST Health Correspondent)
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008
From : "soong seechoo"
Subject: Water Cures : Drugs Kill
To: "salma khalik"
Dear Salma, I was sad to read about the girl suffering in newspaper this morning. I hope and appeal to the doctors and media to educate the general public to correct body re hydration to prevent further complications of human body degeneration caused by primary (first) etiology of cellular dehydration.
The present "solid paradigm" and status quo protocol can never solve the present HFMD syndrome. Merely quoting 'virus name' supposedly is not scientific mean to educate the people. We must use "solvent paradigm" instead.
Use and promote "water cure" protocol , ie: increase water and sea-salt intake will reverse many signs and symptoms of body.
Formula : Every kilogram of body weight needs at least 31.42 ml of plain water,daily.
1. Present body weight = 50 kilogram.
2. Water quota daily : 50 x 31.42 = 1671 ml.
3. Mix 1/4 teaspoon of sea-salt for every 1250 ml of water drank.
4. Timing of water intake is 90 minutes interval. Portion size, use 1671 divide by 10 equals 167 ml per glass. This size is relative to every individual body weight.
5.Drink 1 glass of water upon arising every morning and follow by another glass every 90 minutes thereafter.
Research and development materials from www.watercure.com
For layperson education and testimonies go to www.watercure2.com
My blog update for public awareness of health, go to http://theinnozablog.blogspot.com
Salma, kindly, share this formula with the child's grand aunt. She herself is undergoing stressful and may be experiencing dehydration unknowingly. Dehydration at cellular cannot be tested by blood test.
Thanks.
Mr.soong see choo
(IC number given)
(hp number given)
******************************************************
(Milestone #2, 2nd e-mail to the news reporter )
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008
From: "soong seechoo"
Subject: Re: Water Cures : Drugs Kill
To: ndianah@sph.com.sg, suntimes@sph.com.sg
CC: sachs_susan@yahoo.com, leeteejong@yahoo.com
Hello Nur Dianah Suhaimi, again with much concern and pity I read your report on the HFMD in Singapore. Earlier on I have written to Salma, and you can read my letter to her, see below.
Prevent the onset of HFMD, use water-cure protocol. Unintentional-prolonged-dehydration (free water deficits in body) can cause human body immunity lower and enter into a vicious cycle of distress manifesting signs and symptoms. Why children under five years old in particular are most susceptible to HFMD? Check and monitor their daily water intake. Use the measurement offered below. I am sharing this scientific breakthrough as alternative idea to the present status quo.
I felt for the parents and the children affected. Will you forward this simple formula to them on my behalf, because I do not have their e-mail or contact numbers. To Mr.Frankie Loh, Housewife Norjannah Mohammed Kamal and husband, Madam Jessica Tan and her husband, Mr.Zain Ismail, Ms Cathy Chem, Principal Daphe Lee. I encourage you to go to the websites below and my blog for details.
Yours sincerely,
Mr.soong see choo
(address given)
(hp number given)
(attached "1st e-mail to Salma ")
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(Mile stone #3, 3rd e-mail to the journalists)
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008
From: "soong seechoo"
Respected reporters, Salma Khalik and Nur Dianah Suhaimi. I hope to know whether you have receive my earlier e-mail and seriously consider the content?
Thanks from mr. soong see choo. Sincerely.
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(Milestone #4, received 1st reply from Salma Khalik)
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008
From: "salma khalik"
Dear Mr Soong,
Thank you for your e-mail.
While many people believe in the benefits of water, there is no scientific evidence to show that it does the things you claim.
In fact, there is proof that too much water can actually kill.
As a newspaper, no matter what our personal beliefs, we have to go with what the experts say.
As such, I'm afraid we can't publish the information you have sent.
Yours sincerely,
Salma Khalik
Health Correspondent
The Straits Times
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(Milestone #5, 4th e-mail, reply to Salma Khalik)
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008
From: "soong seechoo"
Subject: Re: Water Cures : Drugs Kill
To: "Salma Khalik"
Dear Salma Khalik,
Firstly, I thank you for your reply here.
Secondly, I apologise if I have seem to give the impression to anyone that this water cure protocol is without scientific evidence. But the evidences are plentiful from the many positive results from responders who were on drugs therapies then and later adopt this proven water cure protocol. I am not selling any products to the public, but just to highlight to them the underlying cause of their body suffering and signs/ symptoms manifestations. That scientific cause is persistence-unintentional-dehydration.
Thirdly, the formula of water drank per day, which I have shared with you and public is logical and scientific calculation for every individual in respect to individual present body weight. I did not use a general statement like "drink a lot of water", but rather, I am specific to the point of sharing the timing and amount to drink, just like any doctor prescribe the drugs dosage and timing, case to case basis.
Fourthly, how wrong could we go with the experts say? You know how your body feel and respond better than all the experts in the world. Each must seriously consider what is being said by the experts and weight seriously the actuality of what have been proposed or defended.
Fifth, I just hope and appeal again that you or any serious reporter would just filter through seriously the matter at hand. i remain confident that this simple water cure protocol can and will help many of our fellow citizens in our country. I respect the final decision you and the editor take in regard to publish or not to, after all we could not help but to share the truth with anyone who want to know the truth. Kindly review those well documented evidences found at www.watercure.com or www.watercure2.com or http://theinnozablog.blogspot.com
Thanks again for your time and reply.
Sincerely yours,
Mr. Soong See Choo
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(Milestone #6, e-mail to Salma Khalik)
Date:Fri, 25 Apr 2008
From:"soong seechoo"
Subject: Have a nice day ahead. Thanks from soong see choo.
To:"Salma Khalik"
Thanks dear Salma Khalik for your explanation. I understand your position. Have a nice day ahead with friends and family.
Would you mind if I sent you some scientific materials in regards to water metabolism in human body and how the public recovered from their respective diseases symptoms after they learn and applied the "water cure protocol"? Please confirm your request. In public service interest.
Sincerely yours,
Mr.Soong See Choo.
(Note: still waiting for her reply )
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(Milestone # 7, e-mail to stforum@sph.com.sg and three others news reporters)
Date:Thu, 8 May 2008
From:"soong see choo"
Subject: Science (Stamp HFMD Outbreak)
To:"salma khalik, leepq@sph.com.sg, tracyq@sph.com.sg
CC: stforum@sph.com.sg
To Salma Khalik, Tracy Quek, Lee Pei Qi and others to whom it may concern.
This is my third e-mail to The Straits times in respond to the HFMD outbreak in Singapore since 17 April, 2008. I still remember Sharmaine Lee, 7 years old girl, hardest-hit victim, suffered brain damage.
The rising reported cases emphatically shows stepped up hygiene standards and checks on the young charges are not enough steps to arrest the crisis, hence will not solve this present outbreak problems.
Not giving up easily, I appeal again to the press, to make known or forward the "water cure protocol" to all doctors, public health administrators, public and childcare centers for serious consideration and scrutiny and immediate application to stamp the HFMD outbreak. Only the positive result after the application will prove the validity of this "solvent paradigm"/water-cure protocol to combat dehydration related symptoms such as HFMD. I am not advocating 'drink lots of water' general statement here. But I am specific, to remind and monitor the children's daily hydration or water intake, in respect to each child's body weight. Sufficient quantity and regularity is the key here.
To all parents, pre-scholars, care-givers and young students, I say do not fear, just remember to drink sufficient water everyday. I repeat below the measurement to use for each case, for your perusal.
The rule of thumb is : Drink at least 1 ounce of water for every 2 pounds of the child's body weight. Metric equivalent is use 31.42 ml of water for every 1 kilogram of the child's body weight. And for every 314.2 ml of water drank, mix 6/100 (0.06)teaspoon of sea salt into it.
Formula:
1.The child's body weight, say, 10 kg.
2.Water intake per day, 10 x 31.42 = 314.2 ml. Round up to 315 ml.
3.Mix 6/100 (or 0.06) teaspoon of sea salt (do not use table salt) into every 315 ml water drank. Note: Table salt has nothing in common with natural salt, biophysics proven.
4.Each portion to drink is 315 ml divided into 10 equal parts, that is 31.5 ml.
5.Drink one portion 31.5 ml upon arising every morning and follow up with one portion every 90 minutes interval. Regularity is the key.
For thousands of years, doctors have successfully treated their patients with nothing more than plain water and natural salt. Bio physically, water and natural salt, when combined together, give you everything your body and mind need.
Recall the incident when Sharmaine Lee was prone to screaming fits and angry fits. My question, did anyone check her water and salinity deficiency?
Industrialization may have supplanted this ancient important knowledge, but it's time again to revive this know- how and rediscover natural salt and water as vital healing source.
Let "drink your regular sufficient water" be the buzz-word now, beside the catch phase "wash your hands" only. Note: Not over drink or under drink, but drink sufficient, daily.
At the end of the day, prevention is better than all treatments or attempts to cure. If nothing else, prevention is cheaper,natural and less painful. We must fight to maintain and continue building on previous achievements, and avoid backsliding. The war on diseases are not the sole domain of scientists and clinicians, but laymen themselves have significant roles to play. It is an uphill task to change mindset and habits, and to encourage paradigm shift based on solid scientific evidence from research.
For me as a researcher, I do research about water metabolism and public health issues because I want to understand fundamental mechanisms, not to gather fortune. But good work can never be done in isolation. There is a need for cross fertilization of ideas and exchange views. Hence, I sincerely encourage all , to whom it may concern , to review my modest appeal.
Well, human beings can't agree on all findings. In any social cause community, especially in public health issues, there are people who strive for purity. Some strive for pragmatic and compromise on purity. Common sense cannot be gotten from text books. We were born with the capacity of cultivating common sense and using common sense, to learn and sense the common. Children need to learn new things everyday and drinking sufficient plain water daily is one of the important things they must be taught and be constantly reminded. The crystalline sole (so-lay), salt-water brine, is unquestionably the energy matrix in which life begins, develops and subsists.
