Fereydoon Batmanghelidj

Physician Fereydoon Batmanghelidj; Wrote About Water's Healing

Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, 73, a physician who gained international attention with his claims about the natural healing power of water, died of complications from pneumonia Nov. 15 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He had lived in Falls Church for 22 years.

Dr. Batmanghelidj gathered both criticism and acclaim over the years for his assertions that a regime of water can treat a vast array of human illnesses. "You are not sick, you are thirsty," he proclaimed.

Fereydoon Batmanghelidj claimed patients could cure themselves of several illnesses by drinking water.

Millions of people bought his 1992 self-help book, "Your Body's Many Cries for Water," which stated that most pain and sickness is a result of chronic dehydration of the body. The book has been translated into 15 languages and continues to attract readers and controversy from those who question its lack of scientific rigor.

Dr. Batmanghelidj, known as Dr. B., said he concluded through years of reading and research that ordinary water will prevent and cure depression, asthma, arthritis, back pain, migraines, high blood pressure, multiple sclerosis and many other illnesses. He also opposed the use of costly drugs for treating illnesses, saying, you "don't treat thirst with medication."

"We have made the mistake of assuming that because water is freely available and costs nothing, the body cannot probably fall short of it. I believe that most physical pains are signals that the body needs rehydrating -- and that we ignore these signals at our peril," he said in a 1994 interview with the Independent in London.

His work, which grew from his experience helping prison inmates in his native Iran, reached acceptance more at the consumer level than with the medical community. Some in the medical and alternative medicine professions viewed his "water cure" as unorthodox and "extremely naive."

Dr. Batmanghelidj did not seem to mind, saying on his Web site that he was on a "God-given assignment to research the awesome medicinal properties of water and share the information with the scientists and the public."

Dr. Batmanghelidj, who was born into a politically prominent family, graduated from Fettes College in Scotland. He also was a graduate of St. Mary's Hospital Medical School of London University, where he studied under Sir Alexander Fleming, who shared the Nobel Prize for the discovery of penicillin.

He practiced medicine in the United Kingdom before returning to Iran, where he played a key role in the development of hospitals and medical centers. He also helped establish sport projects for youth in Iran, including the construction and management of the Ice Palace in Tehran, said to be the first ice skating and sports complex in the Middle East.

In 1979, after the Iranian Revolution, Dr. Batmanghelidj was a political prisoner in Evin Prison for two years and seven months. It was there his research into water's curative powers began.

Without the availability of medicine, he told an ulcer patient with severe abdominal pains to drink two glasses of water. The patient's pain receded within minutes. He said he later treated more than 3,000 fellow prisoners who suffered from peptic ulcer, viewing the prison environment as an "ideal stress laboratory."

After his release from prison in 1982, Dr. Batmanghelidj came to the United States and continued his exploration of the role of water metabolism in the human body. He published several other books, lectured and presented scientific papers at U.S.A. and international conferences.

He created the Foundation for the Simple in Medicine and Global Health Solutions, a Falls Church-based publishing company, to promote public awareness of the health values of water.

His marriage to Lucile Batmanghelidj ended in divorce.

Survivors include his wife, Xiaopo Huang Batmanghelidj of Falls Church; three children from the first marriage, Ardeshir Batmanghelidj of Salisbury, Mass., Camila Batmanghelidj of London and Babak Batmanghelidj of McLean; and four grandchildren.

[Chinese-language Simplified; 简体中文Jiǎntǐ zhōngwén ]

Fereydoon Batmanghelidj 医师； 写了关于水的治愈

 73 岁的 Fereydoon Batmanghelidj 是一名医生，因水的自然治愈能力而受到国际关注，他于 11 月 15 日在伊诺瓦费尔法克斯医院因肺炎并发症去世。 他已在福尔斯彻奇生活了 22 年。

 多年来，巴特曼赫利吉博士因声称水疗法可以治疗多种人类疾病而受到批评和赞扬。 “你没有生病，你只是渴了，”他宣称。

 Fereydoon Batmanghelidj 声称患者可以通过喝水治愈多种疾病。

 数百万人购买了他 1992 年出版的自助书籍《你的身体急需水》，书中指出，大多数疼痛和疾病都是身体慢性脱水的结果。 该书已被翻译成 15 种语言，并继续吸引着读者，也引起了质疑其缺乏科学严谨性的争议。

