YOUR BODYS MANY CRIES FOR WATER

F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.

DISCLAIMER The information and recommendations on water intake presented in this book are based on training, personal e perience, !er" e tensi!e research, and other p#blications of the a#thor on the topic of water metabolism of the bod"$ The a#thor of this book does not dispense medical ad!ice or prescribe the #se or the discontin#ance of an" medication as a form of treatment witho#t the ad!ice of an attending ph"sician, either directl" or indirectl"$ The intent of the a#thor, based on the most recent knowledge of micro%anatom" and molec#lar ph"siolog", is onl" to offer information on the importance of water to well%being, and to help inform the p#blic of the damaging effects of chronic deh"dration to the bod"&from childhood to old age$ This book is not intended as a replacement for so#nd medical ad!ice from a ph"sician$ 'n the contrar", sharing of the information contained in this book with the attending ph"sician is highl" desirable$ Application of the information and recommendations described herein are #ndertaken at the indi!id#al(s own risk$ The adoption of the information sho#ld be in strict compliance with the instr#ctions gi!en herein$ )er" sick persons with past histor" of ma*or diseases and #nder professional s#per!ision, partic#larl" those with se!ere renal disease, sho#ld not make #se of the information contained herein witho#t the s#per!ision of their attending ph"sician$ All the recommendations and proced#res herein contained are made witho#t g#arantee on the part of the a#thor or the p#blisher, their agents, or emplo"ees$ The a#thor and p#blisher disclaim all liabilit" in connection with the #se of the information presented herein$

CONTENTS +reface $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$$ Introd#ction- Don(t Treat Thirst .ith Medication $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$ Chapter 1 .h" 0Medicine0 Doesn(t C#re Disease $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$ The 2asics $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$$$ The +aradigm That 4eeds To 2e Changed $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,$$$ The So#rce of Error in Medicine $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,,,,,$$$ Chapter 2 The 4ew +aradigm $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$ .ater Reg#lation at Different Stages of Life $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$ It Sho#ld 2e Thoro#ghl" 6nderstood $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$ .ater 8as 'ther Important +roperties $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$ Chapter 3 D"speptic +ain $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,$, Colitis +ain $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$ ;alse Appendicitis +ain $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 8iat#s 8ernia $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,$, Chapter 4 Rhe#matoid Arthritis +ain $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Low 2ack +ain $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,, 4eck +ain $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,$$,$ Anginal +ain $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$ 8eadaches $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$ Chapters Stress and Depression $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$ The Initiall" Silent Compensation Mechanisms Associated with Deh"dration $$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$ Endorphins, Cortisone, +rolactin, and )asopressin $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$ Alcohol $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$,$$$$ Renin%Angiotensin Acti!it" $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,$ Chapter 6 8igh 2lood $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$ .ater Shortage- +otentials for 8"pertension $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$ Chapter 7 8igher 2lood Cholesterol $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Testimonials That Make ?o# +onder $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$ Chapter E cess 2od" .eight $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ '!ereating ;#rther E plained $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Diet Sodas Can Ca#se .eight @ain $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$ Chapter ! Asthma and Allergies $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Chapter 1" Ins#lin%Independent Diabetes $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$ Tr"ptophan and Diabetes $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$ Ins#lin%Dependent Diabetes $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Chapter 11 4ew Ideas on AIDS $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ The 6nfolding of E!ents in AIDS Research $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$ Chapter 12 The Simplest of Treatments in Medicine $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Ease of Sleeping $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, +re!ent ;ainting $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,$$ +re!ent 8eart Attacks $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Color of 6rine $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$ 8opes for C#ring Alread" Established Disease $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$ Salt ;ree Diet Is 6tterl" St#pid $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$,$ The 8ealth Care S"stem and '#r Responsibilities $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$ Cost Sa!ings to the 4ation $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$$$$ ;inall" $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,,$$$$$$,, i / 1 3 5 5 /1 /3 /7 /5 93 1: 13 13 :/ :5 3< 3/ 3/ 33 37 3= >1 >3 7/ 79 51 55 == /<< /<: //3 /91 /93 /1< /11 /:1 /3/ /37 /37 /37 /35 /35 />< />1 />1 />3

Chr#$%& &e''('ar )eh*)rat%#$ pa%$+(''* a$) pre,at(re'* -%''s. Its %$%t%a' #(t/ar) ,a$%+estat%#$s ha0e ($t%' $#/ 1ee$ 'a1e'e) as )%seases #+ ($-$#/$ #r%2%$. 3REFACE 'ne of the more ob!io#s reasons wh" medicine has become so complicated and costl" is the fact that the research and prod#ction of pharmace#tical prod#cts&and e!ent#all" their patient e!al#ation&has become mon#mentall" e pensi!e$ To boost the sale of reg#larl" and hea!il" ad!ertised prod#cts, not onl" do highl" paid medical representati!es present their sales pitch, b#t doctors are also enticed into promoting the dr#gs b" the 0perks0 offered$ +atients contin#e to #se them beca#se the" are not c#red$ The" are not supposed to be c#redA The" are onl" treatedA This is the ideal wa" that commercialism in medicine can thri!e$ This is not the onl" shamef#l loose end in medicine$ TechniB#es%oriented ad!ancements in medicine are made possible as a res#lt of 0gadgets0 prod#ction$ This, too, adds to the cost of medicine$ Teaching hospitals and research instit#tions depend hea!il" on f#nding from the ind#strial side of the health care s"stem$ Th#s, research in medicine has traditionall" been directed according to the wishes of health care ind#strialists who release f#nds for their own profit%generating pro*ects$ 4ow comes a moment of great re*oicing$ It has been disco!ered that the h#man bod" possesses a !ariet" of sophisticated indicators when it r#ns short of water&emergenc" indicators of deh"dration and thirst$ The bod" has man" more than the one 0dr" mo#th0 indicator of water shortage$ EB#all" ob!io#s, the greatest traged" in medical histor" is the fact that medical professionals ha!e not #nderstood the h#man bod"(s !ariet" of calls for water$ The" ha!e traditionall" resorted to #sing chemicals and 0proced#res0 to deal with chronic deh"dration of the bod"$ A mon#mental mistake, b#t a blatant factA The #nkindest c#t of all is the wa" the mainstream medical comm#nit" still prefers to adhere to b#siness as #s#al and ignores the good news$ ;#ndamentall", this basic ignorance of the manifestations of the water needs of the h#man bod" is the primar" reason for the high cost of health care in o#r societ", witho#t a hope of Impro!ement in the wa" it is presentl" designed&a !er" bad design that onl" ser!es its operators and not the health%care%needing p#blic$ If "o# will look at the letters e changed with the American Medical Association CAMAD, printed at the end of the book, "o# will realiEe that well before the p#blication of this book, the AMA was in!ited to become the harbinger of the good news, 0"o# are not sick, "o# are thirst",0 to the p#blic$ Their #ltimate silence clearl" e poses their flagrant !iolation of p#blic tr#st$ The 4ational Instit#te of 8ealth C4I8D, the most ad!anced center of medical research in the world, has failed societ" e!en more miserabl"$ ;irstl", wh" has it not st#died the medicinal effects of waterF .h" has it not separated the possible positi!e impact of water taken to swallow a pill from the 0medication0 itselfF .h" has it not st#died what happens to a person who does not reg#larl" drink waterF These are their initial mistakes$ .h" do "o# think the 4I8 con!erted these mistakes into a sting operationF In Ma" of /=5=,/ wrote to Dr$ Games Mason, Assistant Secretar" of 8ealth and 8#man Ser!ices, e plaining that a paradigm change that looked at water needs of the bod" wo#ld e pose man" sol#tions to the health problems of o#r societ"$ I sent him m#ch s#pporti!e material which he referred to Dr$ Gohn T$ Halberer, 4I8 Coordinator for 8ealth +romotion and Disease +re!ention, to re!iew and disc#ss with meI ob!io#sl" the right 'ffice for the e!al#ation of m" ph"siolog"%based re!ol#tionar" !iews$ 4ot soA I was in!ited to !isit with Dr$ Halberer$ After one ho#r(s disc#ssion, Dr$ Halberer informed me that the 4I8 was not in a position to handle m" 0broad0 medical !iews$ 8e e plained that the 4I8 co#ld not f#nd research in other than #ni!ersit" settings$ I indicated that the reason for m" contact with Dr$ Mason and himself was to e plain deh"dration as the ca#se of so man" degenerati!e diseases of the h#man bod", so that the 4I8 co#ld begin its st#d" and take the res#lt to the p#blic$ 8e then told me that the 4I8 was onl" interested in molec#lar aspects of biological and pharmace#tical research$ 8e indicated m" !iews were so broad based that the" did not fit into the wa" the research instit#tion f#nctioned$ .hen he realiEed I was #nhapp" with his prono#ncement, he ad!ised me to contin#e m" work and p#blish m" !iews$ 8e told me this wo#ld be the onl" wa" the" wo#ld get heard$ I did not gi!e #p$ E!er" time a health article appeared in the newspapers based on prono#ncements from someone at the 4I8, I wrote a letter and e plained the basic problem$ I e!en wrote to the 'ffice of Scientific Integrit" at the 4I8 and complained abo#t some pieces of misinformation that wo#ld ha!e established onl" a partic#lar prod#ct on the medical market$ I did not hear from them, b#t the iss#e appears to ha!e died and the photogenic spokesman seems not to hold co#rt as often as before$ ;or a while, I became e cited when Dr$ 2ernadine 8eal" became the director of the 4I8$ She appeared to be the right t"pe of person who wo#ld change the 4I8$ As an MDJscientist, she ob!io#sl" #nderstood what I was sa"ing$ She referred me to Stephen @roft, +h$D$, who had *#st become a temporar" director of the newl" established 'ffice of Alternati!e Medicine #ntil a permanent MD director co#ld be fo#nd$ 8e seemed a !er" sincere person$ After a long meeting and ha!ing pro!ided him with some of m" p#blished materials, he in!ited me to make a short presentation at the first Alternati!e Medicine Conference to be con!ened b"

the 4I8$ 8is temporar" position was too temporar" to do an" good$ Dr$ Goseph Gacobs took o!er$ 8e is a doctor of medicine with 4ati!e Indian c#lt#re and infl#ence$ I am positi!e that Dr$ @roft had passed m" information and materials to him$ The ne t Alternati!e Medicine Conference was con!ened b" Dr$ Gacobs and his second in command, and I was at that time to be introd#ced to them b" Dr$ @roft$ 4at#rall", at that moment, Dr$ Gacobs did not ha!e the time to cond#ct a serio#s disc#ssion$ It was agreed that he take a look at what I had sent the 'ffice and for #s to meet at a time soon$ At o#r meeting in his office, I asked him if he had looked at what I had pre!io#sl" sent to their 'ffice$ 8e began to make the e c#se that he was short of time, and at the same time, the" were changing office location and he had not had the opport#nit" to see what I had sent$ I told him if he were not aware of the content of the materials I had sent, this meeting was a waste of his time and mine and we sho#ld defer o#r disc#ssion #ntil he had read the information I had pro!ided$ I got #p to lea!e$ I had to c#t thro#gh his 0prima donna0 stance$ 8e told me he wo#ld take a look at what I had sent, b#t since we were both intelligent professionals, there was not m#ch that co#ld not be clarified in one ho#r(s disc#ssion$ 8e in!ited me to sit down and e plain m" !iews$ I did$ 2efore I left, he asked me for another set of s#pporti!e materials$ I had them in m" case and ga!e them to him$ Among the materials s#pplied was a cop" of the first edition of this book$ I e plained to him that this information is becoming p#blic knowledge$ I in!ited him for the sake of societ" and ad!ancement of medical science to begin the st#d" of its topic thro#gh his 'ffice$ I did not hear from Dr$ Gacobs or see him #ntil the ne t Alternati!e Medicine Conference$ 4othing abo#t chronic deh"dration was on the agenda$ E!en when Col$ Robert Sanders, who is !er" well !ersed with the topic, made a fi!e%min#te philosophic presentation on deh"dration, no steps were taken to p#t the iss#e before the Ad!isor" 2oard$ It became clear that the 'ffice of Alternati!e Medicine had its own agenda, and ser!ing the p#blic was not on its list of priorities$ According to Rita Mae 2rown, 0The definition of insanit" is doing the same tiling o!er and o!er again and e pecting the res#lts to be different$0 'ne wo#ld ass#me that according to this definition, I am one of the insane ones$ I often think m"self to be a simpleton. I B#estion m"self- .h" do I spend time and personal reso#rces to bring abo#t a science%based transformation of medicine in, of all places, AmericaF In the ne t breath I console m"self b" thinking I am pri!" to !ital health and wellness information that has to reach the innocent and tr#sting people who become sick and do not know the" are onl" thirst" for water$ .ith this tho#ght I go the ne t stretch of m" wear" wa"$ In the meantime, Dr$ 2ernadine 8eal" left the 4I8$ She is a medical doctor$ The 4T8 is a 0science0 instit#tion$ 'b!io#sl" there m#st ha!e been a conflict of p#rposeI she had to lea!e$ 4obel La#reate 8arold )arm#s took o!er$ 'nce again, on the 91rd of 4o!ember /==1,/ wrote to him$ I started m" letter, "Welcome to the position that you can now make a greater contribution to ad ancement o! medical science and our society. "oday#s Washington $ost article on you prompted me to write this letter and bring a breakthrough o! signi!icance in medical science to your attention. #It is chronic dehydration that is the root cause o! most major diseases.# I ha e in the past tried to get the %I& to take a serious look at this simple #paradigm shi!t# and make the !uture practice o! medicine patient'!riendly(" I sent him one of m" books and some s#pporti!e materials$ To tins date, ;ebr#ar" /==3, I ha!e not heard from this gentleman, not e!en a letter of thank "o#$ 'b!io#sl", the onl" wa" to take the message of 0deh"dration0 to the p#blic was to write$ That I did$ After sending letters to !ario#s *o#rnals and newspapers and not hearing from them, I decided, in /=5= to create o#r own *o#rnal at the ;o#ndation for the Simple in Medicine$ .e called it )cience in Medicine )impli!ied. A special iss#e and a reg#lar iss#e of the *o#rnal were p#blished in a period of one "ear and freel" distrib#ted to some research centers and medical libraries at some #ni!ersities$ .e also applied to the 4ational Librar" of Medicine for the *o#rnals to be inde ed in the Inde Medic#s comp#ter s"stem so that their content co#ld be accessed b" other researchers$ .e appealed to them to afford #s an eB#al opport#nit" to present o#r 0paradigm shift0 researched !iews in medicine$ The" got back to #s and said two !ol#mes of a p#blication was not eno#gh, b#t once another !ol#me was p#t o#t and we were s#re there was going to be contin#it", the" wo#ld consider inde ing the *o#rnals$ The third !ol#me of the *o#rnal was in the works at this stage and, when it was p#blished in /==/, we sent o#r application and two !ol#mes of each p#blication to the 4LM$ Go#rnals are e!al#ated two to three times a "ear for their possible incl#sion in the Inde Medic#s$ The committee consists of mainl" 4I8 scientists$ .hen the" met at the end of the "ear and re!iewed o#r new information in medicine, we were ref#sed$ The" did not want to gi!e #s an eB#al opport#nit" for o#r !iews to be heard$ The 4I8 0thinkers0 did not wish o#r new tho#ghts to enter the scientific arena and e!ent#all" reach the p#blic$ .e were deftl" censored$ This is when I decided to write the first edition of this book and go p#blic$ Abo#t si months after the 4LM ref#sal, m" book was o#t and being re!iewed$ I now had a simple lang#age e planation of where mainstream medicine had gone wrong$ This was the book I sent, in addition to the scientific p#blications, to Drs$ 8eal", @roft and Gacobs at the 4I8$ I wanted them to know I did not need them for m" !iews to reach the p#blic$ I had realiEed that the 4I8 was self%ser!ingl" satisfied with the insanit" of cond#cting and repeating the same t"pes of research witho#t finding a c#re for an" of the degenerati!e diseases of the h#man bod"$ In April of /==1, there was an International 2io%' idati!e Medical Conference in Reston, )irginia$ I was in!ited to speak following the +resident of the Association$ This is one of the conferences con!ened b" the practitioners of Alternati!e Medicine$ I was introd#ced to one of the 4I8 Scientific Secretariats, Dr$ Edm#nd Sargent Copeland, who

was in!ited to re!iew the conference$ After m" talk on the role of histamine as the main water reg#lator of the bod", he !er" gracio#sl" disc#ssed how I co#ld s#cceed in getting m" !iews e!al#ated$ I sent him most of m" p#blished materials$ .e met at their .estbard A!en#e office$ 8e did his best to get me in!ited b" the program manager of their lect#res to speak before their members$ The in!itation ne!er came$ It is ob!io#s m" tho#ghts are a threat to the contin#ation of some of the 4I8 approaches to medical research$ 4at#rall", m" !iews will not be allowed to echo within the 4I8 walls$ The" want me a#tomaton%like to present m" findings in a wa" that is acceptable to them onl"$ That is how the" ha!e it their own wa"$ I ha!e tried to gi!e "o# detailed information abo#t m" efforts to get the people who are entr#sted with the responsibilit" of looking after the nation(s health interests to work on "o#r behalf$ As "o# see, the" chose their own ad!antageo#s wa" of b#siness as #s#al$ It is now dear that the instit#tions that #se "o#r ta dollars and a ma*or portion of "o#r hard%earned income do not care one iota for "o#r health and well%being$ It is now ob!io#s that those who p#rport to be sol#tion seekers are promoters of "o#r problem$ ;rom here on, "o#, the readers of the information in this book, ha!e to become a part of the force behind the transformation of the health care s"stem in America$ *b iously, !unding !or the e aluation o! water as a natural medicine seems not to be readily a ailable. Furthermore, e en i! !unds were to be made a ailable, research o! the topic seems not attracti e enough to the uni ersities and nationally recogni+ed research centers. ,nd yet, to show others, patient response to treatment with water as a natural medicine in diseases produced by chronic dehydration is necessary. It is necessary to con ince the clinicians within the health care system to change their present approach to treatment. )tudents in medical schools are not taught anything about the many roles o! water in the human body. The wa" I see it, we will need man" 0simple and direct0 obser!ations, like those whose letters are p#blished in this book, to report their findings before the mainstream medical practitioners wo#ld abandon their method of treatment$ Their present method is onl" s#ited to promotion of chemical prod#cts$ 0Do#ble%blind randomiEed trials0 are onl" s#ited to the e!al#ation of one chemical prod#ct to another, less%known s#bstance$ This partic#lar methodolog" is not s#ited to the clinical e!al#ation of 0deficienc" disorders,0 in this case the effects of water on the !ariet" of deh"dration%prod#ced diseases$ +h"siological states of each indi!id#al(s bod" determines the initial s"mptoms and complications of deh"dration$ That is wh" these s"mptom%prod#cing deh"dration states ha!e traditionall" been labeled as man" different disease conditions$ .hen "o# are into the book, "o# will #nderstand what I am sa"ing$ ?o# will also read some letters whose writers had more than one of the earl" signs of recentl" recogniEed water shortage in the bod"$ .e are now at the dawn of a new era in medical science$ (It is chronic water shortage in the bod" that ca#ses most of the diseases of the h#man bod"$0 The original design of the h#man bod" is more complete than "o# can Imagine$ If we ha!e not known how to maintain it #ntil now, it is o#r own fa#lt$ .e ha!e not stopped to think, if the bod" is mainl" water, where will it get its top%#p if we don(t drink water on a reg#lar basisF .e now know when it is calling for its #rgent intake$ .e need to dwell on this information$ +#shing water is not a personal gimmick$ There is no hidden agenda to its promotion$ If "o# share this information with "o#r lo!ed ones, "o# are its beneficiaries$ ,t present this book is the only source o! easy'to'read'and'understand in!ormation on chronic dehydration. -ou need to read it a !ew times and understand the pro!oundness o! the indispensable role o! water in the human body. I! you do this, you will become a healer too. In this book, you will also get to learn that "!luids" and "water" are not necessarily the same. -ou will learn about the detrimental e!!ects o! diet sodas. If "o# find the information in this book #sef#l, please raise "o#r !oice and cr" o#t against the dark and #gl" side of medicine as it is practiced at present$ Doctors are s#pposed to be healers$ The" ha!e taken an oath to ser!e mankind$ It is tr#e that the 0b#siness of America is b#siness,0 b#t m" b#siness%minded colleag#es ha!e no right to obstr#ct the simple message of ("o# are not sick, "o# are thirst",0 from reaching a wider cross%section of the p#blic$ The" ha!e no b#siness con!erting the pain and s#ffering of their fellow man into acc#m#lati!e commercial practices that we ha!e noticed in the recent past$ I most h#mbl" acknowledge that not all doctors p#t their own gain before the welfare of those who seek their honest ad!ice$ ?o# onl" need to take a look at the n#mber of doctors in the small list of re!iews of the book to see this fact$ 'nl" a !er" small minorit", #nfort#natel" in steering positions, ha!e shed a bad light on o#r sacred profession$ 8owe!er, 0when light comes, darkness has to go$0 .hen people begin to #nderstand that water b" itself is the best nat#ral medicine in man" 0disease0 conditions of the bod", the black sheep in the sacred profession of medicine will take their b#siness elsewhere$ Traditionall", doctors ha!e been thinkers and philosophers$ It is onl" recentl" that the" ha!e been forced to memoriEe pre%digested information to get thro#gh the c#rric#l#m in teaching hospitals$ In realit", books are created to store information, and the brain is designed to 0think$0 'nce we get rid of the b#rden of ha!ing to remember so m#ch misinformation generated aro#nd the conditions that are complications of chronic deh"dration, the new doctors will once again become scholars and thinkers$ That is when their prono#ncements will be tr#l" respected and worth their weight in gold, and no less than s#rgeons( scale of fees$ In the hope of a new era of bright lights in medicine, I wish the readers of this book l#ck for their indispensable part in the transformation of the present str#ct#re of medicine$ Each letter that is p#blished in the book is b#t a sample of what 0water as medicine0 can do in millions who present similar o#tward manifestations of chronic deh"dration$ The arrogant and the ignorant in medical practice will label these letters as 0anecdotal0 and br#sh them aside$ Infinitel"