Yours Sincerely,
Soong See Choo.
(address given )
(phone numbers given)
P.S. Tracy Quek, can you please forward this "watercure protocol" to the people in China, especially to Madam Bao Xianfang, on my behalf. Thanks.
"We know about the (HFMD) virus, but we don't know clearly how to protect ourselves. The information hasn't been thorough enough". --- (one lady interviewed by Tracy Quek, ST Correspondent in China about HFMD)
Scientific background and research informations available from www.watercure.com
Lay persons' website for public education and testimonies, log on www.watercure2.com
My blogsite updates for public sharing or awareness on health issues, log on http://theinnozablog.blogspot.com
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(Milestone #8, see later post)(reply from Singapore Ministry of Health)Beating HFMD : Drink water
THE rising number of reported hand, foot and mouth disease cases shows that stepped-up hygiene standards and checks on the young charges are not enough to arrest the crisis.
One way that can help tackle the problem is to be mindful of children's water intake. I am not advocating just drinking lots of water. Water intake should be more specific, in proportion to the child's body weight. The key is to drink it in sufficient quantity and regularity.
The rule of thumb is : Drink at least one ounce of water for every two pounds of the child's body weight. The metric equivalent is : 31.42ml of water for every 1 kg of the child's weight. In addition, mix 6/100 (0.06) teaspoon of sea salt (do not use table salt ) into every 314.2 ml of water.
For thousands of years, doctors have successfully treated their patients with nothing more than plain water and natural salt. Water and natural salt, when combined together, give you everything your body and mind need.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Critical Water Cure Information
Critical Water Cure Information
Google: People and pets cured with sea salt and water. (See how many get well for pennies.)
The best way to use the water cure is to drink a little water, dissolve sea salt on the tongue (you only have to taste the salt then wash it down. It doesn't have to fully dissolve on your tongue) then finish your amount of water. We also use sea salt liberally on our food. See our Critical Salt Info link. We sometimes use raw sugar or honey to give us energy for our body to function better or when in pain or ill to keep our body from cannibalizing our muscles.
Note: professional sports teams initially noted that an oral saline IV worked as good as, or better than, an IV of salt water in a vein, but later we found out how & why it worked better when we do not put salt in the water.
YOU MUST READ THE WATER CURE RECIPE BEFORE ATTEMPTING IT!
Frequently Asked Questions
1.How much water?
Half your body weight in ounces. If you weigh 200 lbs., you will need 100 oz. of water. That is approx. 3 quarts. A quart is 32 oz. A 1.5 liter bottle has 6 servings of 8 oz., which makes it 48 oz..
2.How much salt and how do I use it?
There are four suggested ways to take the salt.
1. The first way is to just coat the front part of your tongue with the salt, making sure that you taste the salt, and then drink the water over the salt, washing it down.
2. You could also just put the extra salt on your food. The only problem with that is acquiring a taste for very salty food.
3. If you are very salt-sensitive then you would get some empty capsules and put the amount of salt you require into the capsules and take it with food.
4. Mixing salt into the water for drinking is not a very good idea. Only young children and seniors that are having trouble remembering things should mix 1/8 tsp of salt into 16 oz of plain water and drink their water this way until they start remembering things again.
3.Why not drink salty water?
A person using the water cure writes:
This is Diana R., I have been doing the water cure for a couple months now. When I first looked at the water cure website to start I read that you were supposed to put the required amount of salt in the water and drink it that way. When I did that I immediately began to retain a lot of fluid. After a couple of weeks of not feeling any better and unable to get the swelling down I contacted Drew Bauman. Drew helped me understand that the salt is supposed to be put on the tongue and washed down with water. My swelling is all gone now and I am finally seeing results.
At the top of our web page we state: The best way to use the water cure is to drink a little water, dissolve sea salt on the tongue, then finish your amount of water. We also use sea salt liberally on our food. See our Critical Salt Info link. We sometimes use raw sugar or honey to give us energy for our body to function better or when in pain or ill to keep our body from cannibalizing our muscles.
Note: professional sports teams initially noted that an oral saline IV worked as good as an IV of salt water in a vein, but later found how & why it worked better when we do not do oral IV/drink salty water.
4.Can I drink decaffeinated coffee?
You must remember that decaffeinated coffee still has some caffeine unless it is naturally decaffeinated. It also goes through a process to decaffeinate it with chemicals like formaldehyde. So, you are actually trading a little caffeine for chemicals. Ask yourself, is it worth it? How much arsenic is enough?
5.What about tea? (Is there a difference?)
Tea, according to Dr. Batmanghelidj is worse than coffee. It not only is a diuretic, but it strips your body of the vitamins and minerals we are trying to put back into our bodies. At the top of the list, as far as teas go, there are black teas (your regular run of the mill teas), which are the worst, containing the most caffeine. Decaffeinated teas are a little better, but still are not as natural as you should have. Naturally decaffeinated teas are the best.
BUT: I asked Dr. Batman about this, and he said, "An herb is an herb is an herb. Marijuana is an herb, so take it from there." A suggestion is to use in moderation. If you have suffered with asthma or other upper respiratory problems, like myself, be aware of how they make you feel. I have found it difficult to breathe after 2 cups of naturally decaffeinated.
Green tea has 3x's the caffeine. While it is supposed to be a great anit-oxidant, beware of the caffeine.
6.Where can I get good sea salt?
You can call 1-800-TOP-SALT. (800-867-7258) This is the Grain Salt Society, 273 Fairway Drive, Asheville, North Carolina 28805. This is the best that we have found. It contains 84 trace minerals. Another one is the Redmond Mineral, Inc., P.O. Box 219, Redmond, Utah 84652. 1-435-529-7402. Their sea salt has over 70 trace minerals in it. BE CAREFUL when buying sea salt or Celtic Sea Salt. If it does not list minerals on the back, the odds are that you have just bought expensive, prettier packaged table salt. All salt came from the sea at one point. So it is legal for anyone to label their low grade salt as sea salt. Good Celtic Sea Salt is NOT white or dry.
7.What exactly will this help?
We have testimonials from all over the world on how the water cure has "reversed", or totally eliminated cancer, MS, MD, asthma, allergies, acid reflux, arthritis, ulcers and other digestive problems, joint pain, headaches, back problems, diabetes, depression, aids in weight loss, scleroderma and other skin problems, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and many more. The watercure is a "preventative measure" to take to obtain optimum health. We were not born with a caffeine or alcohol deficiency. Both of these drugs act the way dry gas does to gasoline in a car. It takes the life essential nutrient-water, out.
8.What temperature should the water be?
Dr. Batmanghelidj suggests that we drink room temp or cool water. Cold water (with ice) shocks the stomach lining and disrupts our digestive system. Instead of drinking coffee in the morning, Dr. Batman drinks hot water. Give it a try. It's really very good and gives you that warm feeling you are looking for.
9.Can I drink water or anything else with my meals?
To prevent our digestive juices from becoming diluted and weak, it is suggested to drink two (2) glasses of water one half (1/2) hour BEFORE meals. It is O.K. to sip water with meals, but not drink a lot. This also helps in weight loss.
10.When I drink water, I feel nauseous. Is this normal? What do I do?
If one is severely dehydrated and used to only their caffeine or alcohol intake, this may be a problem. Try drinking small sips of water throughout the day. Drink only an amount that will not upset your stomach. Nausea can be caused by an acidic condition. You need to bring up your alkalinity level. By taking a pinch of sea salt along with the sip of water will help to neutralize your stomach acids. In most cases, it takes about a week before you can drink the proper amount of water. Don't give up.
11.I understand that the water cure will help me to wash out the toxins in my body.
ABSOLUTELY!! We've seen people totally lose alcohol cravings in 24 hours because the toxins were washed out. Water is the "roto rooter" of the body.
Will it also wash out the vitamins and minerals as well? (Potassium)
It will if way overdone, and if not enough sea salt was used.
12.Will I be running to the bathroom a lot?
When you first start the watercure, it does seem like you are running a lot. As your body hydrates, this will slow down. Like a dried out plant, if you pour a glass of water on it, what will happen? The water will run right out of it. But if you pour it on slowly, it will hydrate, and not lose so much. Remember that your sea salt intake is vital. This will help you to retain what your body needs.
13.I don't like the taste of water. Can I add something to it to give it some flavor?
Yes, but when you do, it changes the molecular structure. H2O is H2O. When you add too much orange juice or lemon juice or something else to it, it becomes a food, not water as intended.
14.If I need 2 quarts of water daily, how am I supposed to consume this?
Again, start out slowly if you are not used to drinking water. One can not become hydrated properly if you drink half the amount you are to take at breakfast and then the other half at dinner. Your body will release more than you will retain. Plus, you will be washing out vitamins and minerals unless taken in slowly. Your urine should be a light lemonaid color, not clear. In some cases, it is suggested to drink out of a 3 oz. bathroom size cup. Anyone can handle drinking 3 oz of water every half hour.
15.Where can I find people who have been helped with my situation? Can I contact them?
We have phone numbers or e-mail addresses on most testimonials on our web site. More and more testimonials are coming in from across the world. In that case, e-mail addresses are included. If you have trouble contacting someone, let us know by e-mail, and we will see what we can do.
16.How can I help spread the word of the water cure in my town?
You must have your own testimonial or a relative or close friend that made an amazing recovery otherwise you will have little credibility. Also refer people to www.watercure.com and www.watercure2.org.
17.How can the water cure cure so many problems?