 Batmanghelidj 博士（又名 B. 博士）表示，通过多年的阅读和研究，他得出的结论是，普通水可以预防和治疗抑郁症、哮喘、关节炎、背痛、偏头痛、高血压、多发性硬化症和许多其他疾病。 他还反对用昂贵的药物来治病，说“不以药治渴”。

 “我们错误地认为，因为水是免费提供的，而且不花钱，所以身体不可能缺水。我相信，大多数身体疼痛都是身体需要补充水分的信号——而我们在日常生活中却忽视了这些信号。 危险，”1994 年他在伦敦接受《独立报》采访时说道。

 他的工作源于他在祖国伊朗帮助监狱囚犯的经历，在消费者层面比在医学界更能接受他的工作。 医学和替代医学界的一些人认为他的“水疗法”是非正统且“极其天真的”。

 巴特曼赫利吉博士似乎并不介意，他在自己的网站上表示，他正在执行一项“上帝赋予的任务，研究水的神奇药用特性，并与科学家和公众分享这些信息”。

 巴特曼赫利吉博士出生于政治显赫家庭，毕业于苏格兰费蒂斯学院。 他还毕业于伦敦大学圣玛丽医院医学院，师从因发现青霉素而获得诺贝尔奖的亚历山大·弗莱明爵士。

 他在返回伊朗之前在英国行医，在伊朗医院和医疗中心的发展中发挥了关键作用。 他还帮助伊朗青年建立体育项目，包括德黑兰冰宫的建设和管理，据说这是中东第一个滑冰和体育中心。

 1979 年伊朗革命后，Batmanghelidj 博士在埃文监狱被关了两年零七个月的政治犯。 正是在那里，他开始了对水治疗能力的研究。

 在没有药物的情况下，他让一位腹痛剧烈的溃疡病人喝两杯水。 病人的疼痛在几分钟内就消失了。 他说，他后来治疗了 3000 多名患有消化性溃疡的狱友，并将监狱环境视为“理想的压力实验室”。

 1982年出狱后，Batmanghelidj博士来到美国，继续探索水代谢在人体内的作用。 他出版了其他几本书，在美国和国际会议上发表演讲并发表科学论文。

 他创建了“简单医学和全球健康解决方案基金会”，这是一家位于福尔斯彻奇的出版公司，旨在提高公众对水健康价值的认识。

 他与露西尔·巴特曼赫利吉的婚姻以离婚告终。

 幸存者包括他的妻子、福尔斯彻奇市的小波·黄·巴特曼赫利吉 (Xiaopo Huang Batmanghelidj)； 第一次婚姻所生的三个孩子：马萨诸塞州索尔兹伯里的 Ardeshir Batmanghelidj、伦敦的 Camila Batmanghelidj 和麦克莱恩的 Babak Batmanghelidj； 和四个孙子。

[Iranian Persian language

زبان فارسی ایرانی ] 

پزشک فریدون باتمانقلیج; درباره شفای آب نوشت

  فریدون باتمانقلیج، 73 ساله، پزشکی که با ادعاهای خود در مورد قدرت شفابخش طبیعی آب توجه بین المللی را به خود جلب کرد، در 15 نوامبر بر اثر عوارض ذات الریه در بیمارستان Inova Fairfax درگذشت. او 22 سال در فالز چرچ زندگی کرده بود.

  دکتر Batmanghelidj در طول سال‌ها به دلیل اظهاراتش مبنی بر اینکه رژیم آب می‌تواند طیف گسترده‌ای از بیماری‌های انسانی را درمان کند، هم انتقاد و هم تحسین را برانگیخت. او اعلام کرد: "تو مریض نیستی، تو تشنه ای."

  فریدون بتمنقلیج مدعی شد که بیماران می توانند با نوشیدن آب خود را از چندین بیماری درمان کنند.