greater in n#mber, seeing e"es connected to thinking brains will recogniEe in each one of them the new tr#th, ("o# are not sick, "o# are thirst",0 that heralds an end to the present medical sting against the public. This book is intended to be read as a 0no!el0 abo#t the lo!e relationship of water and the h#man bod"$ It is not designed to be read for 0so#ndbites$0 This is the reason wh" it does not ha!e an inde $ I would like to thank my wi!e .iaopo !or her lo ing support and help. I wo#ld like to thank Col$ Robert T$ Sanders for his tireless efforts in the past fi!e "ears at getting m" !iews on chronic deh"dration to be heard b" the people he thinks might wish to help in its spread$ I wo#ld also like to thank all of those who ha!e been e #berant s#pporters and ha!e enco#raged me to contin#e and not get tired$ ;inall", I wo#ld like to thank Mrs$ Doroth" 8eindel for her editorship of all of m" man#scripts and books$ ;$ 2atmanghelid*, M$D$ ;ebr#ar" /==3 I$tr#)(&t%#$ DON4T TREAT T5IRST WIT5 MEDICATIONS "he signi!icant problems we ha e cannot be sol ed at the same le el o! thinking with which we created them." ',lbert /instein In December of /==<, Dr$ Lo#is S#lli!an, the Secretar" of 8ealth and 8#man Ser!ices, reported a rise of // percent in the cost of pro!iding health care to the nation$ This cost is estimated to reach K/$> trillion b" the "ear 9<<< and to cons#me 95L of the @4+ b" the "ear 9</<, if allowed to contin#e the present trends$ The .ashington +ost, in one of its recent health care anal"ses, has estimated the /==: health care costs wo#ld reach K/,<9=$> billion$ 'f this amo#nt, K=1:$5 billion is personal health care costs inc#rred b" the p#blic$ The federal go!ernment is said to be responsible for onl" K=:$5 billion of e pendit#re$ 8owe!er, this !ast e pendit#re becomes ta able income for the =$3 million people emplo"ed at present in the health care s"stem in America$ It is dear that the go!ernment stands to gain from the rise in the health care costs of the nation$ Th#s, there e ists a conflict of interest between the needs of the p#blic and the intention of the go!ernment to preser!e its income base$ In light of this #nderstanding, we can see wh" the go!ernment wo#ld not be interested in taking steps to red#ce the health care costs of the American people, e!en tho#gh the" are b" now aware of the basis of the problem$ It becomes ob!io#s that the people are responsible for their own health$ The" ha!e to protect themsel!es from commercial considerations of the health care operators and the go!ernment that wishes to maintain health care costs at present le!els$ ?o# see, the health care crisis of America that will bankr#pt the nation if permitted to contin#e in its present trend, is not ca#sed b" the wa" it is operated$ 4or is it entirel" the res#lt of greed%based pricing$ It is ca#sed b" a most primiti!e mistake in the basic premise in the science of ph"siolog" that is fo#ndation to all medical and scientific knowledge of the h#man bod"$ It is caused because the public and the pro!essionals don#t yet know when the human body is thirsty !or water( This sit#ation does not need to remain, or become as desperate as it seems$ )er" e tensi!e clinical obser!ations on d"speptic pain and e!al#ati!e research into the ph"siolog" of chronic pains show a simple and f#ndamental sol#tion to the health care problem of the nation is a!ailable$ The bea#t" of this sol#tion is that it is entirel" science% based$ It in!ol!es a new ph"siologic #nderstanding of the h#man bod"$ The new information abo#t the h#man bod", as "o# m#st ha!e g#essed from the title of the book, follows$ W5Y 6MEDICINE6 DOESN4T CURE DISEASE Medical pro!essionals o! today do not understand the ital roles o! water in the human body. Medications are palliati es. "hey are not designed to cure the degenerati e diseases o! the human body. In this book, we will disc#ss the role of water in the bod" and how a brief #nderstanding of this topic can transform the health needs of o#r societ"$ .e will learn how pre!enti!e medicine can become the main approach to health care in an" societ"$ In this book, and in the disc#ssions that follow, the hero is water. .e will look at e!er" e planation with the !iew that water is the primar" s#bstance and the leading agent in the ro#tine e!ents that take place in the h#man bod"$ .ith the primar" role of water in mind, we will look at some disease conditions$ The missing role of water in ph"siological sit#ations that will e!ent#all" become disease conditions will be disc#ssed$ In the 0diseases0 that will be disc#ssed, a possible initial role of water metabolism dist#rbance will need to be e cl#ded before we ass#me these conditions to ha!e been ca#sed thro#gh other processes$ "his is the true meaning o! a pre enti e approach to health care. .e sho#ld first e cl#de the simpler ca#ses for disease Emergence in the bod" and then think of the more complicated$ "he simple truth is that dehydration can cause disease. E!er"one knows that water is 0good0 for the bod"$ The" seem not to know how essential it is to one(s well%being$ "hey do not know what happens to the body i! it does not recei e its daily need o! water. After this short book is read, "o# will ha!e a clearer #nderstanding of this iss#e$ The sol#tion for pre!ention and treatment of deh"dration%prod#ced diseases is water intake on a reg#lar basis$ This is what we will define in this book .e will disc#ss wh", in a ma*orit" of cases, the conditions that will be mentioned

are to be !iewed as deh"dration%prod#ced disorders$ If, b" the simple intake of an added amo#nt of water e!er" da" "o# can get better, "o# will not need to worr"$ ?o# sho#ld seek professional help if the ad*#stment to dietar" needs of "o#r bod" does not help and a medical problem contin#es to tro#ble "o#$ .hat is offered is the needed knowledge for disease pre!ention and c#re of deh"dration diseases$ At the end of the book, when the relationship of chronic deh"dration and disease emergence has become clear to the reader, information will be pro!ided on the needed ad*#stments to dail" water intake, and the complementar" diet to pre!ent 0deh"dration diseases,0 or e en cure them, if a totall" irre!ersible sit#ation has not de!eloped$ T5E BASICS .hen the h#man bod" de!eloped from the species that were gi!en life in water, the same dependence on the life% gi!ing properties of water were inherited$ The role of water itself in the bod" of li!ing species, mankind incl#ded, has not changed since the first creation of life from salt water and its s#bseB#ent adaptation to fresh water$ .hen life on land became an ob*ecti!e for ad!ancement be"ond the immediate !icinit" of water s#ppl" Ce!en be"ond amphibian lifeD&the stressf#l ad!ent#re be"ond the known bo#ndaries&a grad#all" refined bod" water% preser!ation s"stem had to be created for f#rther species de!elopment$ This process of temporar" adaptation to transient deh"dration also became inherited as a well%established mechanism in the h#man bod" and is now the infrastr#ct#re to all operati!e s"stems within the bod" of modern h#mans$ For the earlier water'dwelling species, ad enture beyond their known boundaries would constitute great stress, because they would dry up. "his "stress " would establish a dominant physiology !or crisis management o! water. In the now 0stressed0 h#mans, e actl" the same translation and the ph"siolog" of crisis management of water becomes established$ The process primaril" in!ol!es a strict rationing of the water 0reser!es0 of the bod"$ It is ass#med that water s#ppl" for the immediate needs of the bod" will be limited$ Management of the a!ailable reser!es of water in the bod" becomes the responsibilit" of a comple s"stem$ This comple m#lti%le!el water rationing and distrib#tion process remains in operation #ntil the bod" recei!es unmistakable signals that it has gained access to adeB#ate water s#ppl"$ Since e ery !unction o! the body is monitored and pegged to the !low o! water, 0water management0 is the onl" wa" of making s#re that adeB#ate amo#nts of water and its transported n#trients first reach the more !ital organs that will ha!e to confront and deal with an" new 0stress$0 This mechanism became more and more established for s#r!i!al against nat#ral enemies and predators$ It is the #ltimate operati!e s"stem for s#r!i!al In !ight or !light sit#ations$ It is still the operati!e mechanism in the competiti!e en!ironment of modern life in the societ"$ 'ne of the #na!oidable processes in the bod" water rationing phase is the complete cr#elt" with which some f#nctions are monitored so that one str#ct#re does not recei!e more than its predetermined share of water$ This is tr#e for all organs of the bod"$ .ithin these s"stems of water rationing, the brain f#nction takes absol#te priorit" o!er all the other s"stems&the brain is lJ3<th of the total bod" weight, b#t it recei!es /5%9< percent of blood circ#lation$ .hen the 0ration masters0 in charge of bod" water reser!e reg#lation and distrib#tion become more and more acti!e, the" also gi!e their own alarm signals to show that the area in B#estion is short of water, !er" m#ch like the radiator of a car gi!ing o#t steam when the cooling s"stem is not adeB#ate for the #phill dri!e of the car$ In ad!anced societies, thinking that tea, coffee, alcohol, and man#fact#red be!erages are desirable s#bstit#tes for the p#rel" nat#ral water needs of the dail" 0stressed0 bod" is an elementar" b#t catastrophic mistake$ It is tr#e that these be!erages contain water, b#t what else the" contain are deh"drating agents$ The" get rid of the water the" are dissol!ed in pl#s some more water from the reser!es of the bod"A Toda", modem life%st"le makes people dependent on all sorts of be!erages that are commerciall" man#fact#red$ Children are not ed#cated to drink waterI the" become dependent on sodas and *#ices$ This is a self%imposed restriction on the water needs of the bod"$ It is not generall" possible to drink man#fact#red be!erages in f#ll replacement of the water needs of the bod"$ At the same time, a c#lti!ated preference for the taste of these sodas will a#tomaticall" red#ce the free #rge to drink water when sodas are not a!ailable$ C#rrentl", practitioners of medicine are #naware of the man" chemical roles of water in the bod"$ 2eca#se deh"dration e!ent#all" ca#ses loss of some f#nctions, the !ario#s sophisticated signals gi!en b" operators of the bod"(s water rationing program d#ring se!ere and lasting deh"dration ha!e been translated as indicators of #nknown disease conditions of the bod"$ "his is the most basic mistake that has de iated clinical medicine. It has pre ented medical practitioners !rom being able to ad ise pre enti e measures or o!!er simple physiologic cures !or some major diseases in humans. .ith the appearance of these signals, the bod" sho#ld be pro!ided with water for these rationing s"stems to distrib#te$ 8owe!er, medical practitioners ha!e been ta#ght to silence these signals with chemical prod#cts$ 'f co#rse the" ha!e Eero #nderstanding of the significance of this most gross error$ The !ario#s signals prod#ced b" these water distrib#tors are indicators of regional thirst and dro#ght of the bod"$ At the onset, the" can be relie!ed b" an increased intake of water itself, "et the" are improperl" dealt with b" the #se of commercial chemical prod#cts #ntil patholog" is established and diseases are born$ It is #nfort#nate that this mistake is contin#ed #ntil the #se of more and more chemicals to treat the other de!eloping s"mptoms and complications of deh"dration becomes #na!oidable, and then the patient dies$ The iron"F The" sa" the patient died of a disease$ .hat a clearance for their conscienceA The error in silencing the different signals of water shortages of the bod" with chemical prod#cts is immediatel"

detrimental to the cells of the bod" of the person being treated$ The established signal%prod#cing chronic deh"dration also has a permanentl" damaging impact on s#bseB#ent descendants of the person$ I take pleas#re in bringing to "o#r attention a breakthro#gh knowledge in medicine that can benefit e!er" person who ma" fall ill, and especiall" the elderl"$ In short, m" paradigm change in basic h#man applied science will establish a ph"siolog"%based approach to f#t#re h#man research and simplif" the practice of medicine all o!er the world$ The immediate o#tcome of this paradigm shift will be to the health ad!antage of the p#blic$ It will e pose the newl" #nderstood signs of deh"dration in the h#man bod"$ It will also decrease the costs of falling ill$ T5E 3ARADI7M T5AT NEEDS TO BE C5AN7ED .hat is a paradigm and how does it changeF A paradigm Cpara%dimeD is the most basic #nderstanding on which new knowledge is generated$ As an e ample, the earlier #nderstanding was that the Earth is flat$ The new #nderstanding is that the Earth is ro#nd$ The ro#ndness of the Earth is the basic paradigm to the design of all maps, globes, recognition of stars in the sk", and calc#lations for space tra!el$ Th#s, the earlier paradigm for holding the Earth to be flat was inacc#rate$ It is the correct #nderstanding of the Earth as a sphere that has made ad!ancement in man" fields of science possible$ This change in paradigm is basic to o#r progress in man" fields of science$ The shift in that paradigm and the transformation it bro#ght abo#t did not occ#r easil"$ Adoption of a f#ndamentall" significant new paradigm in the science of medicine is more diffic#lt e!en if the o#tcome is highl" desirable and desperatel" needed b" the societ"$ T5E SOURCE OF ERROR IN MEDICINE The h#man bod" is composed of 93 percent solid matter Cthe sol#teD and 73 percent water Cthe sol!entD$ 2rain tiss#e is said to consist of 53 percent water$ .hen the phase of inB#ir" into the workings of the bod" began, beca#se the scientific parameters and a !er" broad knowledge of chemistr" had alread" become well%established, it a#tomaticall" became the ass#mption that the same #nderstandings that were de!eloped within the discipline of chemistr" applied to the bod"(s sol#te composition$ It was therefore ass#med that the sol#te composition is the reacti!e reg#lator of all f#nctions of the bod"$ At the !er" onset of research into the h#man bod", the water content of the bod" was ass#med to act onl" as a sol!ent, a space filler, and a means of transport&the same !iews that were generated from the test%t#be e periments in chemistr"$ 4o other f#nctional properties were attrib#ted to the sol!ent material$ The basic #nderstanding in toda"(s 0scientific0 medicine&which has been inherited from an ed#cational programs established at the dawn of s"stematic learning &also regards sol#tes as reg#lators and water as onl" a sol!ent and a means of material transport in the bod"$ The h#man bod" is e!en now regarded as a large 0test t#be0 f#ll of solids of different nat#re and the water in the bod" as a chemicall" insignificant 0packing material$0 In science, it has been ass#med that it is the sol#tes Cs#bstances that are dissol!ed or carried in the blood and ser#m in the bod"D that reg#late all the acti!ities of the bod"$ This incl#des the reg#lation of its water Cthe sol!entD intake, which is ass#med to be well%reg#lated$ It is pres#med, beca#se water is freel" a!ailable and one does not ha!e to pa" for it, that the bod" has no b#siness in falling short of something that is a!ailableA 6nder this erroneo#s ass#mption, all the h#man applied research has been directed toward identification of one 0partic#lar0 s#b%Stance that can be held responsible for ca#sing a disease$ Therefore, all the s#spected possible fl#ct#ations and !ariation of elemental changes ha!e been tested witho#t a clear%c#t sol#tion to a single disease problem$ Accordingl", all treatments are palliati!e and none seems to be c#rati!e Ce cept for bacterial infections and the #se of antibioticsD$ 8"pertension is not generall" cured0 it is treated d#ring the lifetime of a person$ Asthma is not cured0 inhalers are the constant companion of the afflicted$ +eptic #lcer is not cured0 antacids ha!e to be nearb" all the time$ Allerg" is not cured0 the !ictim is alwa"s dependent on medication$ Arthritis is not c#red, it e!ent#all" cripples, and so on$ 2ased on this preliminar" ass#mption of the role of water, it has become a practice to regard the 0dr" mo#th0 as a sign and sensation of bod" water needs, which is f#rther ass#med to be well%reg#lated if the sensation of 0dr" mo#th0 is not present, possibl" beca#se the s#bstance water is ab#ndant and free$ "his is an absurdly erroneous and con!usion'generating iew in medicine and entirely responsible !or the lack o! success in !inding permanent pre enti e solutions to disease emergence in the body, despite so much costly research. I ha!e alread" p#blished an acco#nt of m" clinical obser!ations when I treated more than 1<<< peptic #lcer s#fferers with water alone$ I disco!ered for the first time in medicine that this 0classical disease0 of the bod" responds to water b" itself$ Clinicall", it became ob!io#s that this condition resembled a thirst 0disease$0 6nder the same en!ironmental and clinical settings, other 0disease0 conditions seemed to respond to water b" itself$ E tensi!e research has pro!en m" clinical obser!ations that the bod" has a !ariet" of most sophisticated thirst signals& integrated signal s"stems d#ring reg#lation of the a!ailable water at times of deh"dration$ The combination of m" clinical and literat#re research has shown that the paradigm that has #ntil now go!erned all h#man applied research m#st be changed if we wish to conB#er 0disease$0 It has become clear that the practice of clinical medicine is based on a !alse ass#mption and an inaccurate premise$ 'therwise, how co#ld a signal s"stem for water metabolism dist#rbance be missed or so blatantl" ignored for s#ch a long timeF At the moment, the 0dr" mo#th0 is the only accepted sign of deh"dration of the bod"$ As I ha!e e plained, this signal is the last o#tward sign of e1treme deh"dration$ "he damage occurs at a le el o! persistent dehydration that does not necessarily

demonstrate a "dry mouth" signal. Earlier researchers sho#ld ha!e realiEed that, to facilitate the act of chewing and swallowing food, sali!a is prod#ced e!en if the rest of the bod" is comparati!el" deh"drated$ 4at#rall", chronic deh"dration of the bod" means persistent water shortage that has become established for some time$ Like an" other deficienc" disorder s#ch as !itamin C deficienc" in sc#r!", !itamin 2 deficienc" in beri%beri, iron deficienc" in anemia, !itamin D deficienc" in rickets, or "o# name it, the most efficient method of treatment of the associated disorders is b" s#pplementation of the missing ingredient$ Accordingl", if we begin to recogniEe the health complications of chronic deh"dration, their pre!ention, and e!en earl" c#re, becomes simple$ Altho#gh m" scientific !iews in medicine were peer re!iewed, before I presented m" paradigm change information as a g#est lect#rer at an international cancer conference in /=57, Dr$ 2arr" Hendler(s letter on page /9 Cprinted b" his kind permissionD f#rther confirms the !alidit" of m" scientific !iews on chronic dehydration as a disease producer. As "o# will see, he has e!en st#died some of the important references that I ha!e referred to to e plain that chronic deh"dration is the root ca#se of most ma*or degenerati!e diseases of the h#man bod"I the diseases whose ca#se was not clear #ntil now$ Referring to an" medical te t%book, "o# will see o!er a tho#sand pages of !erbiage, b#t when it comes to gi!ing the reasons for the ma*or diseases of the h#man bod", the statement in all cases is #niform and !er" brief- 0Etiolog" #nknownA0