According to the research of F. Batmanghelidj, M.D., about 85% of all health, mental, emotional, poor grades, sports performance, cancer, M.S., M.D., diabetes, alcoholism, and behavioral problems, (including violent behavior) are caused by lack of water and/or salt in the body. If this is true, then the only thing that can cure them is water and/or salt. Whatever improves after going on the watercure is obviously caused by lack of water and/or salt. I have seen it work countless times.
18.How long will it take to get relief from my symptoms?
That is a good question. Water cure results vary person to person and even depend upon a persons level of using the entire program. There have been people who have seen some type of results in as little as 4 days. I felt different within 4 days but my cancer was gone at 6 months into the program and I used it reasonable rigidly. Without knowing your case history and complaints-I cannot predict results. Even after you send me your questionnaire and after you read the files I am sending, and you start the program-results will depend upon how well you follow Dr. Batman's recommendations. We (myself and other water cure coaches) have seen outstanding results from many people with many various-even serious - problems.
Why does the water cure work so quickly?
If a person is suffering from lack of water, then it's no different than having a lawn turn brown because of lack of water. After you water the lawn, how long does it take for the grass to turn green? Dehydrated people and all living things recover so quickly when their water shortage is corrected. But, in some cases, if you are so terribly dehydrated, it may take a while before you fully appreciate and see a difference.
19.Why do you say that health care is a common sense deficiency disorder?
Because if the 2nd and 3rd most essential nutrients are water and salt in the body, (the 1st being oxygen), wouldn't common sense tell us to check those levels first? Does your doctor ask you about your water/salt intake? ....caffeine/alcohol intake?
20.Why can't we drink sea water if salt water is so good for us?
Because there is too much salt in ocean water. If a person keeps putting salt into a glass of water it will just keep getting stronger and stronger because the salt will dissolve into the water. Sea water will kill a person. Saline in the hospital is one liter of water (about a quart ) and 9 grams of salt ( 1- 1/2 tsp of salt) Anything stronger then that will not be good. Read Dr B's book ABC of Asthma, Allergies and Lupus. Read page 144-150 and should get Dr B's lecture on CD (water and salt) for more inforOur siteion.
21.If I am salt sensitive, what can I do about it?
It is detailed in the recipe. You need to quit the salt for two days & gradually reintroduce it.
22.What about these ionizer machines that are being sold to get water into an alkaline state. Isn't this sea salt in the water basically the same thing?
In Dr Batman's book ABC of Asthma, Allergies and Lupus on page 31 at the bottom and the top of 32 Dr B warns about not using or making a person's drinking water alkaline with drops or using a machine to create alkaline water. It's water and sea salt and eat lots of fruit and vegetables.
23.Why drink before meals?
According to Dr. Batmangheligj' research, it is about the wate rcirculating before eating to prompt the body to produce the hormones leptin aand motillin which stimulate the body to make hydrochloric acid for the stomach to digest food properly and the pancreas to produce the bi-carbonate necessary to alkalize the styomach contents (chyme) moving into the small intestine to prevent burning and ulcers so the 3 portions of the small intestine can distribute the nutrients from the digested foods and supplements to the body appropriately. This is bio-chemistry.
People eat in varying times between immediately, 15 minutes, and a half hour depending on how long we as individuals hold the water in our body for the cells to utilize it properly for metabolism. We seek to hold water 2 hours before urinating after drinking to stay hydrated and maintain optimal health and protect the kidneys.
Water Cure Recipe And Nutrition
Update 2/11/09
Important Tips To Know Before Starting The Water Cure Program
Water should stay inside your body for 2-3 hours so your body has time to use the water properly. Scroll down to asterisks (*****) below for
complete information.
You must be sure your kidneys are working ok. This means liquid in results in liquid out. For example: the amount of water or other beverages taken in should be urinated during the day.
Here are Dr. Batman’s recommendations:
The “rule of thumb” for water is half your body weight in ounces taken throughout the day. A little less or even a little more is ok.
The “rule of thumb” for salt is to dissolve 1/8 tsp of salt on our tongue per 16 oz ( ½ liter ) of water that we drink - 1/16 tsp sea salt per 8 oz. of water we drink.
If you have any swelling of your feet, ankles, legs, arms, fingers, eyelids you must stop all salt for 2 to 3 days and just drink the water. The exception to this would be swelling from an injury/accident.
You probably just rolled your eyes to the back of your head saying, “Are you nuts… that’s a lot of water to drink”. Actually, it’s quite simple to accomplish this when taken in say… 8 glasses of water spaced throughout the day.
For example, lets take a 192 pound person. Half their body weight is 96 pounds. Change that to 96 ounces. Divide that by 8, for the number of glasses you are going to drink, which equals 12 ounces. You would be drinking 8 (12 ounce) glasses of water per day. Now… wouldn’t you agree that drinking the water this way it is easy to do?
If you do not drink this much water right now, you must start adding the extra water very slowly. This gives your body time to adjust to the added water intake. If you don’t, the water will act like a water pill (diuretic), pulling necessary minerals from your body, possibly causing more harm than good. Senior citizens and children MUST start adding the extra water slowly.
Here’s how to increase your water intake slowly. Using the above example, start out with (3) – 8 oz glasses of water your first day. The next day add one or two glasses. Keep doing this until your required glasses per day is reached. Now start increasing the ounces until your total per glass is reached.
Please keep in mind; it’s only a rule of thumb on half your body weight in ounces of water and 1/8 tsp of salt for every 16 oz of water. Some people will require a little more water where others will require a little more salt.
After a while, the body’s requirements can change for a little more water and salt because of hot weather, cold weather or exercise. Each person must find his or her body’s requirement at this time.
Never drink more than 33.8 oz (1 liter) of water maximum at one time (or sitting).
Children ages 2 and up will need 75% of their body weight in ounces of water per day, because their bodies are growing all the time and every cell in their expanding body needs this extra water (mytosis).
Children that are active or playing sports can require up to 100% of their body weight in ounces of water per day.
The water cure program does not apply to newborns up to 2 years of age.
Iodized table salt will work in a pinch, but unrefined non-oven-dried sea salt is best, because of the extra trace minerals found in it. Sea salt also tastes better.
There are four ways to take the salt:
1. The best way is to just dissolve the salt on your tongue - let it dissolve as much as you can and drink the water after the salt, washing it down.
If you are very salt-sensitive then you would get some empty capsules and put the amount of salt you require into the capsules and take it with food.
When you put some salt on your food-be careful not to overdo it - if you use TOO much in addition to dissolving it on your tongue, you will acquire a taste for very salty food.
When ill or having a problem, you can do a "quick fix" by dissolving 1/8 teaspoon of salt in 8 ounces of water. Swish, gargle and spit one mouthful of the salt water at a time and swallow just the last mouthful.
NOTE: A water cure "coach" can help you with this as well as learn to use several other possible "quick fix" solutions.*
Please note that it is not advised to drink salt water for a continued period of time. DRINKING SALT WATER CAN CAUSE FURTHER DEHYDRATION.
You must also make sure you are getting at least 350 mcg of iodine in your multi-vitamins each day, up to a maximum of 450 mcg of iodine each day.
You may want to look at www.drbrownstein.com. Dr. Brownstein further researched Dr. Batmangheligj' teaching that "we require iodine since there is none in sea salt". This research in very interesting and informative.
You need to read the “histamine article” so you can better understand how to tell when you need more salt, more water or more potassium (which is found in most foods).
It is very important for you to have one of Dr. Batman’s books. A suggestion would be “ABC of Asthma, Allergies and Lupus” or his latest book “Obesity, Cancer and Depression”. The ABC book contains a lot more than what the title says.
There are 6 pages in each book on why a person needs salt and what it does in the human body.
CAUTION ON SWELLING
If you have any swelling of your feet, ankles, legs, arms, fingers, eyelids or excessive diarrhea you must stop all salt for 2 to 3 days, just drink the water. The exception to this would be swelling from an injury/accident. Note: Too much salt can cause diarrhea.
Then begin taking the salt again, but add it back slowly. You should use no more than
1/8 tsp ( ¾ g ) of salt per 16 oz ( ½ liter ) of water.
Dr. Batman says drinking plain water by itself will flush out all the extra salt the body was holding in the cells and help clean out the system. The water will run through you very quickly pulling very important minerals from the body. It is suggested you take a multi-vitamin with all three main meals to replace what minerals might have been pulled out.
When the swelling is gone, you can restart the program of drinking half your body weight in ounces of water. This time however, you will take it in small amounts throughout the day, slowly increasing the amount of water until up to half your weight in ounces of water has been reached. Also start taking the salt with the water.
You must also make sure you are getting at least 150 mcg of iodine in your multi-vitamins each day, up to a maximum of 450 mcg of iodine each day.
***** Water should stay inside your body for 2-3 hours so your body has time to use the water properly.
If you are peeing (urinating) sooner than 2-3 hours after drinking your water, you should stop drinking plain water and switch to drinking orange juice, lemonade, grape/cranberry juice or any other juice. One point of caution… asthmatics should never drink orange juice
Note: When drinking orange juice, you should add 1/8 tsp of salt per 8 ounces.
If drinking juice does not work, the next thing to try is experimenting with drinking your juice while eating a bagel. This means:
· Drink and eat the bagel at the same time… or
· Eat the bagel first then drink your juice
· Optional – increasing the salt to 1/4 tsp salt per 8 ounces, when you are eating the bagel may help retain the water longer
You can put cream cheese, real butter or jam on the bagel.
After using a whole bagel for a day or two, then you can cut down to using half a bagel, then a quarter and just stop the bagel and use your food to take with the juice.