  میلیون‌ها نفر کتاب خودیاری او را در سال 1992 خریدند، «بدن شما برای آب گریه می‌کند» که بیان می‌کرد بیشتر دردها و بیماری‌ها ناشی از کم آبی مزمن بدن است. این کتاب به 15 زبان ترجمه شده است و همچنان خوانندگان را به خود جلب می کند و بحث و جدل از جانب کسانی که عدم دقت علمی آن را زیر سوال می برند، دارد.

  دکتر Batmanghelidj، معروف به دکتر B، گفت که طی سالها مطالعه و تحقیق به این نتیجه رسیده است که آب معمولی از افسردگی، آسم، آرتریت، کمردرد، میگرن، فشار خون بالا، مولتیپل اسکلروزیس و بسیاری از بیماری‌های دیگر پیشگیری و درمان می‌کند. همچنین با استفاده از داروهای گران قیمت برای درمان بیماری ها مخالفت کرد و گفت: «تشنگی را با دارو درمان نکنید».

  ما این اشتباه را مرتکب شده ایم که فرض می کنیم چون آب به صورت رایگان در دسترس است و هیچ هزینه ای ندارد، بدن احتمالا نمی تواند از آن کوتاه بیاید. من معتقدم که بیشتر دردهای فیزیکی سیگنال هایی هستند که بدن نیاز به آبرسانی مجدد دارد - و ما این سیگنال ها را در زمان خود نادیده می گیریم. او در سال 1994 در مصاحبه ای با ایندیپندنت در لندن گفت.

  کار او که از تجربه کمک به زندانیان در زادگاهش ایران نشأت می‌گرفت، بیشتر در سطح مصرف‌کنندگان مورد استقبال قرار گرفت تا جامعه پزشکی. برخی در حرفه های پزشکی و پزشکی جایگزین "درمان آب" او را غیرمتعارف و "بسیار ساده لوحانه" می دانستند.

  دکتر Batmanghelidj ظاهراً بدش نیامد و در وب‌سایت خود گفت که او در یک "مسئولیت خدادادی برای تحقیق در مورد خواص دارویی عالی آب و به اشتراک گذاشتن اطلاعات با دانشمندان و مردم" است.

  دکتر Batmanghelidj که در یک خانواده سرشناس سیاسی به دنیا آمد، از کالج Fettes در اسکاتلند فارغ التحصیل شد. او همچنین فارغ التحصیل دانشکده پزشکی بیمارستان سنت مری دانشگاه لندن بود، جایی که زیر نظر سر الکساندر فلمینگ، که جایزه نوبل کشف پنی سیلین را به اشتراک گذاشت، تحصیل کرد.

  او پیش از بازگشت به ایران در انگلستان به طبابت پرداخت و در آنجا نقش اساسی در توسعه بیمارستان ها و مراکز درمانی داشت. او همچنین به ایجاد پروژه های ورزشی برای جوانان در ایران کمک کرد، از جمله ساخت و مدیریت کاخ یخی در تهران که گفته می شود اولین مجموعه ورزشی اسکیت روی یخ و در خاورمیانه است.

  در سال 1358 پس از انقلاب ایران، دکتر بتمنقلیج به مدت دو سال و هفت ماه در زندان اوین زندانی سیاسی بود. در آنجا بود که تحقیقات او در مورد قدرت های درمانی آب آغاز شد.

  بدون در دسترس بودن دارو، به یک بیمار زخمی که دردهای شدید شکم داشت، گفت دو لیوان آب بنوشد. درد بیمار در عرض چند دقیقه کاهش یافت. او گفت که بعداً بیش از 3000 زندانی دیگر را که از زخم معده رنج می‌بردند، معالجه کرد و به محیط زندان به‌عنوان یک "آزمایشگاه استرس ایده‌آل" نگاه کرد.

  پس از آزادی از زندان در سال 1982، دکتر Batmanghelidj به ایالات متحده آمد و به کاوش در مورد نقش متابولیسم آب در بدن انسان ادامه داد. او چندین کتاب دیگر منتشر کرد، سخنرانی کرد و مقالات علمی در کنفرانس‌های بین‌المللی و آمریکا ارائه کرد.

  او بنیاد ساده در پزشکی و راه‌حل‌های سلامت جهانی را ایجاد کرد که یک شرکت انتشاراتی مستقر در کلیسای فالز است تا آگاهی عمومی از ارزش‌های بهداشتی آب را ارتقا دهد.