T5E NEW 3ARADI7M ", new scienti!ic truth is not usually presented in a way to con ince its opponents. 2ather, they die o!!, and a rising generation is !amiliari+ed with the truth !rom the start." Ma1 $lanck The new scientific tr#th and le el o! thinking abo#t the h#man bod" that will empower people to become practitioners of pre!enti!e medicine for themsel!es is as follows- It is the sol!ent& the water content&that reg#lates all f#nctions of the bod", incl#ding the acti!it" of all the sol#tes Cthe solidsD that are dissol!ed in it$ The dist#rbances in water metabolism of the bod" Cthe sol!ent metabolismD prod#ces a !ariet" of signals, indicating a 0s"stem0 dist#rbance in the partic#lar f#nctions associated with the water s#ppl" and its rationed reg#lation$ Let me repeat- e!er" f#nction of the bod" is monitored and pegged to the efficient flow of water$ (.ater distrib#tion0 is the onl" wa" of making s#re that not onl" an adeB#ate amo#nt of water, b#t its transported elements Chormones, chemical messengers and n#trientsD first reach the more !ital organs$ In t#rn, e!er" organ that prod#ces a s#bstance to be made a!ailable to the rest of the bod" will onl" monitor its own rate and standards of prod#ction and release into the 0flowing water,0 according to constantl" changing B#otas set b" the brain$ 'nce the water itself

reaches the 0drier0 areas, it also e ercises its man" other most !ital and missing ph"sical and chemical reg#lator" actions$ .ithin this !iew, water intake and its priorit" distrib#tion achie!e paramo#nt importance$ The reg#lating ne#rotransmitter s"stems Chistamine and its s#bordinate agentsD become increasingl" acti!e d#ring the reg#lation of water reB#irements of the bod"$ Their action sho#ld not be contin#o#sl" blocked b" the #se of medication$ Their p#rpose sho#ld be #nderstood and satisfied b" drinking more water$ I ha!e made e actl" the same statements to a bod" of scientists that had gathered from all o!er the world in Monte Carlo in /=5= for a conference on the topic of inflammation, analgesics, and imm#ne mod#lators$ The new paradigm permits an incorporation of the "!ourth dimension o! time" into scientific research$ It will facilitate an #nderstanding of the damaging effect of an establishing deh"dration that persists and contin#es to increase d#ring an" d#ration of time$ It will make it possible to forecast the ph"siological e!ents that will lead to disease states at some later "ears, incl#ding what at present appears as genetic disorders$ It will transform the present 0shot%in%the%dark, s"mptoms%treating0 approach to the practice of medicine into a scientificall" acc#rate medical artI it will make pre!enti!e forecasting possible$ It will establish e cellent health and red#ce health care costs to indi!id#als and to an" societ" that fosters its spread$ Since water shortage in different areas of the bod" will manifest !ar"ing s"mptoms, signals, and complications now labeled as diseases, people ma" think water co#ld not be offered as a nat#ral sol#tion$ .ater c#res so man" diseasesF 4o wa"A Speaking th#s, the" sh#t their minds to the new possibilit" of pre!enting and possibl" e!en c#ring so man" different 0diseases0 that are deh"dration prod#ced$ It does not occ#r to them that the onl" remed" for conditions that come abo#t when the bod" begins to get deh"drated is water and nothing else$ A n#mber of sample testimonials are p#blished in different sections of this book to open the e"es of skeptics to the fact that the greatest health disco!er" of all times is that water is a nat#ral medication for a !ariet" of health conditions$ .ater Reg#lation at Different Stages of Life There are basicall" three stages to water reg#lation of the bod" in the different phases of life$ 'ne, the stage of life of a fet#s in the #ter#s of the mother Cleft of 2 in ;ig#re /D$ Two, the phase of growth #ntil f#ll height and width is achie!ed Cappro imatel" between the ages of /5 to 93D$ Three, the phase of life from f#ll" grown to the demise of the person$ D#ring the intra#terine stage of cell e pansion, water for cell growth of the child has to be pro!ided b" the mother$ 8owe!er, the transmitter s"stem for water intake seems to be prod#ced b" the fetal tiss#e, b#t registers its effect on the mother$ The !er" first indicator for water needs of the fet#s and the mother seems to be morning sickness d#ring ( the earl" phase of pregnanc"$ Morning sickness o! the mother is a thirst signal o! both the !etus and the mother.

IT S5OU8D BE T5OROU758Y UNDERSTOOD

It is now becoming ob!io#s that because o! a gradually !ailing thirst sensation, o#r bod" becomes chronicall" and increasingl" deh"drated, from an earl" ad#lt age$ .ith increase in age, the water content of the cells of the bod" decreases, to the point that the ratio of the !ol#me of bod" water that is inside the cells to that which is o#tside the cells changes from a fig#re of /$/ and becomes almost <$5 Csee ;ig#re 9D$ This is a !er" drastic change$ Since the 0water0 we drink pro!ides for cell f#nction and its !ol#me reB#irements, the decrease in o#r dail" water intake affects the efficienc" of cell acti!it"$ It is the reason for the loss of water !ol#me held inside the cells of the bod"$ As a res#lt, chronic deh"dration ca#ses s"mptoms that eB#al disease when the !ariet" of emergenc" signals of deh"dration are not #nderstood&as the" are #ntil now not #nderstood$ ?o# see, these #rgent cries of the bod" for water are treated as abnormal and dealt with b" the #se of medications$

The h#man bod" can become deh"drated e!en when ab#ndant water is readil" a!ailable$ &umans seem to lose their thirst sensation and the critical perception o! needing water. %ot recogni+ing their water need, they become

gradually, increasingly, and chronically dehydrated with progress in age Csee ;ig#res / M 9D$ ;#rther conf#sion lies in the idea that when we(re thirst", we can s#bstit#te tea, coffee, or alcohol%containing be!erages$ As "o# will see, this is a common error$ "he "dry mouth " is the ery last sign o! dehydration. "he body can su!!er !rom dehydration e en when the mouth may be !airly moist. )till worse, in the elderly, the mouth can be seen to be ob iously dry and yet thirst may not be acknowledged and satis!ied. WATER 5AS OT5ER IM3ORTANT 3RO3ERTIES Scientific research shows that water has man" other properties besides being a sol!ent and a means of transport$ 4ot ha!ing paid attention to the other properties of water in the reg#lation of different f#nctions in the bod" has prod#ced the pitif#l conf#sions that are infrastr#ct#re to o#r so%called, science%based modern medicine$ N.ater has a firml" established and essential hydrolytic role in all aspects of bod" metabolism&water%dependent chemical reactions Ch"drol"sisD$ Similar to the chemical powers of water that make a seed grow and prod#ce a new plant or a tree- the power o! water that is used in the chemistry o! li!e. 3 At the cell membrane- the osmotic flow of water thro#gh the membrane can generate "hydroelectric" energy C!oltageD that is con!erted and stored in the energ" pools in form of AT+ and @T+&two !ital cell batter" s"stems$ AT+ and @T+ are chemical so#rces of energ" in the bod"$ The energ" generated b" water is #sed in the man#fact#re of AT+ and @T+$ These particles are #sed as 0cash flow0 in elemental e changes, partic#larl" in ne#rotransmission$ N .ater also forms a partic#lar str#ct#re, pattern and shape that seems to be emplo"ed as the adhesi e material in the bondage of the cell architect#re$ Like gl#e, it sticks the solid str#ct#res in the cell membrane together$ It de!elops the stickiness of 0ice0 at higher bod" temperat#re$ N +rod#cts man#fact#red in the brain cells are transported on "waterways" to their destination in the ner!e endings for #se in the transmission of messages$ There seem to e ist small waterwa"s or microstreams along the length of ner!es that 0float0 the packaged materials along 0g#idelines,0 called microt#b#les Csee ;ig#re 1D$ 3 $roteins and the en+ymes o! the body !unction more e!!iciently in solutions o! lower iscosity0 this is tr#e of all the receptors Crecei!er pointsD in the cell membranes$ In sol#tions of higher !iscosit" Cin a deh"drated stateD, proteins and enE"mes become less efficient Cpossibl" incl#des the recognition of thirst of the bod"D$ It follows that water itself reg#lates all f#nctions of the bod", incl#ding the acti!it" of all the sol#tes it carries aro#nd$ The new scientific tr#th Cparadigm shiftD&"Water, the sol ent o! the body, regulates all !unctions, including the acti ity o! the solutes it dissol es and circulates"4sho#ld become the basis of all f#t#re approach to medical research$ .hen the bod" is deh"drated, apart from the establishment of a 0locked%in0 dri!e for water intake, a rationing and distrib#tion s"stem for the a!ailable water in the bod" becomes operati!e according to a predetermined priorit" program&a form of drought management, It is now scientificall" clear that the histamine directed and operated ne#rotransmitter s"stem becomes acti!e and initiates the s#bordinate s"stems that promote water intake$ These s#bordinate s"stems also redistrib#te the amo#nt of water in circ#lation or that can be drawn awa" from other areas$ S#bordinate s"stems emplo" asopressin C!a"so%press%inD, renin'angiotensin CRAD, pro'staglandins Cprosta%glan%din, +@D and kinins Ck"%ninD as the intermediar" agents$ Since the body does not ha e a reser e o! water to draw on, it operates a priorit" distrib#tion s"stem for the amo#nt of water that is alread" a!ailable or has been s#pplied b" its intake$

In the amphibian species, it has been shown that histamine reser!es and their rate of generation are at minimal

le!els$ In the same species, histamine generation becomes established and gets prono#nced whene!er the animal is deh"drated$ A proportionate increase in the prod#ction rate and storage of the ne#rotransmitter histamine for rationing reg#lation of the a!ailable water in deh"drated animals&dro#ght management&becomes established$ 8istamine and its s#bordinate water intake and distrib#tion reg#lators, prostaglandins, kinins, and $,F Canother histamine associated agentD also ca#se pain when the" come across pain%sensing ner!es in the bod"$ The abo!e 0!iew shift0 in medicine establishes two ma*or points that ha!e been disregarded #ntil now$ 'ne, the bod" can become deh"drated as we progress in age$ At the same time, it disregards "dry mouth" as the only indicator o! body thirst. Two, when the ne#rotransmitter histamine generation and its s#bordinate water reg#lators become e cessi!el" acti!e, to the point of ca#sing allergies, asthma, and chronic pains in different parts of the bod", these pains should be translated as a thirst signal4one ariety o! the crisis signals o! water shortage in the body. This 0paradigm shift0 will now make it possible to recogniEe man" different associated signals of general or local bod" deh"dration$ The adoption of the 0!iew shift0 Cnew paradigmD dictates that chronic pains of the bod" that cannot be easil" e plained as in*#r" or infection sho#ld !irst and !oremost be interpreted as signals of chronic water shortage in the area where pain is registered&a local thirst These pain signals sho#ld be first considered and e cl#ded as primar" indicators for deh"dration of the bod" before an" other complicated proced#res are forced on the patient$ %on' in!ectious "recurring" or chronic pains should be iewed as indicators o! body thirst. 4ot recogniEing the thirst signals of the bod" will #ndo#btedl" prod#ce complicated problems in the present wa" of treatment of these conditions$ It is all too eas" to ass#me these signals as complications of a serio#s disease process and begin to treat signal%prod#cing deh"dration with complicated proced#res$ Altho#gh water b" itself will alle!iate the condition, medications or in!asi!e diagnostic proced#res ma" be forced on the person$ It is the responsibility o! both patients and their doctors to be aware o! the damage chronic dehydration can cause in the human body. These chronic pains incl#de dyspeptic pain, rheumatoid arthritis pain, anginal pain Cheart pain on walking, or e!en at restD, low back pain, intermittent daudication pain Cleg pain on walkingD, migraine and hango er headaches, colitis pain and its associated constipation CSee fig#re : on page 91D$ The 0!iew shift0 dictates that all these pains sho#ld be treated with a reg#lar ad*#stment to dail" water intake$ 4o less than two and a half B#arts Ctwo and one half litersD in 9: ho#rs sho#ld be taken for a few da"s prior to the ro#tine and reg#lar #se of analgesics or other pain%relie!ing medications s#ch as antihistamine or antacids&well before permanent local or general damage can establish and reach an irre!ersible disease stat#s$ JJ the problem has persisted !or many years, those who wish to test the pain relie ing property o! water should make sure their kidneys can make su!!icient urine so that they do not retain too much water in the body. 6rine o#tp#t sho#ld be meas#red against water intake$ .ith increase in water intake, the #rine o#tp#t sho#ld also increase$ This new #nderstanding of the physiology o! pain production in dehydration will shed light on ca#se of disease in f#t#re medical research$ It e poses as detrimental to the well%being of the bod" the long%term #se of pain medications for 0killing0 a cardinal signal of chronic and local deh"dration of the bod"$

In their own right, these pain'killers CanalgesicsD can ca#se fatal side effects, apart from the damage that is ca#sed b" the ongoing deh"dration that is temporaril" silenced witho#t remo!ing the root ca#se of these pains&

deh"dration$ )er" often, these analgesics ca#se gastrointestinal bleeding$ , !ew thousand people die e ery year !rom this complication o! !re5uent analgesic intake. It is now 67889: clear that o er'the'counter pain'killers can in some people cause li er and kidney damage and act as people killers. The scientific backgro#nd for the abo!e !iews is alread" a!ailable to scientists in pain research$ This brief is intended to br#sh aside the professional resistance of the AMA and the 4I8 which are aware of m" findings and ha!e, contrar" to their oath and obligations to the societ", ref#sed to propagate it to the #ltimate benefit of the p#blic$ This 0!iew shift0 on the role of water in the bod" can work wonders in the f#t#re practice of clinical medicine&which is wh" these professional bodies, who gain b" the perpet#ation of their past ignorance, ha!e not engaged in the dissemination of information abo#t the problems associated with lack of s#fficient water in the h#man bod"$ The moment medical professionals adopt this paradigm shift, the present form of 0ignorance of the h#man bod" based medical practice0 will transform to a tho#ghtf#l, pre!enti!e approach to health care$ More importantl", simple physiology'based cures to earl" disease emergence will become a!ailable well be!ore irre!ersible damage can establish$ DYS3E3TIC 3AIN , newly recogni+ed emergency thirst signal o! the human body. Dyspeptic pain is the most important signal for the h#man bod"$ It denotes deh"dration$ It is a thirst signal of the bod"$ It can occ#r in the !er" "o#ng, as well as in older people$ Chronic and persistentl" increasing deh"dration is the root ca#se of almost all c#rrentl" enco#ntered ma*or diseases of the h#man bod"$ 'f the d"speptic pains, that of gastritis, d#odenitis, and heartb#rn sho#ld be treated with an increase in water intake alone$ .hen there is associated #lceration, attention to the dail" diet to enhance the rate of repair of the #lcer site becomes necessar"$ According to +rofessor 8oward Spiro of ?ale 6ni!ersit", it is generall" #nderstood that /9 percent of those with d"spepsia de!elop #lceration in their d#oden#m after si "ears, 1< percent after /< "ears and :< percent after 97 "ears$ It is the d"speptic pain that is of significance, altho#gh the condition de!elops importance once the #lceration is !iewed thro#gh the endoscopic e amination$ It seems that medical practice is becoming more and more a !is#all" oriented discipline rather than the percepti!e and tho#ght%based art that it was at one time$ It is the pain associated with these differentl" classified conditions that forces the person to cons#lt a medical practitioner$ It is this pain that is now getting m#ch attention e!en tho#gh man" different *argons are attached to the local conditions seen thro#gh the endoscope$ The common factor is the d"speptic pain$ The local tiss#e change is the descripti!e e planation for the changes bro#ght abo#t b" the basic common !actor, namel" the initiating deh"dration$ 8ow am I able to make s#ch claimsF I ha!e treated with only water well o!er 1<<< persons with d"speptic pain who had other disting#ishing characteristics to classif" them according to those *argons$ "hey all responded to an increase in their water intake, and their clinical problems associated with the pain disappeared. The report of m" new wa" of treating d"speptic pain with water was p#blished as the editorial article in the ;ournal o! <linical =astroenterology in G#ne of /=51$ At a certain threshold of deh"dration, when the bod" #rgentl" calls for water, nothing else can s#bstit#te$ 4o medication other than water is effecti!e$ 'ne of the man" patients I treated with water stands o#t and pro!es this fact$ 8e was a "o#ng man in his middle twenties$ 8e had s#ffered from peptic #lcer disease for a n#mber of "ears before the crisis time, when I met him$ 8e had the #s#al diagnostic proced#res performed on him and recei!ed the label of 0d#odenal #lcer$0 8e had been gi!en antacids and brand name cimetidine medications$ Cimetidine is a form of !er" strong medication that blocks the action of histamine on its 09nd0 t"pe recei!er points, generall" known as 0receptors0 in the bod", and, in this case, known as histamine 9 or 8E receptor$ It *#st happens that some cells in the stomach that prod#ce the acid are sensiti!e to this medication$ 8owe!er, man", man" other cells in the bod" that do not prod#ce acid are also sensiti!e to this blocking action of the medication$ That is wh" this medication has man" other side effects, Cincl#ding impotence in the "o#ngD and has pro!en e tremel" dangero#s in the chronicall" deh"drated older age gro#p$ The first time I set e"es on the "o#ng man was at ele!en one e!ening in the s#mmer of /=5<$ 8e was in s#ch pain that he was almost semiconscio#s$ 8e was l"ing folded in the fetal position on the floor of his room$ 8e was groaning steadil", #naware of his en!ironment and the worried people aro#nd him$ .hen I talked to him, he did not respond$ 8e was not comm#nicating with those aro#nd him$ I had to shake him to get a response$ I asked him what was the matter$ 8e groaned, 0M" #lcer is killing me$0 I asked him how long he had had the pain$ 8e said his pain started at one in the afternoon, immediatel" after his l#nch$ The pain increased in intensit" as time passed$ I asked him what he had done to get relief and if he had taken an" medication$ 8e replied that he had taken three tablets of cimetidine and one whole bottle of antacid d#ring this time$ 8e indicated that he got absol#tel" no relief, e!en with this amo#nt of medication, in the ten ho#rs since his pain first started$ .hen so m#ch medication cannot relie!e the pain of peptic #lcer disease, one a#tomaticall" becomes s#spicio#s of 0ac#te abdomen,0 something that might possibl" need s#rgical e ploration$ Ma"be his #lcer had perforatedA I had seen and assisted in the operation of patients with perforated peptic #lcers$ Those persons were de!astated&!er" m#ch like the "o#ng man before me$ The test is !er" simpleI s#ch patients de!elop a !er" rigid abdominal wall, almost like a wooden board$ I felt for the rigidit" of the wall of the abdomen in this "o#ng man$ ;ort#natel", he had

not perforated$ 8is abdominal wall was soft, b#t tender from the pain$ 8e was l#ck" he had not perforated, altho#gh if he had contin#ed like this, the acid wo#ld ha!e p#nched a hole thro#gh his now inflamed #lcer$ The arsenal of medications in s#ch circ#mstances is !er" limited$ Three cimetidine tablets of 1<< milligrams each and one f#ll bottle of antacid co#ld not relie!e the pain$ 'ften, s#ch cases wo#ld end on the operating table of a knife%happ" s#rgeon$ 2eca#se of m" e tensi!e e perience with the pain%relie!ing propert" of water in d"speptic pains, I ga!e this man two f#ll glasses of water&one pint$ At first he was rel#ctant to drink the water$ I told him he had taken the #s#al medications witho#t an" res#lt$ 8e sho#ld now tr" 0m" medication0 for this disease$ 8e had no choice$ 8e was in se!ere pain and did not know what to do abo#t it$ I sat in a corner and obser!ed him for a few min#tes$ I had to lea!e the room, and when I ret#rned in abo#t fifteen min#tes, his pain had become less se!ere and his groans stopped$ I ga!e him another f#ll ,glass of water&half a pint$ In a few min#tes, his pain disappeared completel" and he started taking notice of the people aro#nd him$ 8e sat #p and began to mo!e toward the wall of the room$ .ith his back to the wall, he started to cond#ct con!ersations with his !isitors who were now more s#rprised than he at the s#dden transformation that three glasses of water had bro#ght abo#tA ;or /< ho#rs, this man had s#ffered from pain and taken the most potent and ad!anced medicines for the treatment of peptic #lcer disease witho#t an" relief$ 4ow, three glasses o! water had prod#ced an ob!io#s and absol#te relief in abo#t 9< min#tes$ If "o# refer to ;ig#re : on page 91 and compare the statements in the model on pain with the e perience of the abo!e patient, "o# will recogniEe the brain component to the intensit" of signaling thirst in the body. After a certain threshold, local painkillers will not be effecti!e$ The antacid and 8I blocking agent cimetidine did not prod#ce e!en a red#ction in the pain felt b" the "o#ng man$ It was water alone that registered the right message with the brain to abort its call for water, since there was now an #nmistakable signal of its adeB#ate presence in the bod"$ The same mode of pain registration is operati!e in other regions that signal deh"dration in an" partic#lar indi!id#al$ +eople with rhe#matoid *oint pain sho#ld be aware of this partic#lar phenomenon of pain registration at the brain when there is se!ere deh"dration$ I had another occasion to test whether the abdominal pain registration for deh"dration was time%dependent or water% !ol#me%dependent$ This time, a man was carried b" two other persons into the clinic where I was working at the time$ The patient co#ld not walkI he was lifted from #nder his arms b" two other persons$ 8e, too, was a peptic #lcer patient in e tremel" se!ere #pper abdominal or d"speptic pain$ After e amination to see that he had not perforated, I ga!e the patient one f#ll glass of water e!er" ho#r$ 8e did not achie!e total relief in 9< min#tes, or e!en one ho#r and 9< min#tes$ 8e reco!ered after he had taken three glasses of water$ 'n the a!erage, it takes less se!ere cases abo#t eight minutes to achie!e total pain relief$ It has been shown e perimentall" that, when we drink one glass of water, it immediately passes into the intestine and is absorbed$ 8owe!er, within one half%ho#r, almost the same amo#nt of water is secreted into the stomach thro#gh its gland#lar la"er in the m#cosa$ It swells from #nderneath and gets into the stomach, read" to be #sed for food breakdown$ The act of digestion of solid foods depends on the presence of copio#s amo#nts of water$ The acid is po#red on the food, enE"mes are acti!ated, and the food is broken down into a homogeniEed fl#id state that can pass into the intestine for the ne t phase of digestion$ The m#c#s co!ers the glands( la"er of the m#cosa, which is the innermost la"er of the str#ct#re of the stomach Csee ;ig#re 3D$ M#c#s consists of =5 percent water and two percent the ph"sical 0scaffolding0 that traps water$ In this 0water la"er0 called m#c#s, a nat#ral b#ffer state is established$ The cells below secrete sodi#m bicarbonate that is trapped in the water la"er$ As the acid from the stomach tries to go thro#gh this protecti!e la"er, the bicarbonate ne#traliEes it$ The o#tcome of this action is a greater prod#ction of salt Csodi#m from the bicarbonate and chlorine from the acidD$ Too m#ch salt alters the water%holding properties of the 0scaffolding0 material of m#c#s$ Too m#ch acid ne#traliEation and salt deposits in this m#c#s la"er wo#ld make it less homogeneo#s and stick" and wo#ld allow the acid to get to the m#cosal la"er, ca#sing pain$