Here is how you should slowly go from drinking juice to going back to drinking plain water again. After a few days you should try drinking 2 ounces of plain water a half hour before eating food. Then you can increase the water to 4 ounces a half hour before eating food. Next it would be 6 ounces, then 8 ounces and so on until up to your required amount.
Water should stay inside your body for 2-3 hours so your body has time to use the water properly. (See Water Cure Tips under Critical Water Cure Information).
The information and recommendations on water intake presented on this site are based on training, personal experience, very extensive research, and publications of F. Batmanghelidj, M.D. on the topic of water metabolism of the body.
This site does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use or the discontinuance of any medication as a form of treatment without the advice of an attending physician, either directly or indirectly.
The intent of Dr. B., based on the most recent knowledge of microanatomy and molecular physiology, is to offer information on the importance of water to well being and to inform the public and medical professionals of the damaging effects of chronic, unintentional dehydration to the body from childhood to old age.
This information is not intended as a replacement for sound medical advice from a physician. On the contrary, sharing of the information on this site and in his books with the attending physician is highly desirable. An individual undertakes the application and recommendations described herein at one’s own risk. Adoption of the information should be in strict compliance with the instructions on the website and in Dr. B.’s material.
Very sick people with a past history of major diseases who are under professional supervision, particularly those with severe renal disease, should not make use of the information contained herein without the supervision of their attending physician.
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SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR WATER & SALT INTAKE
This information comes from the books Dr. Batmanghelidj wrote.
The formula for water intake is half your weight in ounces of water divided by 5 or 6 for the number of times you can drink the water throughout the day and the size of the container or amount of water you drink each time. IMPORTANT: When you drink your water, get it down in 5-6 minutes, “Don’t nurse it”.
EXAMPLE: For a 300 lb. person – half is 150 ounces divided by 5 equals a 30 oz. bottle
Use a 32 oz. bottle 5 times a day or a 24 oz. bottle 6 times a day
SALT: Sea salt is best: it has one of the highest mineral contents. Use a measuring teaspoon. The rule of thumb is to dissolve on your tongue 1/16 tsp for every 8 oz. of water you drink, 1/8 teaspoon of salt for every 16 oz. of water you drink; eat 1/4 teaspoon for every 32 oz (1 quart) you drink; eat 1/2 teaspoon for 64 oz. you drink, or eat 1 full teaspoon for 1 gallon you drink. (Some people will need less salt, others more). Remember not to drink more than 33 ounces at any one time when you drink. This is a starting point, not a set rule. Your dose of water and dose of salt will vary by wether or not you hold urine 2 hrs after drinking. You can also additionally salt your food to taste.
NOTE: ONLY add 1/2 tsp. of salt to just 8 ounces of water if you are using a quick fix described on the front page- shake or stir it. The best way to use salt is to just place the salt onto your tongue- let it dissolve then drink water._* Different individuals have different water and salt needs depending on urination, blood pressure and swelling. Get with a water cure coach from our site to ask for help.
“FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, DRINK WATER!”
1. Water – (amount required)_________oz.
Note Time.
Wait - now you wait 30 minutes (ideally) before eating.
Eat - Breakfast. Start Timing.
Wait - 2 to 2.5 hours (nothing goes in your mouth).
2. Water - (amount required) _________oz.
Note Time.
Wait - now you wait 30 minutes (ideally) before eating
Eat - Snack. Start Timing.
(Snack optional, but still wait the 2 – 2 ½ hrs)
Wait - 2 – 2 ½ hours ( nothing goes in your mouth, not even gum, mints, etc.)
3. Water - (amount required) _________oz.
Note Time.
Wait - now you wait 30 minutes (ideally) before eating.
Eat - Lunch. Start Timing.
Wait - 2 - 2 1/2 hours (nothing goes in your mouth).
* Half your weight in ounces is the minimum amount of water, but a good starting point. If you’re working outside, exercising, doing sports or in an air conditioned or heated room, extra water & salt is needed to prevent dehydration.
4. Water – (amount required) __________oz.
Note Time.
Wait - now you wait 30 minutes (ideally) before eating.
Eat - Snack. Start timing.
Wait - 2 – 2 ½ hours (nothing goes in your mouth).
5. Water - (amount required) _________oz.
Note Time.
Wait - now you wait 30 minutes (ideally) before eating.
Eat - Evening meal. Start timing.
Wait - 2 – 2 ½ hours (nothing goes in your mouth).
After eating, don’t go to bed until you’ve had your next portion of water which helps you digest the food. Try to go for a short walk. If short on time, just skip food and do water.
6. Water - (amount required) _________oz.
Note Time.
Wait - now you wait 30 minutes (ideally) before eating.
Eat - Snack. Start timing.
Wait - 2 – 2 ½ hours (nothing goes in your mouth).
Go for a short walk and then go to bed. (Any time you get up in the night to go to the bathroom, drink ½ glass of water and put a grain or two of salt on your tongue, then go back to bed). You can drink water anytime you feel you need it.
NOTE: Remember - if you urinate sooner than 2 hours after drinking water--do the bagel magic fix under the "Critical Water Cure Information" link on our front page and or eat sooner after drinking rather than wait the half hour to help hold your water for 2 hrs.. An average child over 3 yrs old old needs 3/4 their body weight in oz. of water - daily total in 6-8 doses.
Check with a coach for more information-children require more water and salt as they are more active and have higher metabolisms.
Elderly (above 65) or very ill or dehydrated persons should begin the suggested program slowly; for example, start by taking 8 oz. of water with salt 2 times a day; one a.m. and one p.m. Then, after a couple of days, add another glass or two to your daily intake. Keep adding a glass to your daily intake until you are drinking half your weight in ounces as suggested at the top of this page.
NUTRITION
THINGS TO STOP:
Coffee, tea, soda, smoking, alcohol, chocolate & ginseng (ginseng works like caffeine). Caffeine and alcohol act as a diuretic by forcing water out of the body.
CAFFEINE:
• Robs the body of vitamins B-1, B-2, B-6, B-12, vitamin C, zinc, potassium & other important minerals
• Interferes with DNA replication (how cells repair & reproduce in the body)
• Can be highly toxic (the lethal dose estimated to be around 10 grams)
• Can interfere with learning and memory (ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder)
Daily intake adds up over a year. Caffeine accumulates in the body’s fat tissues and is not easily eliminated. The amount of caffeine that is staying in the body depends on the amount of caffeine intake. One cup of coffee contains an average 80 mg of caffeine. Mountain Dew soda has 120 mg. Starbucks 8 oz coffee has 160 mg.
Read more about caffeine in:
“ABC of Asthma, Allergies and Lupus” – pgs 166 – 168
“Water for Health, for Healing, for Life” – pgs 227-230
DAILY FOOD REQUIREMENTS
At Breakfast, Lunch and Evening meal choose one of the following food groups:
At least 2 eggs every day.
Beans - red, white, kidney, pinto, green, lentils, lima - If sick, 4 or more eggs. Raw, hard-boiled, soft-boiled, poached, scrambled etc.
Nuts - 1 or 2 handfuls. pecans, walnuts, almonds, cashews or brazil nuts.
Cottage cheese (4%)
Yogurt – Yoplait Original or Stonyfield are the best. Do not use artificial sweeteners.
Now add the following 2 food groups:
Fresh fruits - cantaloupe, apple, peach, pear nectarine, melon, banana etc.
Fresh vegetables – broccoli, green beans, snow peas, celery, carrots, squash, cabbage, ETC.. (raw, sliced broccoli stems with dressing OK).
SUGGESTED DAILY SUPPLEMENTS
Acidophilus or a good pro-biotic – Good bacteria needed by intestines. Take one with each meal. (pill form) 4 billion per pill is best.
Beta Carotene - Eat one or two medium raw carrots, with skin, per day.
B-6 – 100mg after breakfast and evening meal. The body uses up B-6 every day.
Zinc - 50mg after breakfast and evening meal. This is for stress. The body uses up zinc every day. Males also take 50mg after noon meal also. When body is low in zinc, it borrows it from the prostate.
Vitamin C – 500 mg after breakfast, lunch and evening meal. Time released with rose hips are best.
Vitamin E – 400 IU with 100 micrograms of selenium. (You can buy the capsules that combine the two together. Take 1 after breakfast and evening meals.
Flax Seed Oil – 6 -9 grams. Two capsules after breakfast, lunch and evening meal. This does not apply to young children or to the underweight elderly.
Multi-Vitamin – Take one good multi-vitamin tablet 2 times a day or Swanson whole food multi--1 three times daily with meals.
Kelp (Iodine) – 150 mcg - 1 per day if it is not in your multi-vitamin.
Chlorophyll – Take 1 tablespoon of liquid 2-3 times daily. You can buy DeSouza’s liquid chlorophyll at a low cost from www.vitacost.com. chlorophyll morning and evening or Swanson Vitamins chlorophyll capsules.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Going to the bathroom after one week of doing the water and salt – your stool will become light yellow, brown or light green, float, have little odor and can be 1-2 feet in length. You should be using very little paper.
Going to the bathroom (#1) will have little color except after eating meals or taking vitamins. You will be going #1 a lot, but the time will get longer in between visits to the bathroom. Water taken first time in morning will be passed quickly.
If your eyelids, ankles or fingers swell, then you’re getting too much salt. Drink your next couple glasses or bottles of water without using salt. Suggestion: when you restart the salt, reduce a little from the original amount. However, if you get muscle cramps, you need more salt. Add a little salt to your fruit or take extra salt on your food.
EXERCISE
Walk morning & evening (mall, treadmill, around the block).
Get at least 15 minutes of sunlight 2 times a day. Expose as much skin as possible.
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You should strive to drink at least (1) 8 oz glass of Orange Juice every morning. “No pulp” and “not from concentrate” is the best. You need 1/8 tsp (3 g) of salt per 8 oz Orange Juice so that your body can utilize the potassium in the orange juice.