  ازدواج او با لوسیل باتمانقلیج به طلاق ختم شد.

  بازماندگان عبارتند از همسرش، شیائوپو هوانگ باتمانقلیج از فالز چرچ. سه فرزند از ازدواج اول، اردشیر باتمانقلیج از سالزبری، ماساچوست، کامیلا باتمانقلیج از لندن و بابک باتمانقلیج از مک‌لین. و چهار نوه

Fereydoon Batmanghelidj (1930 or 1931 – 15 November 2004) was an Iranian doctor and writer. He is best known for believing increased water consumption is the cure for most disease, which is considered quackery by medical experts.

His Life and his family

Fereydoon Batmanghelidj was born in Iran in 1930 or 1931. He attended secondary school in the United Kingdom, at Fettes College in Scotland, and later graduated from St Mary's Hospital Medical School of London University. He then practiced medicine in the United Kingdom, before returning to Iran. There he became a wealthy entrepreneur, helping in the development of hospitals and medical centres, and in sports projects, including the Ice Palace ice skating rink in Tehran.

In 1979, after the Iranian Revolution ², he was sent to Evin Prison in Tehran, which housed political prisoners; he was incarcerated there for two years and seven months. Following his release in 1982, he moved to the United States. [Note: ² Iranian Revolution :-

1978–1979 revolution that overthrew the monarchy.

The Iranian Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution, was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. 

Date: January 07, 1978 – 11 February 1979 (1979-02-11), (1year, 1month, week and day)

Location: Iran.

Causes: Discontent with the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's rule, Exile of Ruhollah Khomeini, Social injustice, Religious motives, and others.]

He married Lucile, a Belgian, and they had four children: Ardeshir, Babak, Camila, and Lila, who committed suicide while he was imprisoned. His first marriage ended in divorce. He later married Xiaopo Huang Batmanghelidj.

He died from complications related to pneumonia on 15 November 2004.

His Medical Career

Batmanghelidj was trained at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, and practised medicine in the United Kingdom before his return to Iran.

He claimed that he discovered the medicinal value of water in treating the pain of peptic ulcers during his detention in Evin Prison ² by treating inmates with water when medication was not available. He advanced this position in a guest editorial in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology in 1983. (NOTE: ² Evin Prison read here )

In 1992, he wrote Your Body's Many Cries for Water. In this book, Batmanghelidj asserts that chronic dehydration is the root cause of most pain and many ailments, opposing the use of drugs to cure conditions that he claimed could instead be addressed by increased water consumption.

He has claimed elsewhere that water provides energy for the body and brain, by splitting into its components hydrogen and oxygen.

Criticism

Batmanghelidj's ideas about water curing all diseases have been criticised as quackery by medical experts. He also drew criticism for his HIV/AIDS denialism. Physician Harriet Hall has described Batmanghelidj as a "crank who believed dehydration is the main cause of disease. He promoted his Water Cure, which was not based on any scientific evidence."

His ideas have been criticised by Stephen Barrett, co-founder of the National Council Against Health Fraud and the webmaster of Quackwatch, on several grounds, including a lack of any documented peer-reviewed research and exaggerated claims about the number of patients treated successfully. He further questions that Batmanghelidj has practiced medicine in the United States, pointing to his lack of registration as a physician. He was licensed as a naturopath.

Books authored by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj :

●Batmanghelidj, Fereydoon, How to Deal with Back Pain & Rheumatoid Joint Pain (1991), Global Health Solutions; ISBN 0-9629942-0-0

●Batmanghelidj, Fereydoon, Your Body's Many Cries for Water (1992), Global Health Solutions, ISBN 0-9629942-3-5

●Batmanghelidj, Fereydoon, Water: Rx for A Healthier, Pain-free Life (1997), Global Health Solutions; Cas&Bklt edition, ISBN 0-9629942-7-8

●Batmanghelidj, Fereydoon, ABC of Asthma, Allergies and Lupus: Eradicate Asthma – Now!, (2000), Global Health Solutions, ISBN 0-9629942-6-X