The nat#ral design in the resection of water thro#gh the m#c#s la"er seems to be the process of "back'washing" the m#c#s la"er and getting rid of the salt deposits$ This is a most efficient design for reh"drating the m#c#s la"er from the bottom when new m#c#s is also secreted$ This refreshed, thickened and stick" m#c#s barrier is the nat#ral protecti!e shield against the acid in the stomach$ 4at#rall", the efficienc" of this shield depends on a reg#lar intake of water, partic#larl" before the intake of different solid foods that wo#ld stim#late the prod#ction of acid from the glands in the stomach wall$ Th#s, water pro!ides the onl" nat#ral protection against the acid in the stomach, from base #pward$ Antacids are designed to attach to the acid in the stomach itself& an inefficient protection$ .e sho#ld begin to realiEe that in the same wa" we ha!e a 0h#nger pain0 signal, we also ha!e a 0thirst pain0 signal in the bod"$ It is #nfort#nate the" call it 0d"spepsia0 and treat it with all sorts of medications #ntil there is local d#odenal or stomach tiss#e damage from the metabolic complications of deh"dration$ The #se of antacids for the relief of this pain is generall" the accepted form of treatment$ These s#bstances are non%prescription slow poisons that one can b#" e!en in the s#permarkets$ Significant research cond#cted in Sweden has shown that the outcome is the same in those who do not ha!e an act#al #lcer and "et ha!e the classical d"speptic pain, whether or not the" #se a placebo, an antacid, or e!en the agent that blocks the action of histamine$ In other words, neither antacid nor the stronger medication are all that effecti!e$ It is at this stage of bod" ph"siolog", now generating signals of deh"dration, that one sho#ld be pr#dent

and refrain from the #se of an" form of medication$ .ater is most probabl" the onl" effecti!e s#bstance to gi!e relief$ After all water, and onl" water, is what the bod" wants, needs, and is calling for$ If we search acc#ratel" for other signs, there wo#ld be more indicators of deh"dration$ Do not imagine that d"speptic pain is the indicator of an isolated and localiEed phenomenon$ In any case, dyspeptic pain is a signal o! dehydration4a thirst signal4o! the body, e en i! there is an associated ulcer. If water is taken and it relie!es "o#r pain, with adeB#ate food intakeJ the #lcer is bo#nd to repair itself in d#e time$ It is now said that #lcers are the res#lt of infections$ M" researched opinion is that the !ariet" of c#r!ed bacteria, blamed for ca#sing #lcerations, are commensals, bacteria that nat#rall" dwell in the intestines$ The" ma" take an #nfair ad!antage from the imm#ne s"stem s#ppression that is the direct o#tcome of deh"dration$ ?o# see, the normal intestinal bacteria cohabitate with #s and prod#ce m#ch of the !itamins needed b" the bod"$ The" contrib#te to o#r well%being when we are strong$ In deh"dration, partic#larl" at the site of the !al!e between the stomach and the d#oden#m man" histamine prod#cing ner!es e ist$ This partic#lar c#r!ed bacteri#m benefits from thegrowth hormone e!!ects o! histamine. at the same time that these ner!es are restricti!el" monitoring the rate of flow of the strongl" acidic content of the stomach into the intestine$ In an" case, not all #lcer sites show the presence of 0helicobacters$0 Also, an infinite n#mber of people ma" ha!e helicobacter in their intestines and not s#ffer from #lcersA Antacids that contain al#min#m are dangero#s$ The" sho#ld not be freel" #sed for a condition that will respond to an increase in water intake$ E cessi!e al#min#m in circ#lation has been !er" strongl" implicated as a precipitating factor on top of other considerations in AlEheimer%t"pe disease$ It is imperati!e to #nderstand this relationship between taking al#min#m%containing antacids for a long period of time and its possible acc#m#lati!e to ic side effect of brain damage in AlEheimer(s disease$ 4o amo#nt of genetic st#d" will #ndo the to ic side effect of a metal #sed in medications to deal with a simple signal of thirst #nder a wrong paradigm$ Most antacids contain between /3<%><< milligrams of al#min#m in e!er" spoonf#l of the liB#id, or in each tablet that is chewed$ The island of @#am has m#ch al#min#m ore in its soil Cnormall" the case for some regions in the .estern +acific& @#am island, Hii penins#la in Gapan, .estern 4ew @#inea, and othersD$ The drinking water of the island was hea!il" contaminated with al#min#m$ D#ring the time this contamination was not recogniEed and remained in the drinking water, a disease similar to AlEheimer dementia was pre!alent on the island$ E!en the "o#nger people on the island seemed to s#ffer from the disease$ A n#mber of "ears ago this problem was recogniEed and the water p#rified$ It has been noticed that the "o#nger people seem not to be afflicted an" more$ It is now taken for granted that it was the al#min#m to icit" in the drinking water that ca#sed an AlEheimer%t"pe of dementia on the island of @#am$ 8istamine blocking agents are also not s#itable for long%term #se$ The" ha!e man" side effects$ These incl#de diEEiness and conf#sion states in the elderl"$ Enlarged breasts appear in men after a few weeks of taking this medication$ Low sperm co#nt in some male patients and loss of libido ha!e also been noted$ 4#rsing mothers or pregnant women sho#ld not #se this t"pe of medication to treat the thirst signals of the bod"&the child(s and the mother(s$ 2rain capillaries respond to deh"dration b" dilating if histamine stim#lates them$ These antihistamines will block the capillar" dilating action of histamine when the brain has to tab#late more information than normal, s#ch as when #nder the press#re of stress$ The brain will get less blood s#ppl" when antihistamines are #sed for d"speptic pain treatment$ "he primary cause o! ,l+heimer#s disease is chronic dehydration o! the body. In m" opinion, brain cell deh"dration is the primar" ca#se of AlEheimer disease$ Al#min#m to icit" is a secondar" complication of deh"dration in areas of the world with comparati!el" al#min#m%free water$ Ca#tion- In the technicall" ad!anced .estern societies al#min#m s#lphate is at times #sed in the process of water p#rification for deli!er" into the cit" water s#pplies$ In prolonged dehydration, the brain cells begin to shrink. Imagine a pl#m grad#all" t#rning into a pr#ne$ 6nfort#natel", in a deh"drated state, man", man" f#nctions of brain cells begin to get lost, s#ch as the transport s"stem that deli!ers ne#rotransmitters to ner!e endings$ 'ne of m" medical friends took this information to heart and started treating his brother who has AlEheimer(s disease b" forcing him to take more water e!er" da"$ 8is brother has beg#n to reco!er his memor", so m#ch so that he can now follow con!ersation and not freB#entl" repeat himself$ The impro!ement became noticeable in a matter of weeks$ It sho#ld be recogniEed that altho#gh pain is localiEed to the region of the stomach, the deh"dration is established all o!er the bod"$ 4ot recogniEing d"speptic pain to be a thirst signal calling for water will, later in Me, ca#se the h#man bod" man" irre!ersible problems$ 'f co#rse, a stomach t#mor co#ld ca#se a similar pain$ 8owe!er, that pain will not disappear with water$ It will contin#e to rec#r$ In case there are repeated pains e!en when water intake has been reg#lated for a n#mber of da"s, it wo#ld be pr#dent to cons#lt a ph"sician for assessment of the condition$ If the pain is from gastritis and d#odenitis, or e!en peptic #lcerations, reg#lar intake of water is a m#st in the dail" ro#tine and dietar" ad*#stments for the treatment of the conditions$ CO8ITIS 3AIN Colitis pain, felt in the lower left part of the abdomen, sho#ld initiall" be !iewed as another thirst signal for the h#man bod"$ It is often associated with constipation, itself ca#sed b" persistent deh"dration$ 'ne of the main f#nctions of the large intestine is the process of taking water o#t of the e crements so that too m#ch of it is not lost in the waste matter after food digestion$ .hen there is deh"dration, the resid#e is nat#rall"

de!oid of the normal amo#nt of water necessar" for its easier passage$ Also, b" slowing down the flow and f#rther sB#eeEing the content, e!en the final drops of water will be drawn awa" from the solid resid#e in the large g#t$ Th#s, constipation will become a complication of deh"dration in the bod"$ .ith added food intake, more solid waste will be packed into the intestine and increase the b#rden for passage of its hardened waste content$ This process will ca#se pain$ Colitis pain sho#ld initiall" be considered as a thirst signal of the bod"$ .ith adeB#ate water intake, the left lower abdominal pain that is associated with constipation will disappear$ Eating an apple, a pear, or an orange in the e!enings will help red#ce constipation in the ne t da"$ FA8SE A33ENDICITIS 3AIN A se!ere pain can sometimes appear on the right lower abdominal region$ It can mimic an inflammation of the appendi and present some similarit" to the pain of earl" appendicitis$ 'ther disting#ishing characteristics are not seenI there is no rise in bod" temperat#reI there is no g#arding and tenderness in the abdominal wall and no feeling of na#sea$ 'ne or two glasses of water will relie!e this lower right abdominal pain$ 'ne glass of water can ser!e as a diagnostic tool in this partic#lar condition$ 5IATUS 5ERNIA ?o# often come across the classical d"speptic pain that the doctor has diagnosed as hiat#s hernia Chiatal herniaD$ 8iat#s hernia means displacement of the #pper part of the stomach thro#gh the gap of the diaphragm Cthe esophageal hiat#sD into the chest ca!it"$ This wo#ld be an #nnat#ral location for the stomach to be in$ .ith a part of the stomach in the chest, food digestion becomes painf#l$ The acid in the stomach will freel" p#sh #pward and to#ch the #nprotected wall of the esophag#s$ It ca#ses the pain of heartb#rn$ 4ormall", the content of the #pper part of the stomach is sealed off and cannot pass #pward into the esophag#s when food is being digested$ The normal direction of intestinal contractions is downward, from the mo#th to the rect#m$ ;#rthermore, there are two !al!es that pre!ent the reg#rgitation of food #pward$ 'ne !al!e is located in the wall of the tract between the esophag#s and the stomach$ This !al!e onl" rela es when food is going into the stomach$ The other trap !al!e is located o#tside of the tract in the diaphragm, where the esophag#s passes thro#gh its hiatus to *oin the stomach$ This 0trap !al!e0 is s"nchroniEed to rela e!er" time the food that is being swallowed in the esophag#s has to pass thro#gh it$ At other times, it is tight and does not permit the content of the stomach to pass #pward$ This is the normal state of affairs for the two 0!al!es0 that pre!ent the passage of food from re!ersing direction and passing #pward$ The intestinal tract, from the mo#th to the rect#m, is a long t#be$ Different parts of it ha!e de!eloped special ph"sical and f#nctional attrib#tes to make the process of food digestion and the e!ac#ation of its waste prod#cts a well%integrated and smooth operation$ There are man", man" local hormones that make this operation possible$ Local hormones are chemical messengers that signal and time the ne t stage of the process to 0kick in$0 The" ca#se the necessar" enE"mes to be secreted to f#rther the breakdown and s#bseB#ent absorption of the acti!e materials in food$ Earl" in the process of digestion, acid is secreted in the stomach to acti!ate the enE"mes and help in the breakdown of solid proteins s#ch as meat and hard%to%digest foods$ 4ormall", the liB#efied b#t highl" acidic content of the stomach is p#mped into the first part of the intestine$ There is a !al!e between the stomach and the intestine$ It is called the 0p"loric !al!e$0 The operation of this !al!e is reg#lated b" the message s"stem from either side of the 0tract$0 It is one thing for the stomach to wish to empt" its content into the intestineI it is another thing for the intestine to be read" to recei!e this highl" corrosi!e and acidic gastric content The pancreas is a gland that secretes ins#lin to reg#late blood s#gar$ It also po#rs some essential digesti!e enE"mes into the intestine$ The pancreas has, at the same time, the ph"siological responsibilit" of rendering the intestinal en!ironment alkaline before the acid from the stomach can reach the intestine$ The most important f#nction of the pancreas is its constant role of man#fact#ring and secreting of a 0water" bicarbonate sol#tion0&the alkaline sol#tion that will ne#traliEe the acid that enters the intestine$ To man#fact#re the water" bicarbonate sol#tion, the pancreas will need m#ch water from the circ#lation$ In deh"dration, this process is not !er" efficient$ ;or this reason, the p"loric !al!e will not recei!e the dear signals to open and allow stomach acid to po#r into the intestine$ This is the first step in the prod#ction of the d"speptic pain, the initial thirst indicator of the h#man bod"$ .hen we drink water, depending on the !ol#me of water that enters the stomach, a hormoneJne#rotransmitter called 0motilin0 is secreted$ The more water we drink, the more motilin is prod#ced b" the intestinal tract and can be meas#red in blood circ#lation$ The effect of motilin on the intestinal tract, as its name implies, is to prod#ce rh"thmic contractions of the intestines& peristalsis&from its #pper parts to its lower end$ +art of this action wo#ld in!ol!e the timel" opening and closing of the !al!es that are in the wa" of flow of the intestinal content$ Th#s, when there is eno#gh water in the bod" for all the digesti!e processes that depend on the a!ailabilit" of water, the pancreas will prod#ce its water" bicarbonate sol#tion to prepare the #pper part of the intestinal tract to recei!e the acidic content of the stomach$ 6nder s#ch ideal circ#mstances, the p"loric !al!e is also allowed to open for the e!ac#ation of the content of the stomach$ Motilin has a ma*or 0transmission0 role in coordinating this action$ Motilin is a satiet" hormone secreted when water e tends the stomach wall$ The problem begins when there is not eno#gh water in the bod" for these digesti!e e!ents to take place in a

coordinated manner$ In no wa" will the s"stem allow the corrosi!e acid content of the stomach to reach the intestine if the mechanism to ne#traliEe it is not effecti!e$ The damage wo#ld be irreparable$ The walls of the intestines do not possess the same protecti!e la"er against acid that is a!ailable to the stomach$ The first thing that happens is the re!ersal of the strength of contraction in the !al!es on either side of the stomach$ The p"loric !al!e will constrict more and more$ The ring !al!e between the esophag#s and the stomach and the e ternal 0!al!e0 of the diaphragm will become more rela ed$ Initiall", some of the acid ma" flow into the esophag#s when the person is l"ing down and prod#ce a t"pe of pain that is often called heartb#rn$ In some, the la it" of the 0!al!e0 in the diaphragm ma" be s#ch that a portion of the stomach ma" pass thro#gh it into the chest and achie!e the title of hiat#s hernia$ .hen the !al!es re!erse their mode of operation for the normal flow of the stomach content, in effect the" are preparing for another e!ent#al and #na!oidable o#tcome- the e!ac#ation of the stomach content thro#gh the mo#th$ If the stomach content cannot go into the intestine and it cannot indefinitel" remain in the stomach, there is onl" one other wa" o#t&thro#gh the mo#th$ ;or this action to take place, the intestinal tract is capable of re!ersing the direction of its contractions$ The re!ersal of the contractions is called 0anti%peristalsis$0 'ne of the most mis#nderstood and #psetting conditions that is a complication of se!ere deh"dration is bulimia. +eople who s#ffer from b#limia&the most notable of them is +rincess Diana, who has been de!astated with this problem and whose marriage to +rince Charles was destro"ed beca#se of this antisocial problem&s#ffer from constant 0h#nger$0 .hen the" eat, the" cannot retain the food and ha!e an instant #ncontrollable #rge to !omit& th#s, their antisocial life%st"le$ In these people, their sensation of 0h#nger0 is, in fact, an indicator of thirst, and their #rge to !omit is the protection mechanism that is e plained abo!e$ If b#limics begin to reh"drate their bod" well and drink water before their food, this problem will disappear$ In m" opinion, beca#se of the repeated corrosi!e effect of the reg#rgitating acid on the #nprotected esophageal tiss#e, there is a strong relationship between heartb#rn of earl" life and e!ent#al cancer of the lower end of the esophag#s$ D"speptic pain, no matter what other pathological label is attached to it, sho#ld be treated b" reg#lar intake of water$ The c#rrent treatment practice and the #se of antacids and histamine%blocking agents is not to the benefit of a chronicall" deh"drated person whose bod" has resorted to cr"ing for water$ A$2$ is herself engaged in the promotion of alternati!e medicine$ She is !er" strongl" into chelation therap"$ She has compiled other people(s information and written a pop#lar book on chelation$ 8owe!er, she had herself s#ffered for man" "ears from e cr#ciating pains from her hiat#s hernia$ 8er h#sband, himself a most delightf#l a#thor, tells me that A$2$ co#ld hardl" sit thro#gh a meal and not s#ffer from s#ch se!ere pains as to be able to complete her food and en*o" sitting down for a chat$ At times, the" wo#ld ha!e to lea!e the resta#rant beca#se the pain wo#ld not allow her e!en a short respite to finish her meal$ A$2$ tells me she hardl" drank an" water$ 'nl" after 8$2$ had b" chance come across m" book and read it, did the" finall" #nderstand A$2$(s problem$ She began drinking water$ As she increased her water intake, she noticed her pain was less se!ere$ In a matter of da"s it disappeared completel", ne!er to come back$ The h#sband and wife now en*o" going o#t to eat$ M" wife and I ate with them a few times$ It appears her hiatal hernia and its pain are ancient histor"$ It is interesting to note that e!en chelation, her pet treatment proced#re for so man" conditions, co#ld not help her$ It sho#ld become clear that the hidden merits of chelation therap" in most cases is in its reB#ired high%!ol#me water intake d#ring the act#al treatment proced#re$ 8owe!er in the past, increased water intake was not a ro#tine recommendation for in%between the treatment sessions$ 2#t, as a res#lt of m" talks and re!iews of m" book in their fa!orite ;ournal o! "ownsend >etter !or Doctors, most practitioners of 0Alternati!e Medicine0 are now recommending increased water intake b" their patients$ Chelation therap" is most effecti!e in e tracting to ic metals o#t of the bod"$ In S#mmar"- D"speptic pain is a thirst signal associated with chronic or se!ere deh"dration in the h#man bod"$ It co#ld also e ist in con*#nction with other thirst pains of the bod"$ Take a look at Mr$ Lig#ori(s letter on page =9$ As "o# can see, Mr$ Lig#ori had both the pain of hiatal hernia and also anginal pain$ .ith increased water intake, one pain has disappeared and the other has diminished significantl" in onl" one week of increased water intake$ At the time of the final writing of this page, his pain seems to ha!e completel" cleared #p$ 0The worst sin toward o#r fellow creat#res is not to hate them, b#t to be indifferent to them- that(s the essence of inh#manit"$0 =eorge Bernard )how, 7?8@ R5EUMATOID ART5RITIS 3AINS Abo#t 3< million Americans s#ffer from some form of arthritis, 1< million people s#ffer from low back pain, millions s#ffer from arthritic neck pains, and 9<<,<<< children are affected b" the *#!enile form of arthritis$ 'nce an" of these conditions establishes in an indi!id#al, it becomes a sentence for s#ffering d#ring the rest of the indi!id#al(s life& unless the simplicit" of the root%ca#se of the problem is f#ll" #nderstood$ Initiall", rhe#matoid arthritic *oints and their pain are to be !iewed as indicators of water deficienc" in the affected *oint cartilage s#rfaces$ Arthritis pain is another of the regional thirst signals of the bod"$ In some arthritis pains, salt shortage ma" be a contrib#ting factor$ The cartilage s#rfaces of bones in a *oint contain m#ch water$ The l#bricating propert" of this 0held water0 is #tiliEed

in the cartilage allowing the two opposing s#rfaces to freel" glide o!er one another d#ring *oint mo!ement$ .hereas the bone cells are immersed in calci#m deposits, the cartilage cells are immersed in a matri containing m#ch water$