(If a person has any breathing problems such as asthma, they should limit their orange juice intake to one, at most, two glasses a day.)
NOTE: If you’re tired, take a glass of water and eat some salt. If you still feel tired 10-15 minutes later, then take a glass of orange juice with salt as described above. Any time you feel you need water, drink some. If you feel hungry (when it’s not your scheduled time to eat), first drink some water and eat the salt and wait ½ hour. If you still feel hungry, have something to eat.
Google: People and pets cured with sea salt and water. (See how many get well for pennies.)
The best way to use the water cure is to drink a little water, dissolve sea salt on the tongue (you only have to taste the salt then wash it down. It doesn't have to fully dissolve on your tongue) then finish your amount of water. We also use sea salt liberally on our food. See our Critical Salt Info link. We sometimes use raw sugar or honey to give us energy for our body to function better or when in pain or ill to keep our body from cannibalizing our muscles.
Note: professional sports teams initially noted that an oral saline IV worked as good as, or better than, an IV of salt water in a vein, but later we found out how & why it worked better when we do not put salt in the water.
YOU MUST READ THE WATER CURE RECIPE BEFORE ATTEMPTING IT!
Frequently Asked Questions
1.How much water?
Half your body weight in ounces. If you weigh 200 lbs., you will need 100 oz. of water. That is approx. 3 quarts. A quart is 32 oz. A 1.5 liter bottle has 6 servings of 8 oz., which makes it 48 oz..
2.How much salt and how do I use it?
There are four suggested ways to take the salt.
1. The first way is to just coat the front part of your tongue with the salt, making sure that you taste the salt, and then drink the water over the salt, washing it down.
2. You could also just put the extra salt on your food. The only problem with that is acquiring a taste for very salty food.
3. If you are very salt-sensitive then you would get some empty capsules and put the amount of salt you require into the capsules and take it with food.
4. Mixing salt into the water for drinking is not a very good idea. Only young children and seniors that are having trouble remembering things should mix 1/8 tsp of salt into 16 oz of plain water and drink their water this way until they start remembering things again.
3.Why not drink salty water?
A person using the water cure writes:
This is Diana R., I have been doing the water cure for a couple months now. When I first looked at the water cure website to start I read that you were supposed to put the required amount of salt in the water and drink it that way. When I did that I immediately began to retain a lot of fluid. After a couple of weeks of not feeling any better and unable to get the swelling down I contacted Drew Bauman. Drew helped me understand that the salt is supposed to be put on the tongue and washed down with water. My swelling is all gone now and I am finally seeing results.
At the top of our web page we state: The best way to use the water cure is to drink a little water, dissolve sea salt on the tongue, then finish your amount of water. We also use sea salt liberally on our food. See our Critical Salt Info link. We sometimes use raw sugar or honey to give us energy for our body to function better or when in pain or ill to keep our body from cannibalizing our muscles.
Note: professional sports teams initially noted that an oral saline IV worked as good as an IV of salt water in a vein, but later found how & why it worked better when we do not do oral IV/drink salty water.
4.Can I drink decaffeinated coffee?
You must remember that decaffeinated coffee still has some caffeine unless it is naturally decaffeinated. It also goes through a process to decaffeinate it with chemicals like formaldehyde. So, you are actually trading a little caffeine for chemicals. Ask yourself, is it worth it? How much arsenic is enough?
5.What about tea? (Is there a difference?)
Tea, according to Dr. Batmanghelidj is worse than coffee. It not only is a diuretic, but it strips your body of the vitamins and minerals we are trying to put back into our bodies. At the top of the list, as far as teas go, there are black teas (your regular run of the mill teas), which are the worst, containing the most caffeine. Decaffeinated teas are a little better, but still are not as natural as you should have. Naturally decaffeinated teas are the best.
BUT: I asked Dr. Batman about this, and he said, "An herb is an herb is an herb. Marijuana is an herb, so take it from there." A suggestion is to use in moderation. If you have suffered with asthma or other upper respiratory problems, like myself, be aware of how they make you feel. I have found it difficult to breathe after 2 cups of naturally decaffeinated.
Green tea has 3x's the caffeine. While it is supposed to be a great anit-oxidant, beware of the caffeine.
6.Where can I get good sea salt?
You can call 1-800-TOP-SALT. (800-867-7258) This is the Grain Salt Society, 273 Fairway Drive, Asheville, North Carolina 28805. This is the best that we have found. It contains 84 trace minerals. Another one is the Redmond Mineral, Inc., P.O. Box 219, Redmond, Utah 84652. 1-435-529-7402. Their sea salt has over 70 trace minerals in it. BE CAREFUL when buying sea salt or Celtic Sea Salt. If it does not list minerals on the back, the odds are that you have just bought expensive, prettier packaged table salt. All salt came from the sea at one point. So it is legal for anyone to label their low grade salt as sea salt. Good Celtic Sea Salt is NOT white or dry.
7.What exactly will this help?
We have testimonials from all over the world on how the water cure has "reversed", or totally eliminated cancer, MS, MD, asthma, allergies, acid reflux, arthritis, ulcers and other digestive problems, joint pain, headaches, back problems, diabetes, depression, aids in weight loss, scleroderma and other skin problems, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and many more. The watercure is a "preventative measure" to take to obtain optimum health. We were not born with a caffeine or alcohol deficiency. Both of these drugs act the way dry gas does to gasoline in a car. It takes the life essential nutrient-water, out.
8.What temperature should the water be?
Dr. Batmanghelidj suggests that we drink room temp or cool water. Cold water (with ice) shocks the stomach lining and disrupts our digestive system. Instead of drinking coffee in the morning, Dr. Batman drinks hot water. Give it a try. It's really very good and gives you that warm feeling you are looking for.
9.Can I drink water or anything else with my meals?
To prevent our digestive juices from becoming diluted and weak, it is suggested to drink two (2) glasses of water one half (1/2) hour BEFORE meals. It is O.K. to sip water with meals, but not drink a lot. This also helps in weight loss.
10.When I drink water, I feel nauseous. Is this normal? What do I do?
If one is severely dehydrated and used to only their caffeine or alcohol intake, this may be a problem. Try drinking small sips of water throughout the day. Drink only an amount that will not upset your stomach. Nausea can be caused by an acidic condition. You need to bring up your alkalinity level. By taking a pinch of sea salt along with the sip of water will help to neutralize your stomach acids. In most cases, it takes about a week before you can drink the proper amount of water. Don't give up.
11.I understand that the water cure will help me to wash out the toxins in my body.
ABSOLUTELY!! We've seen people totally lose alcohol cravings in 24 hours because the toxins were washed out. Water is the "roto rooter" of the body.
Will it also wash out the vitamins and minerals as well? (Potassium)
It will if way overdone, and if not enough sea salt was used.
12.Will I be running to the bathroom a lot?
When you first start the watercure, it does seem like you are running a lot. As your body hydrates, this will slow down. Like a dried out plant, if you pour a glass of water on it, what will happen? The water will run right out of it. But if you pour it on slowly, it will hydrate, and not lose so much. Remember that your sea salt intake is vital. This will help you to retain what your body needs.
13.I don't like the taste of water. Can I add something to it to give it some flavor?
Yes, but when you do, it changes the molecular structure. H2O is H2O. When you add too much orange juice or lemon juice or something else to it, it becomes a food, not water as intended.
14.If I need 2 quarts of water daily, how am I supposed to consume this?
Again, start out slowly if you are not used to drinking water. One can not become hydrated properly if you drink half the amount you are to take at breakfast and then the other half at dinner. Your body will release more than you will retain. Plus, you will be washing out vitamins and minerals unless taken in slowly. Your urine should be a light lemonaid color, not clear. In some cases, it is suggested to drink out of a 3 oz. bathroom size cup. Anyone can handle drinking 3 oz of water every half hour.
15.Where can I find people who have been helped with my situation? Can I contact them?
We have phone numbers or e-mail addresses on most testimonials on our web site. More and more testimonials are coming in from across the world. In that case, e-mail addresses are included. If you have trouble contacting someone, let us know by e-mail, and we will see what we can do.
16.How can I help spread the word of the water cure in my town?
You must have your own testimonial or a relative or close friend that made an amazing recovery otherwise you will have little credibility. Also refer people to www.watercure.com and www.watercure2.org.
17.How can the water cure cure so many problems?
According to the research of F. Batmanghelidj, M.D., about 85% of all health, mental, emotional, poor grades, sports performance, cancer, M.S., M.D., diabetes, alcoholism, and behavioral problems, (including violent behavior) are caused by lack of water and/or salt in the body. If this is true, then the only thing that can cure them is water and/or salt. Whatever improves after going on the watercure is obviously caused by lack of water and/or salt. I have seen it work countless times.
18.How long will it take to get relief from my symptoms?
That is a good question. Water cure results vary person to person and even depend upon a persons level of using the entire program. There have been people who have seen some type of results in as little as 4 days. I felt different within 4 days but my cancer was gone at 6 months into the program and I used it reasonable rigidly. Without knowing your case history and complaints-I cannot predict results. Even after you send me your questionnaire and after you read the files I am sending, and you start the program-results will depend upon how well you follow Dr. Batman's recommendations. We (myself and other water cure coaches) have seen outstanding results from many people with many various-even serious - problems.
Why does the water cure work so quickly?
If a person is suffering from lack of water, then it's no different than having a lawn turn brown because of lack of water. After you water the lawn, how long does it take for the grass to turn green? Dehydrated people and all living things recover so quickly when their water shortage is corrected. But, in some cases, if you are so terribly dehydrated, it may take a while before you fully appreciate and see a difference.