●Batmanghelidj, Fereydoon, Water For Health, For Healing, For Life (2003), Warner Books, ISBN 0-446-69074-0

●Batmanghelidj, Fereydoon, You're not sick, you're thirsty! (2003), Grand Central Publishing, ISBN 0-446-69074-0

●Batmanghelidj, Fereydoon, Water Cures: Drugs Kill: How Water Cured Incurable Diseases, (2003) Global Health Solutions, ISBN 0-9702458-1-5

●Batmanghelidj, Fereydoon, Obesity Cancer Depression; Their Common Cause & Natural Cure, (2005) Global Health Solutions; ISBN 0-9702458-2-3

References

 ●"Physician Fereydoon Batmanghelidj; Wrote About Water's Healing". The Washington Post. 20 November 2004.

 ●"Colourful character: Camila Batmanghelidjh on her unique approach to charity work". The Independent. 23 October 2011.

 ●"SCIENCE WATCH; DOCTOR FINDS ULCER REMEDY WHILE IN IRAN PRISON". The New York Times. 21 June 1983.

 ●"Camila Batmanghelidjh: My family values". The Guardian. 3 January 2014.

 ●"Dr. Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, 73; Advocated 'Water Cure'". Los Angeles Times. 19 November 2004.

● "Some Notes on Dr. Batmanghelidj's Silly "Water Cure"". Quackwatch. 20 November 2004.

 ●Hall, Harriet. (2010). "The Water Cure: Another Example of Self Deception and the “Lone Genius”". Science-Based Medicine. Retrieved 22 November 2018.

 ●Fitzgerald, Matt. (2014). Diet Cults: The Surprising Fallacy at the Core of Nutrition Fads and a Guide to Healthy Eating for the Rest of Us. Pegasus Books. ISBN 978-1605985602 "No one in the medical establishment gave credence to Fereydoon Batmanghelidj's half-baked notions. He had taken the whole hydration thing too far."

 ●Hall, Harriet. (2017). "Do I Really Need to Drink 200 Ounces of Water Every Day?". Skeptical Inquirer. Retrieved 22 November 2018.

TWC (The Water Cure ) website here 

"You're not sick; you're thirsty. Don't treat thirst with medication." ~ Dr. Fereydoon Batmanghelidj.

Our life, our planet. Over 70% of the earth's surface is water. However, most of it—98%--is salt water. Only 2% of the earth's H20 is fresh water that we can drink, and of this, almost all is trapped in frozen glaciers.

You are not just what you eat; you are what you drink.

This is why water is so important to your health.

The Water Cure (TWC) does not sell water or purification systems or any related products. We offer insights and information; both free and in books that give you easy-to-understand scientific explanations on why water is vital to your well-being.

TWC believes promoting "water for health, for healing, for life" is an invaluable public health message. We can all change the way we drink – by drinking pure, natural water that is good for our health, our pocket book, and our environment.

No miracles. Just common sense backed by Dr. Fereydoon Batmaghelidj’s years of research and investigation into why water works so well in keeping us healthy and pain free. It can even cure illness in some people who get sick.

Water is the basis of all life and that includes your body. Your muscles that move your body are 75% water; your blood that transport nutrients is 82% water; your lungs that provide your oxygen are 90% water; your brain that is the control center of your body is 76% water; even your bones are 25% water.

Our health is truly dependent on the quality and quantity of the water we drink.

Dr. B's pioneering work shows that Unintentional Chronic Dehydration (UCD) contributes to and even produces pain and many degenerative diseases that can be prevented and treated by increasing water intake on a regular basis.

If you are committed to a healthy lifestyle, make drinking enough natural water a habit in your life. It won't take long for you to feel the benefit.

It is a free investment for your long-term health.

♠︎Many people like to criticize what the Dr. says, but the proof is in the pudding.  My wife was having 4 asthma attacks a day.  She drank cokes, tea, and other things but she did not drink plain water.  

i read Dr.B's book and we started drinking the water and using sea salt.  We cut out all caffeine drinks.  Within one week, her asthma went away, and it never came back.

Do the two glasses of water and the grains of salt work? It did for her.