As the cartilage s#rfaces glide o!er one another, some e posed cells die and peel awa"$ 4ew cells take their place from the growing ends that are attached to the bone s#rfaces on the two sides$ In a well%h"drated cartilage, the rate of friction damage is minimal$ In a deh"drated cartilage, the rate of 0abrasi!e0 damage is increased$ The ratio between the rate of regeneration of cartilage cells to their 0abrasi!e peel0 is the inde of *oint efficienc"$ Acti!el" growing blood cells in the bone marrow take priorit" o!er the cartilage for the a!ailable water that goes thro#gh the bone str#ct#re$ In the process of dilating the blood !essels to bring more circ#lation to the area, it is possible that the branch that goes thro#gh a tight hole in the bone cannot e pand adeB#atel" eno#gh to copeI the cells that depend on these !essels for an increased water and n#trient s#ppl" are #nder a ph"sicall" imposed rationing control$ 6nder s#ch circ#mstances, and #nless there is blood dil#tion to carr" more water, the 0ser#m0 reB#irements of the cartilage will ha!e to be satisfied from the blood !essels that feed the caps#le of the *oint$ The ner!e reg#lated sh#nting mechanisms Cto all the *ointsD also prod#ce signals of pain$ Initiall", this pain is an indication that the *oint is not f#ll" prepared to end#re press#re #ntil it is f#ll" h"drated$ This t"pe of pain has to be treated with a reg#lar increase in water intake to prod#ce some dil#tion of blood that is circ#lating to the area #ntil the cartilage is f#ll" h"drated and repaired from its base attachment to the bone&the

normal bone ro#te of ser#m diff#sion to the cartilage$ A look at ;ig#res A and 7 will help make the points clear$ It is m" ass#mption that the swelling and pain in the caps#le of the *oint is an indication there is dilation and edema from the !essels that f#rnish circ#lation to the caps#le of the *oint$ Goint s#rfaces ha!e ner!e endings that reg#late all f#nctions$ .hen the" place a demand for more blood circ#lation to the area to pick #p water from the ser#m, the compensator" !asc#lar e pansion in the caps#le is s#pposed to make #p for the inefficienc" of circ#lation from the bone ro#te of s#ppl"$

2eca#se deh"dration in the *oint s#rfaces will e!ent#all" ca#se se!ere damage&to the point of making the bone s#rfaces bare and e posed #ntil osteoarthritis becomes established&the tiss#e damage will trigger a mechanism for remodeling of the *oint There are hormone%secreting cells in the caps#le of the *oint$ .hen there is damage Calso from deh"drationD, in*#red tiss#e has to be repaired$ These 0local remodeling hormones0 take o!er and restr#ct#re the *oint s#rfaces$ It seems that the" cater to the lines of force and press#re that the *oints ha!e to end#re$ 6nfort#natel", the repair process seems to prod#ce a de!iation of the *oints$ To a!oid s#ch disfig#rement, one sho#ld take the !er" initial pain serio#sl" and begin a strict attention to dail" intake of water$ Initiall", this pain sho#ld be recogniEed as a sign of local deh"dration$ If it does not disappear after a few da"s of water intake and repeated gentle bending of the *oints to bring more circ#lation to the area, one sho#ld then cons#lt a professional practitioner of medicine$ ?o# ha!e nothing to lose and e!er"thing to gain b" recogniEing the pain and the non%infectio#s inflammation of a

rhe#matoid *oint as a thirst signal in "o#r bod"$ ?o# are probabl" showing other signals for water shortage in "o#r bod", b#t this partic#lar site is indicating predisposition to a more se!ere local damage$ If we #nderstand the bod" to ha!e diffic#lt" in recogniEing its thirst state, it is possible that this lower state of alertness is also inheritable b" a child$ It is possible that deh"dration in a rapidl" growing child might also indicate its presence b" the pain felt in the *oints as well as it can be felt in heartb#rn$ The mode of signal prod#ction that wo#ld denote thirst might nat#rall" be the same in the "o#ng, as well as in older people$ It is therefore recommended that *#!enile arthritis sho#ld also be treated with an increase in dail" water intake$ As "o# can see, Dr$ La#rence Malone, whose letter is p#blished below, is an e perienced medical doctor and an ed#cator$ 8is obser!ations on the effect of water in rhe#matoid *oint pains in himself shows that o#r other colleag#es in the medical profession sho#ld begin to notice the medicinal !al#es of water in disease pre!ention$ 3#sts&r%pt The book is alread" in its printers( hands$ A few recentl" introd#ced commercial brands of water, with seemingl" scientific e planations abo#t the specific wa" the" are 0man#fact#red,0 ha!e prompted me to #se the onl" a!ailable space on this page to clarif" the following points$ The correcti!e ph"siologic effects of ordinar" 0tap0 water in some of the conditions e plained in this book are being attrib#ted to speciall" prepared brands of 0str#ct#red water0 that are presented for sale$ As I alread" e plained, water has man" properties$ It has special characteristics in the membranes and inside the cells of the bod"$ 8owe!er, if we sim#late those characteristics o#tside the bod", it does not mean that water will pass into the cells of the bod" with the same characteristics$ In fact, the cell membrane filters and separates water from its solid content and frees it from other dissol!ed materials to man#fact#re !ree and use!ul acti ator before its passage inside the cell$ It has de!eloped the s"stem that the water molec#les ha!e to be in 0single file0 before the" can go thro#gh the membrane$ .ater diff#ses into the cell at the rate of 7B centimeter per second. The dissol!ed s#bstances sta" behind, and their entrance into the cell is reg#lated b" material%specific, sophisticated transport s"stems$ This is how the bod" s#r!i!es$ It creates its own 0#niformit" of presentation0 with constantl" changing en!ironmental factors$ +lease do not be impressed b" titles and *argons$ 2egin to think before "o# accept seemingl" scientific statements that are designed to sell "o# a prod#ct

8OW BAC9 3AIN It sho#ld be appreciated that the spinal *oints&inter!ertebral *oints and their disc str#ct#res&are dependent on different h"dra#lic properties of water stored in the disc core, as well as in the end plate cartilage co!ering the flat s#rfaces of the spinal !ertebrae$ In spinal !ertebral *oints, water is not onl" a l#bricant for the contact s#rfaces, it is held in the disc core within the inter!ertebral space and s#pports the compression weight of the #pper part of the bod"$ ;#ll" @C percent o! the weight o! the upper part o! the body is supported by the water olume that is stored in the disc core0 DC percent is supported by the !ibrous materials around the disc Csee ;ig#re 5D$ The principle in the design of all *oints is for water to act as a l#bricating agent, as well as bearing the force prod#ced b" weight, or tension prod#ced b" m#scle action on the *oint$ It is the same t"pe of force$ In most of these *oints, the establishment of an intermittent !ac##m promotes a silent water circ#lation into the *oint, onl" to be sB#eeEed o#t b" the press#re borne as a res#lt of *oint acti!it"$ To pre!ent back pain, one needs to drink s#fficient water and do a series of special e ercises to create an intermittent !ac##m to draw water into the disc

space$ These e ercises will also red#ce the spasm in the back m#scles that in a !ast ma*orit" of people& 5< percent of all back pains&is the main ca#se of lower back pain$ 'ne also needs to adopt correct post#res$ The s#b*ect of back pain and its relationship to water is so important to #nderstand that I ha!e dealt with it in a special book, &ow to Deal With Back $ain and 2heumatoid ;oint $ain, and a complementar" !ideo, &ow "o Deal With Back $ain. If "o# get back pain and, in partic#lar, sciatic pain, "o# will benefit b" reading the book andJor seeing the !ideo$ In ma*orit" of cases, sciatic pain can be totally relie ed within hal! an hour, when the special mo!ements that prod#ce an intermittent !ac##m in the disc spaces&shown in the book and the !ideo&are performed$

2ad post#re&keeping the head bent for long periods of time when writing, working at a low bench, 0freeEe position0 working at the comp#ter for man" ho#rs, bad pillow, or too man" pillows&can be contrib#tor" factors in the prod#ction of neck pain or e!en the displacement of the inter!ertebral discs in the neck$ 4eck mo!ement is essential for the establishment of adeB#ate fl#id circ#lation within the disc spaces in the neck$ The weight of the head forces water o#t of the discs o!er a period of time$ To bring back the same water, the force of !ac##m has to be created within the same disc space$ This can onl" be done if the head and neck are mo!ed adeB#atel" backward$ A simple process in less se!ere cases of neck pain from disc displacement wo#ld be slowl" and repeatedly bending the head and neck backward, as m#ch as the" will bend$ Heeping the neck e tended for 1< seconds at a time$ This prolonged e tension will enhance the force of !ac##m and bring water into the disc spaces$ At the same time,

beca#se of their front attachment to the spinal ligament, all of the discs will be retracted back into their normal spaces between the !ertebrae and awa" from the ner!e roots in the neck Another simple proced#re to correct this problem is l"ing on one(s back on the !er" edge of the bed with the head hanging back and down$ This post#re permits the weight of the head to stretch the non%weight%bearing neck and bend it backward$ A few moments in this position being totall" rela ed will ease the tension in the neck This is a good post#re to generate a t"pe of !ac##m in the disc spaces in the neck After gentl" bending the head backward so that "o# can see the floor, raise the head #ntil "o# see the wall nearer "o#r feet$ This proced#re ma" be effecti!e in creating an intermittent acuum in the !ertebral spaces between an" two !ertebrae$ The !ac##m draws water into the disc spaces and spreads it to all parts in the neck *oints and l#bricates their mo!ements$ This water is needed to be absorbed b" the disc core #ntil it re%e pands to its nat#ral siEe, *acking #p and separating one !ertebra from the other$ ?o# co#ld now bend the head from one side to the other$ Tr" to look at the wall and floor of the room, first one side and then the other side$ +eople who begin to s#ffer from neck 0arthritis,0 or disc displacement in the neck, ma" wish to test this simple proced#re to impro!e the mobilit" of their neck *oints$ AN7INA8 3AIN ;or more information read the section on cholesterol$ In brief and to address the deh"dration%prod#ced pains of the bod" together, anginal pain means water shortage in the bod"- The common factor to all of the !ario#s conditions labeled as different diseases of the heart and the l#ngs is an established deh"dration$ Take a look at Mr$ Sam Lig#ori(s and Loretta Gohnson(s letters, p#blished b" their kind permission Camong the testimonials in the section on cholesterol, pages =9%=1D$ Mr$ Lig#ori(s anginal pain disappeared when he started to increase his water intake$ 8e also has s#ffered from hiat#s hernia$ That too has started to clear #p$ @i!en time, it will clear #p completel"$ Also take a look at Loretta Gohnson(s letter$ ?o# will see that e!en at the "o#ng%at%heart age of =<, her anginal pain can be treated with water to the e tent that she does not need an" medication for her heart pains$ 5EADAC5ES In m" personal e perience, migraine headaches seem to be bro#ght abo#t b" deh"drationI e cess bed co!ers that will not permit the bod" to reg#late its temperat#re d#ring sleepI alcoholic be!erages Chango!erD initiating a process of cell#lar deh"dration, partic#larl" in the brainI dietar" or allergic triggers for histamine releaseI e cess en!ironmental heat witho#t water intake$ 2asicall", migraine seems to be an indicator of critical bod" temperat#re reg#lation at times of 0heat stress$0 Deh"dration pla"s a ma*or role in the precipitation of migraine headaches$ The most pr#dent wa" of dealing with migraine is its pre!ention b" the reg#lar intake of water$ 'nce migraine breaks the pain barriers, a cascade of chemical reactions will stop the bod" from f#rther acti!it"$ At this time, one ma" be forced to take pain%relie!ing medications with copio#s water$ S#fficient cold or iced water ma" b" itself be able to cool the bod" Calso the brainD from inside and promote closing of the !asc#lar s"stem e!er"where$ E cess dilation of the peripheral !essels might well be the basic ca#se of migraine headache$ Mrs$ Ma!is 2#tler, a to#ring A#stralian Ad!entist missionar" in Silang in the +hilippines, has an interesting histor"$ She has for "ears s#ffered from migraine headaches$ She wo#ld at times be so incapacitated as to become bed% ridden$ She came across this book when she was in Silang and started to increase her water intake$ She wrote to me that she has so impro!ed that she now wants to sho#t it from the ho#se tops$ Read her letter$ 8ers is another of those h#man stories that make one wonder 8ow is it possible that we were so ignorant of the importance of water to health that people co#ld s#ffer from its lack in the bod", to the point of wishing to dieF +$'$ Bo1 7A78, Innis!ail 9?AB %orth Eueensland, ,ustralia ;anuary DF,788C Dear Dr. BatmanghelidjG For many years I su!!ered with headaches. I consulted doctors, neurologists, chiropractors and spent hundreds o! dollars !or head'scans and .'rays, all to no a ail. ,t times only my !aith in =od kept me !rom wanting to die, as I lie prone on my bed !or days on end in pain. %o medication would e er stop the pain, it would just seem to run its course and then stop. I could ne er make any connection between my diet and the headaches, and the only pattern they seemed to !ollow was to always start a couple o! hours a!ter a meal. "hen one day a !riend told me that he thought my headaches were caused because I ne er drank enough water. While I knew I didn#t actually drink much water, I thought my herbal tea with !ruit juices together with lots o! !ruits amply supplied my li5uid re5uirements. ;ust three weeks later I was lea!ing through a health maga+ine when an ad ertisement !or your book, "-our Body#s Many <ries !or Water," just seemed to leap out at my eyes. I bought the maga+ine and sent !or the book. When it came, I eagerly read and re'read it to learn this new concept about water, and as I saw the errors in my drinking habits I 5uickly set about to righting them. <an anyone, without e1periencing it !or themsel es, really understand what it is like to ha e usually pain'!illed days changed to wonder!ul painless days when you can do the things you want to do, instead o! being "down with a headacheH " *h, such a blessing !or which I thank =od continually.

It has taken months to properly hydrate my body, but now a headache is a now'and'again e ent instead o! the norm. I thank a lo ing and caring =od !or leading me step by step to this wonder!ul truth. &e no doubt tried to lead me a lot earlier, but I was too blind to see. I thank you doctor !or your great work and perse erance in bringing this truth to the people. I lecture to adults at night classes on "better Food and /ating &abits" and I 5uickly ga e one o! my sessions entirely to the body#s need !or water. I ha e been able to help many people to better health and much less pain in their li es, with this knowledge. , !riend told me he was going into hospital, in a !ew days time !or stomach and ulcer treatment. I begged him to cancel this and try the water treatment youI e recommended. &e somewhat reluctantly did and was ama+ed and thank!ul to !ind his pains stop and in time, to know that the ulcer had healed, all without medication. $lease let me o!!er my grate!ul thanks again and pray that the >ord will bless and guide you and your sta!! as you work !or the better health o! humanity. )incerely, 6Mrs.: Ma is Butler STRESS AND DE3RESSION 0The reasonable man adapts himself to the world- the #nreasonable one persists in tr"ing to adapt the world to himself$ Therefore all progress depends on the #nreasonable man$0 =eorge Bernard )haw , state of depression is said to e ist when the brain, in confronting a stressf#l emotional problem, finds it diffic#lt to cope with other attention%demanding actions at the same time$ This phenomenon can become so all%absorbing as to incapacitate the person$ In the long r#n, s#ch a stressf#l drain on brain acti!it" can prod#ce different manifestations that are labeled according to the person(s o#tward beha!ior pattern$ Ten million Americans are said to be s#ffering from one form or another of s#ch conditions$ Infinitel" greater n#mbers are e periencing, or will at one time or another e perience, the milder forms of depression$ Some form of depression is a nat#ral phenomenon in the process of de!elopment and progress of an" indi!id#al$ It is in these states of cons#ming mental acti!it" that characters are de!eloped and the inner mettle of the indi!id#al is forged$ 4at#rall", coping with different aspects of one(s negati!e feelings is part and parcel of the process$ Almost alwa"s, the state of depression is a passing phenomenon if lo!e, care, and empath" are a!ailable to n#dge the indi!id#al in the direction of a resol#tion of negati!e inner tho#ghts$ 6nfort#natel", some people will not be able to cope with the fear, an ieties, and angers associated with depression$ In seeking professional help, the" are gi!en some form of medication$ At the onset of chemical treatment of depression, the medications were less harmf#l$ Toda", the" are !er" powerf#l and sometimes dangero#s$ Some form of them will strip from those treated the abilit" to emotionall" feel for themsel!es, as well as for others$ Some of these medications can destro" empath" and fi a negati!e idea in partic#larl" !#lnerable persons$ The" ma" more easil" become s#icidal, as well as antisocial and homicidal$ .hat I am e plaining in this chapter is the reason for the inefficienc" of the ph"siolog" associated with stress and depression$ .hat I propose is the wa" to increase the efficienc" of brain power to cope with e tremel" se!ere emotional stress and its o#tward manifestations of depression$ I, m"self, ha!e e perienced, and ha!e obser!ed in man" others, all of the positi!e aspects to what I am proposing to "o# readers$ +atholog" that is seen to be associated with 0social stresses0&!ear, an1iety, insecurity, persistent emotional and matrimonial problems&and the establishment of depression are the res#lts of water deficienc" to the point that the water reB#irement of brain tiss#e is affected$ The brain #ses electrical energ" that is generated b" the water dri!e of the energ"%generating p#mps$ .ith deh"dration, the le!el of energ" generation in the brain is decreased$ Man" f#nctions of the brain that depend on this t"pe of energ" become inefficient$ .e recogniEe this inadeB#ac" of f#nction and call it depression. This 0depressi!e state0 ca#sed b" deh"dration can lead to chronic !atigue syndrome. This condition is a label p#t on a series of ad!anced ph"siological problems that are seen to be associated with stress$ If we #nderstand the e!ents that take place in stress, we will also #nderstand chronic fatig#e s"ndrome$ In an" case, after a period of time of correcting for deh"dration and its metabolic complications, chronic fatig#e s"ndrome will impro!e be"ond recognition$ The following pages define the ph"siological e!ents and the possible metabolic o!errides that can lead to depletion of certain bod" reser!es that ma" be the basic problem in chronic fatig#e s"ndrome$ T5E INITIA88Y SI8ENT COM3ENSATION MEC5ANISMS ASSOCIATED WIT5 DE5YDRATION .hen the bod" becomes deh"drated, the ph"siological processes that will establish are the same ones that occ#r when coping with stress$ Deh"dration eB#als stress, and once stress establishes, there is an associated mobiliEation of primar" materials from bod" stores$ This process will 0mop #p0 some of the water reser!es of the bod"$ ConseB#entl", dehydration causes stress, and stress will cause !urther dehydration. In stress, se!eral hormonal o!errides become operati!e$ The bod" ass#mes a crisis sit#ation and will begin to mobiliEe for a 0fight or flight0 response$ The bod" does not seem to recogniEe the social transformation of h#mans$ It

assesses all sit#ations of Stress as tho#gh a 0fight or flight0 stance has to be maintained, e!en with stresses associated with work in an office$ Se!eral strong hormones become secreted and will remain 0triggered0 #ntil the bod" gets o#t of its stressf#l circ#mstances$ These hormones are mainl" endorphins, cortisone release !actor, prolactin, asopressin, and renin'angiotensin.