19.Why do you say that health care is a common sense deficiency disorder?
Because if the 2nd and 3rd most essential nutrients are water and salt in the body, (the 1st being oxygen), wouldn't common sense tell us to check those levels first? Does your doctor ask you about your water/salt intake? ....caffeine/alcohol intake?
20.Why can't we drink sea water if salt water is so good for us?
Because there is too much salt in ocean water. If a person keeps putting salt into a glass of water it will just keep getting stronger and stronger because the salt will dissolve into the water. Sea water will kill a person. Saline in the hospital is one liter of water (about a quart ) and 9 grams of salt ( 1- 1/2 tsp of salt) Anything stronger then that will not be good. Read Dr B's book ABC of Asthma, Allergies and Lupus. Read page 144-150 and should get Dr B's lecture on CD (water and salt) for more inforOur siteion.
21.If I am salt sensitive, what can I do about it?
It is detailed in the recipe. You need to quit the salt for two days & gradually reintroduce it.
22.What about these ionizer machines that are being sold to get water into an alkaline state. Isn't this sea salt in the water basically the same thing?
In Dr Batman's book ABC of Asthma, Allergies and Lupus on page 31 at the bottom and the top of 32 Dr B warns about not using or making a person's drinking water alkaline with drops or using a machine to create alkaline water. It's water and sea salt and eat lots of fruit and vegetables.
23.Why drink before meals?
According to Dr. Batmangheligj' research, it is about the wate rcirculating before eating to prompt the body to produce the hormones leptin aand motillin which stimulate the body to make hydrochloric acid for the stomach to digest food properly and the pancreas to produce the bi-carbonate necessary to alkalize the styomach contents (chyme) moving into the small intestine to prevent burning and ulcers so the 3 portions of the small intestine can distribute the nutrients from the digested foods and supplements to the body appropriately. This is bio-chemistry.
People eat in varying times between immediately, 15 minutes, and a half hour depending on how long we as individuals hold the water in our body for the cells to utilize it properly for metabolism. We seek to hold water 2 hours before urinating after drinking to stay hydrated and maintain optimal health and protect the kidneys.
Water Cure Recipe And Nutrition
Update 2/11/09
Important Tips To Know Before Starting The Water Cure Program
Water should stay inside your body for 2-3 hours so your body has time to use the water properly. Scroll down to asterisks (*****) below for
complete information.
You must be sure your kidneys are working ok. This means liquid in results in liquid out. For example: the amount of water or other beverages taken in should be urinated during the day.
Here are Dr. Batman’s recommendations:
The “rule of thumb” for water is half your body weight in ounces taken throughout the day. A little less or even a little more is ok.
The “rule of thumb” for salt is to dissolve 1/8 tsp of salt on our tongue per 16 oz ( ½ liter ) of water that we drink - 1/16 tsp sea salt per 8 oz. of water we drink.
If you have any swelling of your feet, ankles, legs, arms, fingers, eyelids you must stop all salt for 2 to 3 days and just drink the water. The exception to this would be swelling from an injury/accident.
You probably just rolled your eyes to the back of your head saying, “Are you nuts… that’s a lot of water to drink”. Actually, it’s quite simple to accomplish this when taken in say… 8 glasses of water spaced throughout the day.
For example, lets take a 192 pound person. Half their body weight is 96 pounds. Change that to 96 ounces. Divide that by 8, for the number of glasses you are going to drink, which equals 12 ounces. You would be drinking 8 (12 ounce) glasses of water per day. Now… wouldn’t you agree that drinking the water this way it is easy to do?
If you do not drink this much water right now, you must start adding the extra water very slowly. This gives your body time to adjust to the added water intake. If you don’t, the water will act like a water pill (diuretic), pulling necessary minerals from your body, possibly causing more harm than good. Senior citizens and children MUST start adding the extra water slowly.
Here’s how to increase your water intake slowly. Using the above example, start out with (3) – 8 oz glasses of water your first day. The next day add one or two glasses. Keep doing this until your required glasses per day is reached. Now start increasing the ounces until your total per glass is reached.
Please keep in mind; it’s only a rule of thumb on half your body weight in ounces of water and 1/8 tsp of salt for every 16 oz of water. Some people will require a little more water where others will require a little more salt.
After a while, the body’s requirements can change for a little more water and salt because of hot weather, cold weather or exercise. Each person must find his or her body’s requirement at this time.
Never drink more than 33.8 oz (1 liter) of water maximum at one time (or sitting).
Children ages 2 and up will need 75% of their body weight in ounces of water per day, because their bodies are growing all the time and every cell in their expanding body needs this extra water (mytosis).
Children that are active or playing sports can require up to 100% of their body weight in ounces of water per day.
The water cure program does not apply to newborns up to 2 years of age.
Iodized table salt will work in a pinch, but unrefined non-oven-dried sea salt is best, because of the extra trace minerals found in it. Sea salt also tastes better.
There are four ways to take the salt:
1. The best way is to just dissolve the salt on your tongue - let it dissolve as much as you can and drink the water after the salt, washing it down.
If you are very salt-sensitive then you would get some empty capsules and put the amount of salt you require into the capsules and take it with food.
When you put some salt on your food-be careful not to overdo it - if you use TOO much in addition to dissolving it on your tongue, you will acquire a taste for very salty food.
When ill or having a problem, you can do a "quick fix" by dissolving 1/8 teaspoon of salt in 8 ounces of water. Swish, gargle and spit one mouthful of the salt water at a time and swallow just the last mouthful.
NOTE: A water cure "coach" can help you with this as well as learn to use several other possible "quick fix" solutions.*
Please note that it is not advised to drink salt water for a continued period of time. DRINKING SALT WATER CAN CAUSE FURTHER DEHYDRATION.
You must also make sure you are getting at least 350 mcg of iodine in your multi-vitamins each day, up to a maximum of 450 mcg of iodine each day.
You may want to look at www.drbrownstein.com. Dr. Brownstein further researched Dr. Batmangheligj' teaching that "we require iodine since there is none in sea salt". This research in very interesting and informative.
You need to read the “histamine article” so you can better understand how to tell when you need more salt, more water or more potassium (which is found in most foods).
It is very important for you to have one of Dr. Batman’s books. A suggestion would be “ABC of Asthma, Allergies and Lupus” or his latest book “Obesity, Cancer and Depression”. The ABC book contains a lot more than what the title says.
There are 6 pages in each book on why a person needs salt and what it does in the human body.
CAUTION ON SWELLING
If you have any swelling of your feet, ankles, legs, arms, fingers, eyelids or excessive diarrhea you must stop all salt for 2 to 3 days, just drink the water. The exception to this would be swelling from an injury/accident. Note: Too much salt can cause diarrhea.
Then begin taking the salt again, but add it back slowly. You should use no more than
1/8 tsp ( ¾ g ) of salt per 16 oz ( ½ liter ) of water.
Dr. Batman says drinking plain water by itself will flush out all the extra salt the body was holding in the cells and help clean out the system. The water will run through you very quickly pulling very important minerals from the body. It is suggested you take a multi-vitamin with all three main meals to replace what minerals might have been pulled out.
When the swelling is gone, you can restart the program of drinking half your body weight in ounces of water. This time however, you will take it in small amounts throughout the day, slowly increasing the amount of water until up to half your weight in ounces of water has been reached. Also start taking the salt with the water.
You must also make sure you are getting at least 150 mcg of iodine in your multi-vitamins each day, up to a maximum of 450 mcg of iodine each day.
***** Water should stay inside your body for 2-3 hours so your body has time to use the water properly.
If you are peeing (urinating) sooner than 2-3 hours after drinking your water, you should stop drinking plain water and switch to drinking orange juice, lemonade, grape/cranberry juice or any other juice. One point of caution… asthmatics should never drink orange juice
Note: When drinking orange juice, you should add 1/8 tsp of salt per 8 ounces.
If drinking juice does not work, the next thing to try is experimenting with drinking your juice while eating a bagel. This means:
· Drink and eat the bagel at the same time… or
· Eat the bagel first then drink your juice
· Optional – increasing the salt to 1/4 tsp salt per 8 ounces, when you are eating the bagel may help retain the water longer
You can put cream cheese, real butter or jam on the bagel.
After using a whole bagel for a day or two, then you can cut down to using half a bagel, then a quarter and just stop the bagel and use your food to take with the juice.
Here is how you should slowly go from drinking juice to going back to drinking plain water again. After a few days you should try drinking 2 ounces of plain water a half hour before eating food. Then you can increase the water to 4 ounces a half hour before eating food. Next it would be 6 ounces, then 8 ounces and so on until up to your required amount.
Water should stay inside your body for 2-3 hours so your body has time to use the water properly. (See Water Cure Tips under Critical Water Cure Information).
The information and recommendations on water intake presented on this site are based on training, personal experience, very extensive research, and publications of F. Batmanghelidj, M.D. on the topic of water metabolism of the body.
This site does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use or the discontinuance of any medication as a form of treatment without the advice of an attending physician, either directly or indirectly.
The intent of Dr. B., based on the most recent knowledge of microanatomy and molecular physiology, is to offer information on the importance of water to well being and to inform the public and medical professionals of the damaging effects of chronic, unintentional dehydration to the body from childhood to old age.
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SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR WATER & SALT INTAKE
This information comes from the books Dr. Batmanghelidj wrote.
The formula for water intake is half your weight in ounces of water divided by 5 or 6 for the number of times you can drink the water throughout the day and the size of the container or amount of water you drink each time. IMPORTANT: When you drink your water, get it down in 5-6 minutes, “Don’t nurse it”.