So I don't give a hang what pundits for big pharma say, water and sea salt worked for my wife.

Just to show you the ignorance of some doctors, one told us that we did not need to drink 8 glasses of water a day, that we get enough water in our food.  Yeah.....right. If that is true then how come people are routinely given saline solution when they go to the hospital?  Because they are dehydrated!  When they get out of the hospital, they are told they don't have to drink water and to stay away from salt.  

I know what Dr. B is saying is true.  It worked for my family.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oCfDzPs8tvA

♥︎

Water, Natural salt (Not sodium) first, then diet and exercise .

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8xweziIaUMo

- 4 False Assumptions of 20th Century Medicine

- Caffeine's Effect on the Body

- Artificial Sweetener's Effect on the Body

- Modern Voodoo Medicine

- Water's Life-Giving Functions in the Body

- The Brain's Water Requirements

- Cell Physiology and the Two Oceans of Water

- Histamine: A Neurotransmitter in Charge of Water Regulation

- Dehydration Produces Pain and Disease

- Salt is Vital

- Dehydration and Stress

- 4 Major Consequences of Dehydration

- Drought Management and the Origin of Disease

- Joints Require Water and Salt

- Cancer

- Prostate Cancer....

- The Body's Water and Salt Requirements

- 3 Natural Steps to Health

and plus much more ......................

He's famous books are Your Body's Many Cries for Water, & You're Not Sick, You're Thirsty!

WHERE DID MODERN MEDICINE GO WRONG?

by F. Batmanghelidj "The greatest tragedy in medical history in my opinion is the assumption that dry mouth is the only sign of the body's water needs. Based on this mistaken assumption, modern medicine has made three other confounding mistakes that have cost society dearly. Let us look at these four mistaken assumptions......"

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From the author of the self-published sensation Your Body's Many Cries for Water comes an all new book expanding on the healing powers of water. Asthma, allergies, arthritis, hypertension, depression, head-aches, diabetes, obesity, and MS. These are just some of the conditions and diseases that are caused by persistent dehydration. But there is a miracle solution that is readily available, all natural, and free: water. In WATER: FOR HEALTH, FOR HEALING, FOR LIFE, Dr. F. Batmanghelidj reveals how easy it is to obtain optimum health by drinking more water and supports his claims with over 20 years of clinical and scientific research. Thirsty readers will discover what they never knew, that water can actually: Prevent and reverse aging Cure asthma in a few days, naturally and forever Eliminate pains, including heartburn, back pain, and migraine headaches and much, much more.

The book covers detailed understandings of water shortage in the body related to asthma, allergies, blood pressure disorders, diabetes, constipation, auto-immune diseases, pain, heartburn, hiatal hernia, colitis, ulcers, rheumatoid arthritis, obesity, depression, gout---the list goes on and contains practically all the well-known and well-experienced villains of ill-health!

Amazon review

"Everyone should own a copy of this book!! (Or this DVD). If everyone drank the water they should, we wouldn't be feeding as much $$ to the pharmaceutical companies... water is free and our bodies need it for everything!! Very enlightening information..."

Another review

"He is arguing for a new scientific approach that turns clinical medicine on its head."

-The Daily Telegraph, London, UK

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Food Choices DOCUMENTARY - The truth about Food, Diet and Wellness

Eating You Alive - Diet, Health and Wellness Documentary

Nearly 30.4 million people die each year from chronic diseases and $3.8 trillion is spent in healthcare costs in the U.S. alone for treating what the CDC defines as "among most common, costly and preventable of all health problems." Tackling one of the greatest health catastrophes of our time, this powerful film reveals how what we eat exacerbates illnesses and, more importantly, explains — in an accessible and engrossing manner — how we can prevent, arrest and even reverse chronic diseases through diet. Along with professional insights from several leading physicians and medical researchers, Eating You Alive features compelling endorsements from celebrities such as director James Cameron and actress Suzy Amis Cameron, actor Samuel L. Jackson and entertainer Penn Jillette, in addition to moving testimonies from everyday individuals who have healed themselves with whole foods. It's time for a revolution in healthcare and it starts with the next bite.

Directed by: Paul David Kennamer Jr.

Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, James Cameron, Suzy Amis