ENDOR35INS: CORTISONE: 3RO8ACTIN: AND ;ASO3RESSIN /ndorphins prepare the bod" to end#re hardship and in*#r" #ntil it gets o#t of danger$ The" also raise the pain threshold$ .ith an in*#r" that wo#ld ha!e ca#sed pain at a lower le!el, with the 0#mbrella0 of endorphins, the bod" will be able to contin#e with its task$ 2eca#se of childbirth and monthl" menstr#ation, women seem to access this hormone m#ch more readil"$ "hey generally ha e a greater ability to withstand pain and stress. <ortisone will initiate the remobiliEation of stored energies and raw materials$ ;at is broken down into fatt" acids to be con!erted into energ"$ Some proteins are once again broken down into the basic amino acids for the formation of e tra ne#rotransmitters, new proteins, and some special amino acids to be b#rned b" the m#scles$ D#ring pregnanc" and at the time of feeding milk to the child, this hormone and its 0associates0 will mobiliEe a #niform flow of primar" materials for the p#rpose of offspring de!elopment$ If the action of cortisone contin#es for long, soon there will be some selecti!e depletion from the amino acid reser!es of the bod"$ 6nder the infl#ence of cortisone, the bod" contin#es to 0feed off itself$0 The effect of cortisone is designed to pro!ide emergenc" raw materials for the prod#ction of most essential primar" proteins and ne#rotransmitters&to get the bod" ro!er the h#mp$0 It is not designed for the contin#ed breakdown of materials emplo"ed in the maintenance of

the str#ct#ralJintegrit" of the bod"$ It is this phenomenon that prod#ces the damage associated with stress, if the 0stressor0 maintains its #nabated infl#ence$ $rolactin will make sure that the lactating mother will continue to produce milk. ,ll species ha e it. $rolactin will prime the gland cells in the breast to continue milk production e en i! there is dehydration or stress that will cause dehydration. It will prime the gland cells to regenerate and increase in 5uantity. .e sho#ld remember that altho#gh we concentrate on the solid composition of the milk, it is its water content that is of primar" importance to the growing fet#s$ E!er" time a cell gi!es rise to a da#ghter cell, 73 percent or more of its !ol#me has to be filled with water$ In short, growth depends on the a!ailabilit" of water$ .hen 0water0 is bro#ght to the area, the cells will be able to access its other dissol!ed contents$ This hormone is also made in the placenta and stored in the amniotic fl#id s#rro#nding the fet#s$ In short, this hormone has a 0mamotrophic0 action$ It makes the breast glands and their d#cts grow$ @rowth hormone has m#ch similarit" to prolactin$ The" ha!e similar actions, e cept that prolactin mainl" targets the organs of reprod#ction$ It has been shown in mice that increased prolactin prod#ction will ca#se mammar" t#mors$ In /=57,/ proposed in m" g#est lect#re address of an internationall" gathered select gro#p of cancer researchers that chronic deh"dration in the h#man bod" is a primar" ca#sati!e factor for t#mor prod#ction$ The relationship between stress, age% dependent chronic deh"dration, persistent prolactin secretion, and cancer transformation of the gland#lar tiss#e in the breast sho#ld not be o!erlooked$ A reg#lar ad*#stment to the dail" water intake in women&partic#larl" when confronting stresses of e!er"da" life&will at least ser!e as a pre!enti!e meas#re against possible de!elopment of stress%ind#ced breast cancer in the age gro#p of women predisposed to this problem and prostate cancer in men$ Jasopressin reg#lates the selecti!e flow of water into some cells of the bod"$ It also ca#ses a constriction of the capillaries it acti!ates$ As its name implies, it ca#ses !aso%constriction$ It is prod#ced in the pit#itar" gland and secreted into the circ#lation$ .hile it ma" constrict blood !essels, some !ital cells possess recei!ing points CreceptorsD for this hormone$ Depending on the hierarch" of their importance, some cells seem to possess more !asopressin receptors than others$ The cell membrane&the protecti!e co!ering of cell architect#re& is nat#rall" designed in two la"ers$ T#ning%fork% like solid h"drocarbon 0bricks0 are held together b" the adhesi!e propert" of water Csee ;ig#re /:, page 53D$ In between the two la"ers there is a connecting passagewa" where enE"mes tra!el, selecti!el" react together, and ca#se a desired action within the cell$ This waterwa" works !er" m#ch like a moat or 0beltwa",0 e cept that it is a water%filled 0beltwa"0 and e!er"thing has to float in it$ .hen there is s#fficient water to fill all the spaces, the moat gets filled and water will also get into the cell$ There ma" come a time when the rate of water flow into the cell ma" not be s#fficient, and some of the cell f#nctions ma" become affected$ To safeg#ard against s#ch a possible catastrophic sit#ation, nat#re has designed a magnificent mechanism for the creation of water filters thro#gh the membrane$ .hen !asopressin hormone reaches the cell membrane and f#ses with its speciall" designed receptor, the receptor con!erts to a 0shower head0 str#ct#re and makes possible filtration of onl" water thro#gh its holes$ The important cells man#fact#re the !asopressin receptor in greater B#antit"$ )asopressin is one of the hormones in!ol!ed in the rationing and distrib#tion of water according to a priorit" plan when there is deh"dration$ 4er!e cells seem to e ercise their priorit" b" man#fact#ring more !asopressin receptors than other tiss#e cells$ The" need to keep the waterwa"s in their ner!es f#ll" f#nctional To make s#re the water can pass thro#gh these tin" holes Cwhich onl" allow the passage of one water molec#le at a timeD, !asopressin also has the propert" of ca#sing !asoconstriction and p#tting a sB#eeEe on the fl#id !ol#me in the region$ Th#s, the h"pertensi!e propert" of the ne#rotransmitter !asopressin&better known as a hormone&is needed to bring abo#t a stead" filtration of water into the cells, onl" when the free flow and direct diff#sion of water thro#gh the cell membrane is ins#fficient ;ig#re /< is designed to e plain this mechanism$ ;or more information on the cell membrane, read the section on cholesterol$

A8CO5O8 ,lcohol will suppress the secretion o! asopressin !rom the pituitary gland. >ack o! asopressin in circulation will translate to general dehydration o! the body4e en in the brain cells. 4ow, a pre!io#sl" slight and easier%to%ad*#st%to deh"dration will translate to a !er" se!ere dro#ght in the 0sensiti!e cells0 of the brain$ To cope with this 0stress,0 more of the !ario#s hormones are secreted, incl#ding the bod"(s own addicti!e endorphins.

Th#s, prolonged #se of alcohol ma" be instr#mental in promoting addicti!e tendencies to endorphin secretion in the bod"& triggering the secretion of e cess endorphins$ .omen, beca#se of their nat#ral tendenc" to increased endorphin prod#ction to cope with childbirth and their monthl" menstr#ation, seem to become addicted to alcohol more readil" than men$ It seems that women become addicted to alcohol in abo#t three "ears compared to men, who ma" become comp#lsi!e drinkers in abo#t se!en "ears$ ;ig#res /< and // will e plain some of the possible contrib#tor" factors to the de!elopment of chronic fatig#e s"ndrome d#ring an e panding chronic deh"dration$ It can occ#r from the reg#lar intake of caffeine%containing and alcoholic be!erages in place of water$ )asopressin receptor is nat#rall" designed to keep the waterways in the ner!e s"stems f#ll" topped up. 4at#rall", in deh"dration of the ner!e s"stem, the energ" and !olition to do new work is drasticall" red#ced$ In se!ere deh"dration, prod#ced b" the habit#al intake of alcohol and caffeine, when water has to be #rgentl" p#mped into the 0waterwa"s0 in the ner!es, more blood circ#lation has to be bro#ght alongside the ner!es$ The process will in!ol!e the release of histamine from the cells in the lining that co!er the ner!es$ This will, at some point, ca#se an 0inflammator"0 sit#ation that will e!ent#all" damage the lining of the ner!es in the !icinit"&at a pace faster than the" can be repaired$ The o#tward manifestations of s#ch a 0regional0 process ha!e been labeled as different ner!e disorders, incl#ding multiple sclerosis CMSD$ 4ow, their pre!ention and treatment become clear$ I ha e seen it work in M). See Gohn H#na(s letter on page 7<$

RENIN<AN7IOTENSIN SYSTEM 2enin',ngiotensin CRAD s"stem acti!it" Csee ;ig#re /9D is a s#bordinate mechanism to histamine acti!ation in the brain$ The RA s"stem is also recogniEed to be !er" strongl" acti!e in the kidne"s$ This s"stem is acti!ated when the fl#id !ol#me of the bod" is diminished$ It is acti!ated to retain water, and to do so, it also promotes the absorption of

more salt$ In either water or sodi#m depletion of the bod", the RA s"stem becomes !er" acti!e$ 6ntil water and sodi#m content of the bod" reach a preset le!el, the RA s"stem also brings abo#t the tightening of the capillar" bed and the !asc#lar s"stem$ It is designed to do this so there is no 0slack0 and empt" space in the circ#lation s"stem$ This tightening can reach s#ch a le!el that it becomes meas#rable, and we call it hypertension. ?o# think a reading of 9<< points is highF I ha!e seen the blood press#re of a man witho#t prior histor" of h"pertension reach a le!el of 1<< millimeters of merc#r", 1<< points, when he was arrested and taken to one of the Iranian political prisons to be shot$ The reason for this tightening of the blood !essels d#ring stress is simple to #nderstand$ The bod" is a highl" integrated and efficient comple m#lti%s"stem$ .hen there is stress, some of the a!ailable water is #sed for the breakdown of stored materials, s#ch as proteins, starch Cgl"cogenDOand fat$ To compensate for the lost water and to p#t the s"stem into a sB#eeEe, the RA s"stem will also coordinate work with !asopressin and other hormones$ The kidne"s are the main site ofJRA s"stem acti!it"$ The kidne"s are responsible for #rine prod#ction and the e cretion of e cess h"drogen, potassi#m, sodi#m, and waste materials$ All of these f#nctions ha!e to be maintained proportionate to the s#fficient a!ailabilit" of water to be #sed to make #rine$ It is tr#e the kidne"s ha!e the abilit" to concentrate the #rine$ 8owe!er, this abilit" is not to be #sed to its e treme at all times, or it will e!ent#all" prod#ce kidne" damage$

The RA s"stem is the pi!otal mechanism for the restoration of fl#id !ol#me in the bod"$ It is one of the s#bordinate mechanisms to histamine acti!it" for water intake$ It reg#lates the !asc#lar bed to ad*#st for the fl#id content of the circ#lation s"stem$ Its acti!it" is decreased b" the presence of more salt and water to fill the fl#id capacit" of the !asc#lar bed$ In the kidne"s, it senses the fl#id flow and the filtration press#re for its #rine%making s"stem$ If the filtration press#re is not adeB#ate for #rine filtration and secretion, the RA s"stem will tighten the blood !essels in

this organ$ .hen the kidne"s are damaged and #rine prod#ction is ins#fficient, the RA s"stem is more acti!e$ It promotes more salt intake and ind#ces more thirst$ Hidne" damage ma" be the conseB#ence of long%term deh"dration and salt depletion that had triggered the RA s"stem acti!it" in the first place$ 2#t we ha!e not in the past recogniEed the significance of the !asc#lar tightening Cessential h"pertensionD as an indicator of bod"(s fl#id loss$ 4ow, ins#fficient fl#id balance in the bod" ma" ha!e to be considered as the primar" factor in some cases of renal damage&to the point of needing kidne" replacement$ 'nce the RA s"stem is t#rned f#ll" '4, it contin#es its e panding pace #ntil a nat#ral switching s"stem co#ld t#rn it off$ The components of the nat#ral ';; switch are .ATER and some ),>" 4in that order4until the meas#rable !asc#lar tightening indicates a normal range$ The sali!ar" glands seem to ha!e the abilit" to sense salt shortage in the bod"$ .hen there is sodi#m shortage, the" seem to prod#ce s#bstances called kinins. Hinins promote added blood circ#lation and increased sali!a formation in the sali ary glands. This increased sali!a formation Cpossibl" to the e tent that it wo#ld flow o#t of the mo#thD ser!es two p#rposes- 'ne, it l#bricates the mo#th d#ring food intake in a deh"drated state of the bod"I two, its alkaline consistenc" and copio#s flow will assist in food breakdown and its e!ent#al e!ac#ation from the stomach$ .ithin the integrated s"stems of the h#man bod", the kinins of the sali!ar" gland seem to also trigger acti!ation of the RA s"stem that will begin to infl#ence all parts of the bod"$ Th#s, sodi#m CsaltD shortage in the bod" Cwhich wo#ld also contrib#te to de!astating water shortage o#tside of cellsD co#ld initiate a series of e!ents that wo#ld #ltimatel" prod#ce essential h"pertension and chronic pains in h#mans$ The relationship of the sali!ar" kinins to sodi#m depletion Csalt depletion ca#ses bod" water content lossD and ample sali!a prod#ction, e!en if the bod" is fairl" deh"drated, is the parado in the nat#ral design of the h#man bod"$ It e poses the grossest error in considering the 0dr" mo#th0 as the sole indicator of water shortage in h#mansA 2eca#se of this !er" simple error, the practice of medicine and scientific research are light "ears off co#rse$ M#ch backtracking and re!ision to the alread" adopted !iews will be #na!oidable$ Let #s hope 0self protection0 will not be an obstacle in the wa"A .hat happens if we drink tea, coffee, or colas in place of waterF 4at#ral stim#lants in coffee and tea are larger B#antities of caffeine and lesser amo#nts of theoph"lline CtheafelinD$ These are central ner!o#s s"stem stim#lantsI at the same time, they are dehydrating agents because o! their strong diuretic action on the kidneys. 'ne c#p of coffee contains abo#t 53 milligrams of caffeine, and one c#p of tea contains abo#t 3< milligrams of caffeine$ Cola drinks contain abo#t 3< milligrams of caffeine, part of which is added to standardiEe the recipe when e tracting the acti!e s#bstances from the n#ts of <ok accuminata. These central ner!o#s s"stem stim#lants liberate energ" from the AT+ storage pool and con!ert AT+ to its b#rnt stage of c"clic AM+ in the cells&at certain le!els a strong inhibitor" agent$ The" also release energ" from liberation of calci#m from its stored form in the cells$ Th#s, caffeine seems to act in an energ" releasing capacit" in the bod"$ .e all know abo#t this final effect of caffeineI what we sho#ld also know is its o!erride effect when the body does not wish to release energy for a certain action$ In this wa", the action of some hormones and transmitters will not be limited at a later time beca#se of a possible lower le!el of stored energ"$ Caffeine will ca#se an o!erride effect until a lower le el o! energy storage is reached. Cola drinks ha!e e actl" the same effect$ The effect of caffeine ma" at times be considered desirable, b#t constant substituting o! ca!!eine'containing drinks !or water will depri e the body o! its !ull capacity !or the !ormation o! hydroelectric energy. E cess caffeine will also deplete the AT+%stored energ" in the brain and the bod"&a possible contrib#ting factor for shorter attention span in the "o#nger, cola%cons#ming generation, or chronic fatig#e s"ndrome as a res#lt of e cess coffee cons#mption In later life$ E cess caffeine intake will e!ent#all" e ha#st the heart m#scle beca#se of its o!er%stim#lation$ Recentl", in some e perimental models, it has been shown that caffeine inhibits a most important enE"me s"stem& +DE Cphos%pho%di%esteraseD&that is in!ol!ed in the process of learning and memor" de!elopment$ In reported e periments, caffeine impaired !ision and memor" components of the learning abilit" in the species in!ol!ed in the e periment$ ?o# m#st now realiEe wh" people with AlEheimer(s dispase and children with learning disabilit" sho#ld not drink an"thing other than water$ Definitel" no caffeine%containing be!erages sho#ld be cons#med$ Let #s now connect all the information in this chapter with two different b#t related problems- h"pertension and cholesterol formation&both leading to heart problems$ The operating mechanism for adaptation to deh"dration, which will clima into !asoconstriction, are the same as mentioned for stress$ 4amel", the contin#ed actions of !asopressin and the RA s"stem are responsible for establishing the necessar" adaptation to dro#ght$ The" close a n#mber of open capillaries in the !asc#lar bed and increase the press#reJin the rest to sB#eeEe water thro#gh the membranes into the cells in 0priorit" organs$0 Do not forget- Deh"dration is the n#mber one stressor of the h#man bod"&or any li!ing matter$

5I75 B8OOD 3RESSURE "$hysicians think they are doing something !or you by labeling 'what you ha e as a disease." Imman#el Hant 8igh blood press#re Cessential h"pertensionD is the res#lt of an adapti!e process to a gross bod" water deficienc"$ The !essels of the bod" ha!e been designed to cope with the fl#ct#ation of their blood !ol#me and tiss#e reB#irements b" opening and closing different !essels$ .hen the total fl#id !ol#me in the bod" is decreased, the main !essels also ha!e to decrease their apert#re Cclose their l#menDI otherwise there wo#ld not be eno#gh fl#id to fill all the space allocated to blood !ol#me in the design of that partic#lar bod"$ ;ailing a capacit" ad*#stment to the 0water !ol#me0 b" the blood !essels, gases wo#ld separate from the blood and fill the spaceJca#sing 0gas locks$0 This propert" of l#men reg#lation for fl#id circ#lation is a most ad!anced design within the principle of h"dra#lics

and after which the blood circ#lation of the bod" is modeled$ Sh#nting of blood circ#lations a normal ro#tine$ .hen we eat, most of the circ#lation is directed into the intestinal tract b" closing some capillar" circ#lation elsewhere$ .hen we eat, more capillaries are opened in the gastrointestinal tract and fewer are open in the ma*or m#scle s"stems$ 'nl" areas where acti!it" places a more #rgent demand on the circ#lator" s"stems will be kept f#ll" open for the passage of blood$ In other words, it is the blood%holding capacit" of the capillar" bed that determines the direction and rate of flow to an" site at a gi!en time$ This process is nat#rall" designed to cope with an" priorit" work witho#t the b#rden of maintaining an e cess fl#id !ol#me in the bod"$ .hen the act of digestion has taken place and less blood is needed in the gastrointestinal region, circ#lation to other areas will open more easil"$ In a most indirect wa", this is wh" we feel less acti!e immediatel" after a meal and read" for action after some time has passed$ In short, there is a mechanism for establishment of priorit" for circ#lating blood to an" gi!en area&some capillaries open and some others close$ The order is predetermined according to a scale of importance of f#nction$ The brain, l#ngs, li!er, kidne"s, and glands take priorit" o!er m#scles, bones, and skin in blood distrib#tion&#nless a different priorit" is programmed into the s"stem$ This will happen if a contin#ed demand on an" part of the bod" will infl#ence the e tent of blood circ#lation to the area, s#ch as m#scle de!elopment thro#gh reg#lar e ercise$ WATER S5ORTA7E= 3OTENTIA8S FOR 5Y3ERTENSION .hen we do not drink eno#gh water to ser!e all the needs of the bod", some cells become deh"drated and lose some of their water to the circ#lation$ Capillar" beds in some areas will ha!e to close so that some of the slack in capacit" is ad*#sted for$ In water shortage and body drought, AA percent is taken !rom the water olume normally held inside the cells0 DA percent is taken !rom the olume held outside the cells0 and ? percent is taken !rom blood olume Csee ;ig#re /1D$ There is no alternati!e for the blood !essels other than closing their l#men to cope with the loss in blood !ol#me$ The process begins b" closing some capillaries in less%acti!e areas$ 'therwise, where will the balance come from to keep these capillaries openF The deficient B#antit" m#st come either from o#tside or be taken from another part of the bod"A