EXAMPLE: For a 300 lb. person – half is 150 ounces divided by 5 equals a 30 oz. bottle
Use a 32 oz. bottle 5 times a day or a 24 oz. bottle 6 times a day
SALT: Sea salt is best: it has one of the highest mineral contents. Use a measuring teaspoon. The rule of thumb is to dissolve on your tongue 1/16 tsp for every 8 oz. of water you drink, 1/8 teaspoon of salt for every 16 oz. of water you drink; eat 1/4 teaspoon for every 32 oz (1 quart) you drink; eat 1/2 teaspoon for 64 oz. you drink, or eat 1 full teaspoon for 1 gallon you drink. (Some people will need less salt, others more). Remember not to drink more than 33 ounces at any one time when you drink. This is a starting point, not a set rule. Your dose of water and dose of salt will vary by wether or not you hold urine 2 hrs after drinking. You can also additionally salt your food to taste.
NOTE: ONLY add 1/2 tsp. of salt to just 8 ounces of water if you are using a quick fix described on the front page- shake or stir it. The best way to use salt is to just place the salt onto your tongue- let it dissolve then drink water._* Different individuals have different water and salt needs depending on urination, blood pressure and swelling. Get with a water cure coach from our site to ask for help.
“FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, DRINK WATER!”
1. Water – (amount required)_________oz.
Note Time.
Wait - now you wait 30 minutes (ideally) before eating.
Eat - Breakfast. Start Timing.
Wait - 2 to 2.5 hours (nothing goes in your mouth).
2. Water - (amount required) _________oz.
Note Time.
Wait - now you wait 30 minutes (ideally) before eating
Eat - Snack. Start Timing.
(Snack optional, but still wait the 2 – 2 ½ hrs)
Wait - 2 – 2 ½ hours ( nothing goes in your mouth, not even gum, mints, etc.)
3. Water - (amount required) _________oz.
Note Time.
Wait - now you wait 30 minutes (ideally) before eating.
Eat - Lunch. Start Timing.
Wait - 2 - 2 1/2 hours (nothing goes in your mouth).
* Half your weight in ounces is the minimum amount of water, but a good starting point. If you’re working outside, exercising, doing sports or in an air conditioned or heated room, extra water & salt is needed to prevent dehydration.
4. Water – (amount required) __________oz.
Note Time.
Wait - now you wait 30 minutes (ideally) before eating.
Eat - Snack. Start timing.
Wait - 2 – 2 ½ hours (nothing goes in your mouth).
5. Water - (amount required) _________oz.
Note Time.
Wait - now you wait 30 minutes (ideally) before eating.
Eat - Evening meal. Start timing.
Wait - 2 – 2 ½ hours (nothing goes in your mouth).
After eating, don’t go to bed until you’ve had your next portion of water which helps you digest the food. Try to go for a short walk. If short on time, just skip food and do water.
6. Water - (amount required) _________oz.
Note Time.
Wait - now you wait 30 minutes (ideally) before eating.
Eat - Snack. Start timing.
Wait - 2 – 2 ½ hours (nothing goes in your mouth).
Go for a short walk and then go to bed. (Any time you get up in the night to go to the bathroom, drink ½ glass of water and put a grain or two of salt on your tongue, then go back to bed). You can drink water anytime you feel you need it.
NOTE: Remember - if you urinate sooner than 2 hours after drinking water--do the bagel magic fix under the "Critical Water Cure Information" link on our front page and or eat sooner after drinking rather than wait the half hour to help hold your water for 2 hrs.. An average child over 3 yrs old old needs 3/4 their body weight in oz. of water - daily total in 6-8 doses.
Check with a coach for more information-children require more water and salt as they are more active and have higher metabolisms.
Elderly (above 65) or very ill or dehydrated persons should begin the suggested program slowly; for example, start by taking 8 oz. of water with salt 2 times a day; one a.m. and one p.m. Then, after a couple of days, add another glass or two to your daily intake. Keep adding a glass to your daily intake until you are drinking half your weight in ounces as suggested at the top of this page.
NUTRITION
THINGS TO STOP:
Coffee, tea, soda, smoking, alcohol, chocolate & ginseng (ginseng works like caffeine). Caffeine and alcohol act as a diuretic by forcing water out of the body.
CAFFEINE:
• Robs the body of vitamins B-1, B-2, B-6, B-12, vitamin C, zinc, potassium & other important minerals
• Interferes with DNA replication (how cells repair & reproduce in the body)
• Can be highly toxic (the lethal dose estimated to be around 10 grams)
• Can interfere with learning and memory (ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder)
Daily intake adds up over a year. Caffeine accumulates in the body’s fat tissues and is not easily eliminated. The amount of caffeine that is staying in the body depends on the amount of caffeine intake. One cup of coffee contains an average 80 mg of caffeine. Mountain Dew soda has 120 mg. Starbucks 8 oz coffee has 160 mg.
Read more about caffeine in:
“ABC of Asthma, Allergies and Lupus” – pgs 166 – 168
“Water for Health, for Healing, for Life” – pgs 227-230
DAILY FOOD REQUIREMENTS
At Breakfast, Lunch and Evening meal choose one of the following food groups:
At least 2 eggs every day.
Beans - red, white, kidney, pinto, green, lentils, lima - If sick, 4 or more eggs. Raw, hard-boiled, soft-boiled, poached, scrambled etc.
Nuts - 1 or 2 handfuls. pecans, walnuts, almonds, cashews or brazil nuts.
Cottage cheese (4%)
Yogurt – Yoplait Original or Stonyfield are the best. Do not use artificial sweeteners.
Now add the following 2 food groups:
Fresh fruits - cantaloupe, apple, peach, pear nectarine, melon, banana etc.
Fresh vegetables – broccoli, green beans, snow peas, celery, carrots, squash, cabbage, ETC.. (raw, sliced broccoli stems with dressing OK).
SUGGESTED DAILY SUPPLEMENTS
Acidophilus or a good pro-biotic – Good bacteria needed by intestines. Take one with each meal. (pill form) 4 billion per pill is best.
Beta Carotene - Eat one or two medium raw carrots, with skin, per day.
B-6 – 100mg after breakfast and evening meal. The body uses up B-6 every day.
Zinc - 50mg after breakfast and evening meal. This is for stress. The body uses up zinc every day. Males also take 50mg after noon meal also. When body is low in zinc, it borrows it from the prostate.
Vitamin C – 500 mg after breakfast, lunch and evening meal. Time released with rose hips are best.
Vitamin E – 400 IU with 100 micrograms of selenium. (You can buy the capsules that combine the two together. Take 1 after breakfast and evening meals.
Flax Seed Oil – 6 -9 grams. Two capsules after breakfast, lunch and evening meal. This does not apply to young children or to the underweight elderly.
Multi-Vitamin – Take one good multi-vitamin tablet 2 times a day or Swanson whole food multi--1 three times daily with meals.
Kelp (Iodine) – 150 mcg - 1 per day if it is not in your multi-vitamin.
Chlorophyll – Take 1 tablespoon of liquid 2-3 times daily. You can buy DeSouza’s liquid chlorophyll at a low cost from www.vitacost.com. chlorophyll morning and evening or Swanson Vitamins chlorophyll capsules.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Going to the bathroom after one week of doing the water and salt – your stool will become light yellow, brown or light green, float, have little odor and can be 1-2 feet in length. You should be using very little paper.
Going to the bathroom (#1) will have little color except after eating meals or taking vitamins. You will be going #1 a lot, but the time will get longer in between visits to the bathroom. Water taken first time in morning will be passed quickly.
If your eyelids, ankles or fingers swell, then you’re getting too much salt. Drink your next couple glasses or bottles of water without using salt. Suggestion: when you restart the salt, reduce a little from the original amount. However, if you get muscle cramps, you need more salt. Add a little salt to your fruit or take extra salt on your food.
EXERCISE
Walk morning & evening (mall, treadmill, around the block).
Get at least 15 minutes of sunlight 2 times a day. Expose as much skin as possible.
(continued on next page).
You should strive to drink at least (1) 8 oz glass of Orange Juice every morning. “No pulp” and “not from concentrate” is the best. You need 1/8 tsp (3 g) of salt per 8 oz Orange Juice so that your body can utilize the potassium in the orange juice.
(If a person has any breathing problems such as asthma, they should limit their orange juice intake to one, at most, two glasses a day.)
NOTE: If you’re tired, take a glass of water and eat some salt. If you still feel tired 10-15 minutes later, then take a glass of orange juice with salt as described above. Any time you feel you need water, drink some. If you feel hungry (when it’s not your scheduled time to eat), first drink some water and eat the salt and wait ½ hour. If you still feel hungry, have something to eat.
Monday, July 19, 2021
Fight Virus 2: Can Water Boost Your Immune System?
How often have you been told to drink more water? If you've wondered why or ignored it most often, you need to read this article.
While water can do several wonders for your body, it is especially crucial today, in the times of Corona. This is because water is one of the most natural immunity boosters that can power up your body.
Keep reading to find out the role of water in boosting your immune system and how you can apply it in your daily life.
Importance Of Water
Each and every system in your body requires water to function appropriately. Your body makes use of the water present in its tissues, organs and cells to maintain bodily functions and help regulate temperature.
You lose water when you digest food and sweat. When you breathe, you lose nearly 1 cup a day! With so much loss of water, you cannot overlook the importance of rehydration by eating foods and drinking fluids that contain water.
Here are some of the major benefits of drinking water:
1. Water Helps Your Body Remove Waste
Good gut health is crucial for your immune system. When you consume adequate water, your body is easily able to excrete waste through defecation, urination and perspiration. With the help of water, your kidneys remove waste from your body in the form of urine. It also ensures free flow of blood and nutrients through the blood vessels to reach your kidneys.