It is the e tent of capillar" bed acti!it" thro#gho#t the bod" that will #ltimatel" determine the !ol#me of circ#lating blood$ The more the m#scles are e ercised, the more their capillaries will open and hold a greater !ol#me of blood within the circ#lation reser!es$ "his is the reason why e1ercise is a most important component !or physiological adjustments in those su!!ering !rom hypertension. This is one aspect to the ph"siolog" of h"pertension$ The capillar" bed m#st remain open and f#ll and offer no resistance to blood circ#lation$ .hen the capillar" bed is closed and offers resistance, onl" an increased force behind the circ#lating blood will ens#re the passage of some fl#ids thro#gh the s"stem$ Another reason wh" the capillar" bed ma" become selecti!el" dosed is shortage of water in the bod"$ 2asicall", water we drink will ultimately ha e to get into the cells4water regulates the olume o! a cell !rom inside. )alt regulates the amount o! water that is held outside the cells4the ocean around the cell There is a !er" delicate balancing process in the design of the bod" in the wa" it maintains its composition of blood at the e pense of fl#ct#ating the water content in some cells of the bod"$ .hen there is a shortage of water, some cells will go witho#t a portion of their normal needs and some others will get a predetermined rationed amo#nt to maintain f#nction Cas it was e plained, the mechanism in!ol!es water filtration thro#gh the cell membraneD$ 8owe!er, blood will normall" retain the consistenc" of its composition$ It m#st do so to keep the normal composition of elements reaching the

!ital centers$ "his is where the "solutes paradigm" is inade5uate and goes wrong. It bases all assessments and e!al#ations of bod" f#nctions on the solids content of blood$ It does not recogniEe the comparati!e deh"dration of some other parts of the bod"$ All blood tests can appear normal and "et the small capillaries of the heart and the brain ma" be closed and ca#se some of the cells of these organs a grad#al damage from increasing deh"dration o!er a long period of time$ .hen "o# read the section on cholesterol formation, this statement will become more clear$ .hen we lose thirst sensation Cor do not recogniEe the other signals of deh"drationD and drink less water than the dail" reB#irement, the sh#tting down of some !asc#lar beds is the onl" nat#ral alternati!e to keep the rest of the blood !essels f#ll$ The B#estion is, how long can we go on like thisF The answer is, long eno#gh to #ltimatel" become !er" ill and die$ 6nless we get wise to the paradigm shift and professionall" and generall" begin to recogniEe the problems associated with water metabolism dist#rbance in the h#man bod" and its !ariet" of thirst signals, chronic dehydration will continue to take its toll on both our bodies and our society. Essential h"pertension sho#ld primaril" be treated with an increase in dail" water intake$ The present wa" of treating h"pertension is wrong to the point of scienti!ic absurdity. The bod" is tr"ing to retain its water !ol#me, and we sa" to the design of nat#re in #s- 04o, "o# do not #nderstand&"o# m#st take di#retics and get rid of waterAA0 It so happens, if we do not drink s#fficient water, the onl" other wa" the bod" has to sec#re water is thro#gh the mechanism of keeping sodi#m in the bod"$ The RA s"stem is directl" in!ol!ed$ 'nl" when sodi#m is retained will water remain in the e tra cell#lar fl#id compartment$ ;rom this compartment, thro#gh the mechanism of shower% head prod#ction, water will be forced into some of the cells with 0priorit"0 stat#s$ "hus, keeping sodium in the body is a last resort way o! retaining some water !or its "shower'head" !iltered use. There is a sensiti!it" of design attached to sodi#m retention in the bod"$ To ass#me this to be the ca#se of h"pertension is inacc#rate and stems from ins#fficient knowledge of the water reg#lator" mechanisms in the h#man bod"$ .hen di#retics are gi!en to get rid of the sodi#m, the bod" becomes more deh"drated$ The 0dr" mo#th0 le!el of deh"dration is reached and some water is taken to compensate$ The #se of di#retics maintain the bod" at an e panding le!el of deficit water management$ The" do not c#re h"pertensionI the" make the bod" more determined for salt and water absorption&howe!er, ne!er eno#gh to correct the problem$ That is wh", after a while, di#retics are not eno#gh and s#pplemental medications will be forced on the patient$ Another problem in assessment of h"pertension is its means of meas#rement$ ,n1iety associated with ha ing hypertension will automatically a!!ect the person at e1amination time. Readings of the instr#ments ma" not reflect the tr#e, nat#ral, and normal blood press#re$ An ine perienced or hast" medical practitioner, more in fear of litigation than mindf#l of acc#rac" of *#dgment, might ass#me the patient to ha!e h"pertension, whereas the person might onl" ha!e an instant of 0clinic an iet",0 th#s ca#sing a higher reading of the instr#ment$ 'ne other !er" important b#t less%known problem with the mechanism of reading blood press#re is the process of inflating the c#ff well abo!e the s"stolic reading, and then letting the air o#t #ntil the p#lse is heard$ E!er" large Cand possibl" smallD arter" has a companion ner!e that is there to monitor the flow of blood thro#gh the !essel$ .ith the loss of press#re be"ond the c#ff that is now inflated to !er" high le!els, the process of 0press#re0 opening of the obstr#ction in the arteries will be triggered$ 2" the time the press#re in the c#ff is lowered to read the p#lsation le!el, the recording of an artificiall" ind#ced higher blood press#re will become #na!oidable$ 6nfort#natel", the meas#rement of h"pertension is so arbitrar" Cand based on the diastolic le!elD that in this litigio#s societ" a minor error in assessment ma" label a person h"pertensi!e$ This is when all the 0f#n and games0 beginA Water by itsel! is the best natural diuretic. If the persons who ha!e h"pertension, and prod#ce adeB#ate #rine, increase their dail" water intake, the" will not need to take an" di#retics$ If prolonged 0h"pertension%prod#cing deh"dration0 has also ca#sed heart fail#re complications, water intake sho#ld be increased grad#all"$ In this wa", one makes s#re that fl#id collection in the bod" is not e cessi!e and #nmanageable$ The mechanism of sodi#m retention in these people is in an 0o!erdri!e0 mode$ .hen water intake is increased grad#all" and more #rine is being prod#ced, the edema fl#id C0swelling0D that is f#ll of to ic s#bstances will be fl#shed o#t, and the heart will regain its strength$ The following letters are presented here with the kind permission of their a#thors, who wished to share their welcome e periences with the readers of this book$ Dear Dr. Batmanghelidj, %o ember 99,788F I ha e just ordered another copy o! your book on water, ha ing gi en a son my !irst copy. I tell e erybody about it and my e1periences. $erhaps you would be interested. My !irst son <harles, C?, who li es with me is dea! and autistic. I take him F or 9 days a week to a !acility !or the handicapped. "hey had been taking his blood pressure there and noti!ied me that the doctor said he should go on medication ' his B$ was 79B'7ABK7BB'7B9.7 had just recei ed your book and asked the M.D. to let me e1periment !or D weeks. 2eluctantly he agreed, but warned me it was ery dangerous. I kept <harles home and used the water routine, also adding a little magnesium and potassium. "wo weeks later the nurse took his B$. and it was 7BAK?B. )he said'""he doctor will be in shortly"' e idently the M$D$ didn#t belie e her and he checked it himsel! and had to admit it was so. &e didn#t ask me what I did, so I did not tell him about water, but i! the B$. continues as it is, I will tell him. I went on the water routine too without any particular problem in mind, but noticed that in about 7B days my

tendency to get di++y i! I mo ed my head 5uickly had disappeared. I also had been unable to lower my head to !lat at nights and had to ha e se eral pillows. %ow lam much better, and ha e had only one spell in o er a monthG I am ?D and a 7KD. "hank you !or the work you are doing ' it is much needed. More power to you. Marjori 2amsay. If "o# can find o#t wh" this doctor was not interested in disco!ering how Charles(s mother bro#ght his blood press#re back to normal, "o# will then realiEe wh" we ha!e a health care crisis on o#r handsAA Michael +eck has in the past been in!ol!ed in an administrati!e capacit" with the ;o#ndation for the Simple in Medicine$ The fo#ndation is a medical research C0think tank0D instit#tion$ At a scientific and p#blic ed#cation le!el, the fo#ndation is engaged in the introd#ction of the paradigm shift on water metabolism of the bod" in this co#ntr"$ Mr +eck briefl" e plains his medical problems since childhood$ .ho in the world wo#ld ha!e tho#ght so man" disparate medical conditions co#ld be related, and after so man" "ears, these conditions wo#ld disappear as a res#lt of a simple ad*#stment to dail" water intakeF The sol#tion to Mr$ +eck(s medical problems was so #niB#e his wife also began to adopt the 0treatment rit#al$0 MICRO IN;ESTMENTS: INC. Dr$ ;$ 2atmanghelid* 93 March /==9 ;o#ndation ;or The Simple In Medicine 9/:> Hings @arden .a" ;alls Ch#rch, )a$ 99<:1 Dear Dr$ ;$ 2atmanghelid*, This letter is a testimon" to the merits of water as an essential part of the dail" dietar" reB#irements for good health$ I ha!e been following "o#r recommendations for nearl" fi!e "ears, and ha!e fo#nd m"self taking for granted the positi!e effects of water intake$ .hen I first started on the program I was o!erweight, with high blood press#re and s#ffering from asthma and allergies, which I ha!e had since a small child$ l had been recei!ing treatment for these conditions$ Toda", I ha!e m" weight and blood press#re #nder control Cweight loss of appro imatel" 1< po#nds and a /< point drop in blood press#reD$ The program red#ced the freB#enc" of asthma and allerg" related problems, to the point of practical none istence$ Additionall", there were other benefits, I e perienced fewer colds and fl#s, and generall" with less se!erit"$ I introd#ced this program to m" wife, who had been on blood press#re medication for the past fo#r "ears, and thro#gh increased water intake has recentl" been able to eliminate her medication$ Thanks again for "o#r program, Michael +eck Michael +at#ris is a fellow Rotarian$ 8e first became aware of m" work when I was asked to speak before his cl#b a few "ears ago$ 'ne da" we had l#nch together and I e plained in detail wh" h"pertension and fat acc#m#lation in the bod" are generall" the conseB#ences of chronicall" occ#rring deh"dration$ 8e accepted m" ad!ice of increasing his dail" water intake$ 8e also con!inced his wife to adopt the meas#re$ +lease note the impact of increased water intake on allergies and asthma that ha!e been stated in the two letters$ Lt$ Col$ .alter 2#rmeister has obser!ed the effect of water on his own blood press#re$ As "o# can read in his letter, which is being p#blished with his kind consent, he, too, has e perienced a dr#g%free and nat#re%designed ad*#stment to his blood press#re$ If water is a nat#ral di#retic, wh" do intelligent and appearing%to%be%learned people still insist on #sing chemicals to get rid of water from the kidne"sF As far as I am concerned, this action constit#tes negligence$ Since this action will e!ent#all" damage the kidne"s, and #ltimatel" the heart, its practice sho#ld stop$ M" colleag#es who still insist on blindl" #sing di#retics in the treatment of h"pertension are walking into foreseeable litigations for negligent treatment of their patients$ The new information will pro!ide their patients with s#fficient insight to #nderstand what damages ha!e been ca#sed in them b" the st#pid wa" of asserting the treatment of 0h"pertension0 with di#retics$ Let the ;ebr#ar" /==3 class action s#it of smokers against the tobacco ind#str" be a lesson for the health care ind#str"$ LA. ';;ICES '; MIC8AEL +AT6RIS :1/ 4$ LEE STREET 'LD T'.4 ALEPA4DRIA, )IR@I4IA 991/: ;$ 2atmanghelid*, M$D$

;o#ndation ;or The Simple In Medicine 9/:> Hings @arden .a" ;alls Ch#rch, )irginia 99<:1 Dear Dr$ 2atmanghelid*I again wish to thank "o# for "o#r kindness in helping m" wife and me to better appreciate the importance of water to o#r health$ .e feel the conscio#s increase in o#r water cons#mption contrib#ted greatl" to o#r weight loss & a weight loss which had been #rged #pon both of #s b" o#r respecti!e ph"sicians for "ears$ M" loss of appro imatel" fort"%fi!e C:3D po#nds has res#lted in s#ch a lowering of m" blood press#re that I am no longer taking medicine for m" blood press#re$ M" wife(s weight loss has alle!iated the discomfort she has e perienced for "ears with her back$ In addition, she belie!es the weight loss has red#ced her discomfort and problems with her allergies$ .ith best wishes, I remain Sincerel", E$ Michael +at#ris 1 A#g#st /==: ;$ 2atmanghelid*, M$D$ ;o#ndation ;or The Simple In Medicine 9/:> Hings @arden .a" ;alls Ch#rch, )irginia 99<:1 Dear Dr$ 2atmanghelid*Since m" 9: Ma" /==: letter, and "o#r conseB#ent telephone call, a ph"sical change of address has absorbed m" time$ The new address is LTC .alter ;$ 2#rmeister, //5 Casitas del Este, El +aso, Te as 7==13$ Albeit, m#ch more important than these facts, I am in a position to !erif" how tap water effecti!el" lowers h"pertension$ Starting in earl" April /==:, lea!ing "ears of di#retics and calci#m%blockers behind, in accordance with "o#r recommendation, for appro imatel" 1 months I drank a minim#m of eight 5%o#nce glasses of tap waterI occasionall" more$ The blood press#re, heretofore contained b" dr#gs, grad#all" dropped from an a!erage aro#nd /3<%/>< s"stolicJo!er =3%=5 diastolic to an amaEing, dr#g free, /1<%/13 s"stolicJo!er 73%5< diastolic fl#ct#ating a!erage$ M" wife makes these meas#rements at homeI each time taking two or three readings$ The record shows se!eral lows o! /9<s$ o!er 73d$ and a rare high of /:<s$ o!er =<d$ 8owe!er, the a!erage range, as stated abo!e, #niforml" dominates$ In addition to !itamins and minerals, this dr#g%free approach, based essentiall" on tap water and a pinch of salt, has rela ed m" s"stem end *#stifies the confidence that "o# hold the handles of a tr#l" re!ol#tionar" and mar!elo#s medical concept$ Since "o# are abo#t to p#blish a book with applicable testimonies of the 8"dration S"stem, m" personal e perience is gratef#ll" offered as a wa" of sa"ing thank "o#$ Respectf#ll" "o#rs,

5I75ER B8OOD C5O8ESTERO8 8igher blood cholesterol is a sign that the cells of the bod" ha!e de!eloped a defense mechanism against the osmotic force of the blood that keeps drawing water o#t thro#gh the cell membranesI or the concentrated blood can not release su!!icient water to go through the cell membrane and maintain normal cell f#nctions$ Cholesterol is a nat#ral 0cla"0 that, when po#red in the gaps of the cell membrane, will make the cell wall imper!io#s to the passage of water Csee ;ig#re /:D$ Its e cessi!e man#fact#re and deposition in the cell membrane is part of the nat#ral design for the protection of li!ing cells against deh"dration$ In li!ing cells that possess a n#cle#s, cholesterol is the agent that reg#lates permeabilit" of the cell membrane to water$ In li!ing cells that do not possess a n#cle#s, the composition of fatt" acids emplo"ed in the man#fact#re of the cell membrane gi!es it the power to s#r!i!e deh"dration and dro#ght$ Cholesterol prod#ction in the cell membrane is a part of the cell s#r!i!al s"stem$ It is a necessar" s#bstance$ Its e1cess denotes dehydration. 4ormall", it is water that instantl", repeatedl", and transientl" forms into adhesi!e sheets and binds the h"drocarbon bricks together$ In a deh"dratedJmembrane, this propert" of water is lost At the same time that water is binding the solid str#ct#re of the membrane, it also diff#ses thro#gh the gaps into the cell$ ;ig#re /: has been designed to demonstrate the str#ct#re of a bila"er membrane d#ring f#ll h"dration and its possible e treme deh"dration$ I ha!e presented this researched concept at an international gathering of cancer researchers$ These same scientific statements are p#blished and ha!e been disc#ssed b" other researchers$ 8ow

does this phenomenon affect #s in o#r e!er"da" lifeF The answer is simple$ Imagine that "o# are sitting at a table and food is bro#ght to "o#$ If "o#, do not drink water before "o# eat the food, the process of food digestion will take its toll on the cells of the bod"$ .ater will ha!e to be po#red on the food in the stomach for proteins to break and separate into the basic composition of their amino acids$ In the intestine, more water will be reB#ired to process the food ingredients and then send them to the li!er$ In the li!er, the specialiEed cells will f#rther process the intestine%digested materials and then pass the resupplied and composition adjusted blood to the right side of the heart$ In the li!er, more water is #sed to process the food ingredients$ The blood from the right side of the heart, which has also recei!ed some 0fat0 components from the l"mphatic s"stem that empties into the right side of the heart, will now be p#mped into the l#ngs for o "genation and e change of the dissol!ed gases in the blood$ In the l#ngs, aeration of the blood f#rther deh"drates it b" the process of e!aporation of water&the 0winter steam$0

4ow this highl" concentrated blood from the l#ngs is passed to the left side of the heart and p#mped into the arterial circ#lation$ The first cells that will face this highl" osmoticall" concentrated blood are the cells lining the larger blood !essels and capillaries of the heart and the brain$ .here the arteries bend, the osmoticall" damaged cells will also face the press#re of the oncoming blood$ 8ere, the cells will either need to protect themsel!es or become irre!ersibl" damaged$ Do not forget that the integrit" of their cell membrane is proportionatel" dependent on the presence of 0water0 that is a!ailable to them and not that which is being osmoticall" p#lled o#t$ A look at ;ig#re /3, and then ;ig#re /:, will make the #nderstanding of this process of 0cholesterol adaptation0 to deh"dration easier$ There comes a moment when the brain begins to recogniEe the f#rther imposed se!ere shortage of water in the bod", and then in the middle of eating food will compel the person to drink it$ It is alread" too late, beca#se the damage is registered b" the cells lining the blood !essels$ 8owe!er, when this deh"dration registers itself b"

prod#ction of the d"speptic pain, we most st#pidl" gi!e the person antacidA 4ot water, antacidsA 4ot water, histamine%blocking agentsA 6nfort#natel", this is the problem with all treatment proced#res #nder the 0sol#tes paradigm$0 ,ll treatment procedures are "relie! o! symptoms" oriented. "hey are not geared to the elimination o! the root cause o! the problem. "his is why "diseases" are not cured. "hey are only "treated" during the li!etime o! the person. The root ca#se of degenerati!e diseases is not known, beca#se a wrong paradigm is being p#rs#ed$ If we begin to appreciate that for the process of digestion of food, water is the most essential ingredient, most of the battle is won$ If we gi!e the necessar" water to the bod" be!ore we eat food, all the battle against cholesterol formation in the blood !essels will be won$

After a longer period of reg#lating dail" water intake, so that the cells become f#ll" h"drated, grad#all" the cholesterol defense s"stem against the free passage of water thro#gh the cell wall will be less reB#iredI its prod#ction will decrease$ The hormone%sensiti!e, fat%b#rning enE"mes of the bod" ha!e been shown to become acti!e after one ho#r(s walk$ The" remain acti!e for /9 ho#rs$ It also seems that with the lowering of blood cholesterol and walking to ind#ce the 0fat b#rners(0 acti!it", the deposited cholesterol will also be broken and passage of blood thro#gh the alread" blocked arteries will become possible Csee Mr$ ;o (s letterD$ .alking two times a da"&e!er" /9 ho#rs&will maintain the acti!it" of the hormone sensiti!e fat b#rning enE"me Chormone sensiti!e lipaseD d#ring da" and night and help clear awa" the e cess lipid deposits in the arteries$ Testimonials That Make ?o# +onder Mr$ Mohammed .ahb"(s concern is not #niB#e to himI e!er"one who has raised blood cholesterol le!els is worried$