2. Water Aids In Digestion And Prevents Maladies
Water is a significant ingredient in healthy digestion. A major part of absorption of water into your bloodstream happens just after it passes through your stomach and into the intestines. The large intestine, with the help of water improves your digestion and assures good bowel health.
Water helps break down the food you consume and helps your body absorb the essential nutrients more efficiently. The result? You gain the most potential benefit from your diet, boosting your overall health.
Proper hydration level in the body ensures constant regulation of your organs and helps to stave off diseases like hypertension, asthma, constipation, urinary tract infections (UTIs), and kidney stones.
3. Enough Water Prevents Dehydration
Meeting your body’s fluid needs is extremely important for your health. Note: 32.52 multiply with your present body weight ( kg) equals the amount of water (millilitre) need per day. Whenever you contract a dis-ease, survive extreme heat or engage in vigorous exercise, your body tends to dehydrate. All your body activities deplete your energy reservoir.
Dehydration can cause constipation, lethargy, headaches, negatively affect your mood and also impact your attention span and memory. Thus, it is important to restore your body's natural hydration level by increasing your fluid intake.
4. Water Helps Your Brain Function Optimally
Diabetes type-2 is your brain crying for water, everyday.
One of the vital functions of water is keeping the brain cells hydrated to maintain the cerebral functions. With 75% water constitution in your brain, hydration keeps regulating brain activities appropriately.
Water contains trace amounts of electrolytes such as calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium. Adequate electrolytes are crucial for optimal functioning of the body.
5. Water Keeps Your Cardiovascular System Healthy
Hydration is critical for your heart health. A hydrated heart can comfortably pump blood and oxygen, allowing the muscles to function smoothly.
Dehydration can lead to lower blood volume and retain more sodium that in turn makes the blood thick and restricts its free flow.
6. Water Protects Your Joints, Spinal Cord And Tissues
All the cells and organs of our body require water to function properly. Remaining hydrated each moment helps to retain optimum levels of moisture in the blood, bones, and brain.
In addition, water helps protect the spinal cord, and it acts as a lubricant and cushion for your joints.
7. Water Helps You Produce Saliva
Water can be beneficial to improve your oral health. Not drinking enough water can lead to a condition known as dry mouth, where your body does not produce enough saliva to keep your mouth properly moistened.
Besides, saliva helps neutralize gastric acid and ensure free flow of food and drink through the mouth. This way it helps you check gastroesophageal reflux (GERD).
8. Water Helps Regulate Your Body Temperature
Water helps regulate the internal temperature of your body while responding to the external temperature. Sweat is one of the primary means by which water prevents overheating of your body in extreme heat.
Did You Know?
Up to 60% of the adult human body is made up of water; the lungs have around 83% water and the heart and brain have about 73% water.
Does Water Increase Immunity?
Drinking water can help improve the overall immunity of your body. Staying hydrated helps your body naturally eliminate the bacteria and toxins that cause infection.
With the help of water, oxygen and nutrients are distributed throughout the body, and waste material is flushed out from the body. Thus, it helps keep diseases at bay.
How To Use Water To Increase Immunity?
Your immunity drives the health of your body and determines your capability to fight diseases. Drinking plenty of fluids, especially water, is viewed as a preventative type of health maintenance.
Here, we talk about certain types of water that can make staying hydrated an even more potent tool in ensuring good health:
Alkaline Water
Alkaline refers to a part of the pH scale. This scale is from 0 to 14 and gives a measure of how acidic or basic a substance is. Alkaline water has a pH level between 8 and 10.
The difference between regular water and alkaline water is its acidity, which means it has more hydroxide than hydrogen ions.
Alkaline contains minerals like magnesium, potassium and calcium. It is known to neutralize toxic compounds present in the body. Moreover, your body easily absorbs alkaline water, allowing it to effectively use the water you drink.
Other than that, the known health benefits of alkaline water are:
• Makes your immune system stronger
• Improves the performance of your circulatory system
• Alters the quality of blood
• Strengthens bones
• Supports digestion and assimilation
• Detoxifies
• Contains antioxidant properties
• Acts as a remedy to gastroesophageal reflux
Although alkaline water comes with umpteen benefits, there isn’t enough scientific evidence to support the use of alkaline water as a treatment for any health condition.
Excess alkalinity in the body may cause skin irritation and gastrointestinal issues. Too much of it also agitates the body’s normal pH, leading to metabolic alkalosis. If you are someone with a kidney condition, the minerals in alkaline water may start to collect in your body, causing more harm.
It is best to consult your doctor before you make any hasty decisions.
Drinking Warm Water
While water of any temperature supports overall wellbeing, warm water is thought to offer an array of listed benefits.
Because of added energy when water is heated.
• It results in healthier digestion as it helps break down food faster.
• Detoxifies the body as warm water can cause sweating, which leads to the release of toxins.
• Warm water is a vasodilator, meaning it expands the blood vessels, improving circulation. This helps reduce pain and relaxes muscles.
• Warm water helps lose excess weight as it increases metabolism, absorbs nutrients, and flushes out waste.
• It helps you get rid of nasal and throat congestion, as it helps mucous move quickly.
• A soothing warm cup of water can help relieve stress and anxiety
One of the major risks of drinking hot water is that of being burned. While water can feel pleasantly warm on the tip of a finger, it may still burn the throat or tongue. You should test a small sip before taking a gulp. Make sure your water is lukewarm and not too hot before you drink.
Lemon Water
Lemons are loaded with a variety of nutrients like magnesium, calcium, iron, fiber, potassium, B-complex vitamins and vitamin C. They contain more potassium than grapes or apples!
It can help your body in the following nine ways:
• Wards off diseases and infection
• Improves your immune system
• Helps with wound healing
• Helps the body absorb iron from foods
• Adds a dash of flavour to your water, so you can switch out your sugary dose with lemon water. This helps restrict calorie intake and potentially promotes weight loss
• The citric acid in lemon juice can also kill the bacteria that causes bad breath
• The high vitamin C content helps prevent free radicals from causing cell damage, leading to cancer
• Lemons assist in the formation of collagen, which helps maintain healthy skin
• It can help relieve or prevent nausea
Note : Don't necessarily add lemon to every glass of water you drink. Lemon juice is highly acidic, so if you drink too much lemon water, it may have negative side effects.
Infused Water or Detox Water
Making your own infused drink can be an excellent alternative to caffeinated beverages and diet sodas. Infused water can help you make drinking water more flavourful using a bunch of natural ingredients.
Note : Don’t confuse infused water with flavoured water. They’re totally different. Flavoured water is made by adding juices or extracts to water
How To Make Infused Water?
You can make infused water by adding slices or chunks of fruit like pineapple, mango, pear, apple, berries, orange, cucumber, passion fruit and veggies like fennel, carrots or celery in your water. Let it sit for a few hours so that the flavours can infiltrate the water.
Step 1
Peel the skin from your chosen vegetables or fruits, add them to the glass and take a muddler to slightly smash and break down the fruits and vegetables.
Step 2
Add herbs or spices of your choice like ginger, turmeric, cinnamon sticks, vanilla bean, cilantro, parsley, basil or mint for an added burst of flavor.
Step 3
Add clean water to it. You can even mix and match ingredients, like add chunks of ginger to a peach infusion or pair a few slices of green apple with cinnamon sticks.
Infused water has many health benefits. A few of them are:
• Delivers nutrients in a natural, non-harmful way
• Immune defence
• Regulates blood sugar
• Hydration
• Weight management
• Appetite control
• Prevention of heartburn
• Breath freshener
• Supports fat burning
• Supports healthy skin texture
• Supports kidney health
How Much Water Should You Drink?
Giving your body enough fluids is a positive sign. However, the intake of water is no one-size-fits-all thing! Your water needs will vary depending on several factors like health conditions, medications, physical activity, age, body weight among others.
Review the Water Cure Protocol Formula.
Example, your body weight is 61 kg.
Your water need for a day is 61 X 32.53= 1984 ml water per day.
Per dose is 10% of 1984ml that is 198 ml .
Every 90 minute intervals , repeat this process of putting a pinch of sea salt or Himalayan Pink Rock Salt on your tongue , let it melt first, then drink your 10% ml water per dose.
Follow this way for 21 days and make it your habit to rehydrate your body regularly and timely.
You may round up the 198 ml to slightly more to 200ml water,per dose. Don't drink more than double of this 200ml water within 90 minute interval.
The key to effectiveness of Water Cure Protocol Formula is right timing and amount of water intake for your present body weight , daily.
The 8×8 general thumb of rule states that you should drink eight servings of eight ounces (about 236 ml) of water each day. This amounts to a total of 2 litres a day. There is no science behind it, it’s only arbitrary. Yours recommend the Water Cure Protocol Formula for your daily right rehydration for your present body size.
If you are a mother who is breastfeeding or an athlete who lives in a place with hot weather, your requirement for water increases. It is evident that water needs are highly individualistic.
The bottom line though is to keep yourself hydrated. Try experimenting and see what works best for you!
Note : Besides water, other foods and beverages you consume also contribute to your overall daily intake of fluids and help keep you hydrated.
How Often Should You Drink Water?
There is no thumb rule that determines the frequency of your water intake. Basically, the best time to drink water is all day long and allow your body to auto regulate.
It’s best to space out your water intake and drink water consistently throughout the day. Yours use the 90-minutes interval.
Your body needs more water:
• When you are more physically active
• When you are in hot climates
• When you have diarrhoea or vomiting
• When you’re running a fever
Wrapping Up
Although there is no magic drink that can instantly boost your immune system, certain nutrients present in water play a vital role in preventing chronic diseases. Along with drinking plenty of water, incorporate lots of nutrients in your diet, manage stress, exercise regularly and get enough sleep. These all together will definitely reap positive results.
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