It is common knowledge that man" diseases are associated with raised cholesterol le!els in blood circ#lation$ Different blood cholesterol le!els ha!e in the past been considered normal&all the time decreasing the accepted threshold #ntil aro#nd 9<< Cmilligrams per /<< c#bic centimeters of bloodD is now considered normal$ E!en this fig#re is an arbitrar" assessment$ I personall" belie!e the normal range to be aro#nd /<< to /3<$ M" own le!els started aro#nd 5= and ne!er went abo!e /1<$ .h"F 2eca#se for "ears and "ears, m" da" started with two to three glasses of water$ In an" case, a March 95, /==/ %ew /ngland ;ournal o! Medicine report, followed b" an editorial, abo#t an 55%"ear%old man who eats 93 eggs dail" and has normal blood cholesterol le!els, re!eals one fact$ The cholesterol we eat seems to ha!e little to do with the high le!el of cholesterol in some people(s blood$ Let #s get one thing clear- /1cess cholesterol !ormation is the result o! dehydration. It is the deh"dration that ca#ses man" different diseases and not the le!el of cholesterol in the circ#lating blood$ It Is therefore more pr#dent to attend to o#r dail" water intake rather than to what foods we eat$ .ith proper enE"me acti!it", an" food can be digested, incl#ding its cholesterol content$ Mr$ .ahb" co#ld red#ce his cholesterol le!els witho#t too m#ch an iet" abo#t his food intake Csee letter on page =<D$ 8e li!ed normall" and "et his cholesterol le!els came down dramaticall" from 97= to 9<1 in two months witho#t an" food limitations$ All he had to do was to drink more water before his meals$ If he had taken reg#lar dail" walks, this le!el wo#ld ha!e been f#rther red#ced d#ring the two months$ In time, it will be f#rther red#ced$ 8is testimonial is printed b" his kind permission$ 8e is so happ" with the simplicit" of the process that he wishes to share his *o" with others$ If increased water intake lowers cholesterol le!els, onl" to rise again, make s#re "o#r bod" is not getting short of salt$ Read the section on salt in chapter /9$ ?o# sho#ld realiEe that cholesterol is the basic b#ilding block for most hormones in the h#man bod"$ 4at#rall", a basic dri!e for increased hormone prod#ction will also raise the rate of cholesterol prod#ction$ 2asicall", it is ass#med that heart disease begins with the deposit of cholesterol plaB#es in the arteries of the heart$ At the final stages, the two ma" e ist at the same time$ 8owe!er, in m" opinion, it begins when the constriction prod#cing chemicals from the l#ngs spill o!er into the circ#lation that goes to the heart$ As it is e plained in the chapter on asthma, in deh"dration, part of the process of water preser!ation is the associated secretion of s#bstances that constrict the bronchioles$ At a certain threshold that does not at the time manifest itself in an asthma attack, the same chemicals, if the" spill into the blood circ#lation that goes thro#gh to the l#ng, will also constrict the walls of the heart arteries once the" reach them$ This sit#ation will lead to heart pains, known as anginal pains$ EMBASSY OF T5E ARAB RE3UB8IC OF E7Y3T 3RESS > INFORMATION BUREAU 1666 CONNECTICUT A;ENUE. N.W. SUITE 44" WAS5IN7TON. D.C. 2""" Ma" /st, /==/ Dr$ ;ere"doon 2atmanghelid* ;o#ndation ;or The Simple In Medicine +$' 2o 19>7, ;alls Ch#rch, )A 99<:1 Dear Dr$ 2atmanghelid*, This is to sa" how gratef#l I am to "o# for making me a m#ch less worried man$ I ha!e s#ffered from a high cholesterol le!el since /=59$ It was 975 when it was first disco!ered$ I was then in @erman" and I was p#t on s#ch a strict diet that I lost /> po#nds in less than two months and the Cholesterol le!el went down to onl" 99<$ I ref#sed to accept to lower it f#rther thro#gh medication especiall" since in Eg"pt the doctors still belie!e that this le!el is not reall" dangero#s b" the pre!ailing standards in o#r co#ntr"$ Since I entertain and attend b#siness l#nches more than what wo#ld be e pected e!en from a diplomat, beca#se of the additional b#rden of dealing with the media, m" cholesterol was alwa"s going #p to aro#nd 9>< and back to 99<s, b" p#tting m"self on !er" strict diet from time to time$ 8owe!er, it m#st be noted that it was onl" o#tside m" home that the diet came crashing down$ 'therwise,A was strict with m"self$ In fact, e!en when I ate o#tside, I was caref#l to choose dishes, where!er a!ailable, which were not partic#larl" rich in fat$ Last "ear I was shocked to disco!er that m" blood cholesterol le!el had shot #p to 97=$ I was l#ck" to ha!e met "o# then$ .hen "o# 0prescribed0 ample water Ctwo f#ll glassesD be taken before meals instead of medication that I was *#st abo#t to s#bmit m"self to then, I was !er" skeptical$ All the more so since "o# did not o!eremphasiEe dieting$ In two months, and with !er" little obser!ance of all the old 0r#les( which were making m" life miserable, m" cholesterol went down to 9<1 for the first time in more than nine "earsA M? weight too was s#rprisingl" also down b" abo#t eight po#nds and has since been #nder control$ In fact, I feel so good that I am s#re that the ne t time I will be going for a blood test, m" cholesterol le!el will be fo#nd to be e!en lower$ So, goodb"e to the 0normal0 Eg"ptian standards and welcome to the American new le!els of cholesterol witho#t the accompan"ing sense of depri!ationA En*o"ing eating, moderatel" of co#rse, as I had not been doing for a long time and free from a worr" that was

alwa"s at the back of m" mind, I belie!e I owe "o# a big T8A4H ?'6$ ?'6RS SI4CEREL? MI4ISTER M'8AMMED .A82? Director, +ress and Information 2#rea# These same chemicals can also set the stage for the deposit of cholesterol in the walls of the arteries$ The common factor to all of the !ario#s conditions labeled as different diseases of the heart and the l#ngs is an established deh"dration$ Take a look at Mr$ Sam Lig#ori(s letter, p#blished b" his kind permission$ 8is anginal pain disappeared when he started to increase his water intake$ 8e also has s#ffered from hiat#s hernia$ That, too, has started to dear #p$ @i!e him time, and it will reco!er completel"$ Also take a look at Loretta Gohnson(s letter$ ?o# will see that e!en at the "o#ng%at%heart age of =<, her anginal pain can be treated with water to the e tent that she does not need an" medication for her heart pains$ I ha!e man", man" letters similar to these$ It is not possible to p#blish them all$ I ha!e selected a few of them to show "o# that what I propose is not a theor"$ It, in fact Jworks for different people of !ar"ing ages$ .ARD The Talk Station /33 <%AM December 9, /==: @lobal 8ealth Ser!ice, Inc$ Dr$ ;ere"doon 2atmanghelid* ;o#ndation ;or The Simple In Medicine +$' 2o 19>7, ;alls Ch#rch, )A 99<:1 Dear Dr$ 2atmanghelid*G#st a short letter to thank "o# for informing o#r listeners abo#t the health benefits of drinking two B#arts of water a da"$ 4ot onl" did "o# help o#r radio a#dience, b#t I personall" ha!e en*o"ed a res#rgence of energ" after drinking two B#arts of water each da" for *#st o!er one week$ The angina pain I end#red for fi!e "ears has disappeared and m" distress from a hiatal hernia has greatl" lessened$ I feel like a new person$ I(!e been doing talk shows at .ARD Radio for the past 9< "ears, and I m#st sa" "o#r inter!iew with #s is one I(ll alwa"s remember$ Sincerel", Sam#el M$ Lig#ori, +rogram Director .ARD 2roadcasting Corporation +$' 2o /33< +ittston, +A /5>:< C7/7D >33%339/

Mr$ Gohn ;o (s case is !er" #n#s#al in that his se!ere case of heart disease was re!ersed s#fficientl" to make life once again normal for him&witho#t the b"pass s#rger" that is now in !og#e$ Mr$ ;o is in his si th decade of life$ 8e is a retired electronics engineer who has spent man" highl" responsible "ears with the 4a!"$ Toda", he is one of the 3< li!ing 2ates%Trained 4at#ral 0)ision specialists$ At some point in time, he was nearl" blind in one e"e and losing !ision in the other$ 8e became intrig#ed with the 2ates method of !ision training beca#se of his own needs$ As a res#lt of his training, he is not going blind an"more and his e"esight is sa!ed&!irt#all" normal now$ A few "ears back, he was considered h"pertensi!e$ 8e recei!ed medication to red#ce his blood press#re$ 8e co#ld not take the medicationsI the" made him worse$ 8is problems started when he s#ffered his heart attacks$ 8is letter e plains what happened to him and how he is better now$ The highlight of this letter is that after two months of taking increased water, and a slight ad*#stment to his diet, in addition to his dail" walks, his coronar" arteries m#st ha!e cleared s#fficientl" for him to feel normal$ 8e now en*o"s normal acti!it" witho#t ha!ing to end#re an" pain, and all of that witho#t the #se of an" medication or s#ffering b"%pass s#rger"$ Imagine that a person with s#ch a se!ere heart problem as Mr$ ;o co#ld in abo#t two months get back to normal life and not need in!asi!e treatment e!en tho#gh chemical treatments failedA The proposed nat#re%designed approach to the problem scientificall" and logicall" seems to depend on ph"siological re!ersal of the disease process$ It(s an ideal wa" of offering cures for some degenerati!e disease conditions$ BATES<FO?

Nat(ra' ;%s%#$ Tra%$%$2 2!4@ N#rth 8eA%$2t#$ Street Ar'%$2t#$ ;%r2%$%a 222"7 Te'eph#$e 7"3 @36 74 2 Attestation- 93 March /==9 It was in the spring of /==/ when I first learned from a member of the ;o#ndation ;or the Simple In Medicine the !al#e of water as a form of medication$ Si months before, I had s#ffered two heart attacks and had #ndergone angioplast" s#rger"$ After the operation, I was prescribed hea!" dosages of calci#m and beta blockers, bab" aspirin, nitrogl"cerine Cfor painD, and cholesterol%red#cing medicine for reco!er"$ The angiogram before the angioplast" had shown one of the arteries of m" heart was =7 percent blocked b" cholesterol deposits$ I was told m" heart had been damaged$ After si months of strict attention to m" prescribed 0rec#peration0 program, I noticed that m" condition was rapidl" deteriorating, to the e tent that I had diffic#lt" sleeping beca#se of pain in m" left arm, back and chest, and also felt these same pains when I took m" dail" walks$ I !is#aliEed m"self going for b"pass s#rger" at the sched#led time for ree!al#ation of m" condition$ 2" this time, I also s#ffered from serio#s side effects ca#sed b" the medications, s#ch as- m" prostate created retention and blocking problemsI I had also de!eloped problems with m" !ision and memor" recall$ I first began m" rehabilitation thro#gh diet b" a reg#lar intake of si to eight 5%o#nce glasses of water each da" for three da"s$ I was told to drink water a half%ho#r before eating m" dail" meals$ I c#t off m" anti%cholesterol pills, aspirin and nitrogl"cerine pills$ G#dging b" the effect of the water, it seemed I did not need them$ I also started taking orange *#ice and started #sing salt in m" diet again CI had been on a sodi#m%free dietD$ After the first three da"s, I was feeling more comfortable abo#t all of that added water$ After three weeks of grad#all" red#cing the calci#m and beta%blockers, I noticed some !er" fa!orableJ changes$ .hene!er I felt pain, I wo#ld drink water and Jget instant relief$ M" diet remained the same&fr#its, !egetables, chicken, fish, orange *#ice, and carrot *#ice$ To get more tr"ptophan, I was asked to add cottage cheese and lentil so#p to m" diet$ Dr$ 2atmanghelid* reB#ested that I take two one%ho#r walks C93 min$ mileD a da"$ After the second month, I noticed no more pain&e!en walking #p steep hills$ After the fifth month, I changed m" walks to /J9 ho#r and increased m" pace to a /3%min#te mile$ 4o constrictions were noticed d#ring m" walks and m" energ" had increased two%fold$ M#ch of m" power to recall had been reestablished, and m" !ision ret#rned to normal$ In 'ctober /==/, I had a series of chemical and ph"sical tests, incl#ding %ra"s, sonogram, echocardiogram and electrocardiogram, to determine the state of m" heart$ The tests showed that m" heart had restored to its normal state and I did not need an" form of medication to cope with m" dail" ro#tine$ M" doctor co#ld not belie!e how simpl" all this change had taken place$ Gohn <$ ;o 2ates%;o 4at#ral )ision Training Adding the statements of Mr$ .ahb" to the res#lts presented b" Mr$ ;o , Mr$ +at#ris, Mr$ Lig#ori, Mrs$ Gohnson, Col$ 2#rmeister and Mr$ +eck, one begins to recogniEe the fact that common tap water has medicinal alues hitherto unrecogni+ed. .ater is a readil" a!ailable nat#ral medicine for some of the pre!alent and !er" serio#s medical conditions that are known to kill man" tho#sands of people e!er" "ear$ Is it heart disease or deh"dration that is killing peopleF In m" professional and scientific !iew, it is dehydration that is the biggest killer, more than an" other condition "o# co#ld imagine$ The different aspects and 0chemical idios"ncrasies0 of each indi!id#al(s bod" reaction to the same pattern of deh"dration ha!e recei!ed different professional labels and ha!e been treated differentl"&and ine!!ecti ely. Deh"dration is the common factor$ It is the difference in the 0chemical bl#eprint0 in the design of each bod" that initiall" demonstrates the signs of chronic deh"dration b" different o#tward indicators$ Later in the process, other indicators of the same deh"dration become apparent$ The reason for this difference in the initial pattern ma" well be the selecti!e process of 0shower%head0 emergenc" h"dration of some cell t"pes in the bod"$ If "o# take a second look at the letters b" Mr$ +eck, Mr$ +at#ris and Mr$ .illiam @ra" Cpage /39D, "o# will see that the indi!id#als in B#estion had m#ltiple problems that got better b" the reg#lation of dail" water intake$ ?o# are now pri!" to information on where the mistake lies in the creation of monstro#s problems within the health care s"stems in scientificall" ad!anced co#ntries$ "hey seem to allow the arrogant treatment o! a simple dehydration o! the human body by chemical mallets until real diseases are born. E?CESS BODY WEI75T 0The secret of caring for a patient is caring for the patient$0 Sir .illiam 'sier B= Wh* are 3" per&e$t #+ A,er%&a$s #0er/e%2htC A= Be&a(se #+ a ,#st 1as%& &#$+(s%#$D The* )#$4t -$#/ /he$ the* are th%rst*E the* a's# )#$4t -$#/ the )%++ere$&e 1et/ee$ 6+'(%)s6 a$) 6/ater.6 Let #s disc#ss the letters from Mr$ +eck, Mr$ +at#ris, +riscilla +reston, and Donna @#tkowski that follow$ All of them

stated the" lost between 1< and :3 po#nds in weight when the" switched to water as their preferred be!erage$ There is another person who grad#all" lost 35 po#nds in less than a "ear, weight she had gained in si "ears$ As "o# read on, "o# will see how simpl" we gam weight$ ?o# wo#ld think it 0simplistic0 if "o# did not ha!e the proof in front of "o#$ The central control s"stem in the brain happens to recogniEe the low energ" le!els a!ailable for its f#nctions$ The sensations of thirst or h#nger also stem from low, read"%to%access energ" le!els$ To mobiliEe energ" from that which is stored inJthe fat, one needs hormonal release mechanisms$ This processJtakes a while longer Cand some ph"sical acti!it" for energ" releaseD than the #rgent needs of the brain$ The front of the brain either gets energ" from 0h"droelectricit"0 or from s#gar in blood circ#lation$ Its f#nctional needs for h"droelectricit" are more, #rgent&not onl" the energ" formation from water, b#t also its transport s"stem within the microstream flow s"stem that depends on more water$ Th#s, the sensation of thirst and h#nger are generated sim#ltaneo#sl" to indicate the brain(s needs$ .e do not recogniEe the sensation of thirst and ass#me 0both indicators0 to be the #rge to eat .e eat food e!en when the bod" sho#ld recei!e water$ In these people who lost weight, b" drinking water before eating food, the" managed to separate the two sensations$ The" did not o!ereat to satisf" an #rge for the intake of water$ '!ereating ;#rther E plained The h#man brain is ro#ghl" / J3<th of the total bod" weight$ It is said to possess abo#t nine trillion ner!e cells Ccomp#ter chipsD$ 2rain cells are said to be 53 percent water$ Twent" percent of blood circ#lation is allocated and made a!ailable to the brain$ This means that the brain gets to pick and choose from the circ#lating blood what is needed for its normal f#nctions$ The brain is the onl" part of the bod" that is constantl" acti!e$ It processes all information from different parts of the bod", as well as that which enters it from dail" e pos#re to ph"sical, social, and electromagnetic en ironment. To process all these inp#ts and alert all parts of the bod" for coordinated response, the brain spends a !ast B#antit" of energ"$ At the same time, it spends energ" in man#fact#ring primar" ingredients and different brain chemical messengers Cne#rotransmittersD that are made in the brain cells and ha!e to be transported to the ner!e endings where!er the" are$ The transport s"stem #ses a !ast B#antit" of energ"$ This high rate of energ" cons#mption b" the brain is the main reason wh" it recei!es abo#t 9< percent of blood circ#lation$ 2rain cells stockpile energ" in two main forms- AT+ and @T+ reser!es&like the coal and coke d#mps ne t to power plants$ Certain actions are s#pplied with energ" from AT+ stockpiles that are located in different parts of the cell, mainl" within its membranes$ The cell membrane is where the information enters and where an action is initiated$ There is a s"stem of energ" rationing in operation in each cell$ 4ot all stim#lation will achie!e an allocation of energ" from the AT+ stockpile to get registered and in!oke a response$ There is a threshold for energ" release for some 0inp#ts$0 The brain calc#lates and #nderstands what is important and what is not for its energ" e pendit#re$ .hen AT+ reser!es are low, man" stim#li do not in!oke a response$ This low AT+ reser!e in some o!eracti!e brain cells will become reflected as a fatig#e state in f#nctions controlled b" those brain cells$ E actl" the same process is in operation for the @T+ stockpiles$ In certain emergenc" actions, some energ" from @T+ stockpile can be di!erted to boost the AT+ stockpile to s#stain some of the most essential f#nctions that wo#ld otherwise s#ffer from lack of local energ"$ Storage of energ" in the brain(s energ" pools seems to rel" hea!il" on the a!ailabilit" of s#gar$ The brain is constantl" drawing from the blood s#gar to replenish its AT+ and @T+ stockpiles$ 2ecently it has been disco ered that the human body has the ability to generate hydroelectric energy when water, by itsel!, goes through the cell membrane and turns some ery special energy generating pumps0 ery much like the hydroelectric power generation when a dam is built on a large ri er. Th#s, the brain #ses two mechanisms for its energ" reB#irements'ne, from metabolism of food and formation of s#gar- two, from its water s#ppl" and con!ersion of h"droelectric energ"$ It now seems that the brain depends !er" e tensi!el" on energ" formation from 0h"droelectricit",0 partic#larl" for its transport s"stem in its ner!e s#ppl" to different parts of the bod"$ To satisf" the brain(s reB#irements, the h#man bod" has de!eloped a !er" delicate balancing s"stem to keep a normal range of s#gar concentration in the blood$ ItJdoes this in two wa"s$ 'ne, b" stim#lating the intake of proteins and starch" foods that it will con!ert to s#gar, in addition to the s#gar in the dietI two, b" con!erting some starch and proteins from stored reser!es of the bod" into s#gar$ This latter mechanism is called 0gl#co%neo%gene%sis$0 It means remaking of s#gar from other materials$ This re%man#fact#ring of s#gar for #se b" the brain is done in the li!er$ The dependence of most brain f#nctions on energ" from s#gar has de!eloped a satiet" or pleas#re association for the sweet taste$ It has established a certain coding s"stem for coordination of f#nctions b" the other organs, partic#larl" b" the li!er when sweet taste stim#lates the tong#e$ .hen there is not eno#gh s#gar in circ#lation, the li!er begins to man#fact#re it and constantl" tops #p blood le!els b" the addition of more s#gar$ At the beginning, it will con!ert stored starch, followed b" proteins and small B#antities of fat$ ;at con!ersion is a !er" slow process$ The bod" needs to go witho#t food for some time before a higher rate of fat metabolism is established$ +roteins are more accessible and broken down more easil" than fat$ ;at deposits are made #p of man" single #nits of 0fatt" acids0 *oined together$ It is the indi!id#al fatt" acids that are broken for their energ" !al#e$ Each gram of fat gi!es nine calories of energ"$ Each gram of protein or s#gar pro!ides onl" fo#r calories of energ"$ This is the reason, when fat is metaboliEed, a person is far less h#ngr"$ In children, fat stores are brown in color and ha!e m#ch blood circ#lation in them$ In brown fat, fat is metaboliEed

directl" and heat is generated$ In later "ears of life, fat stores ha!e less blood circ#lation and are less accessible to the enE"mes that wo#ld mobiliEe the fatt" acids for con!ersion in the li!er and the m#scles$ .hen m#scles are inacti!e, the" are more easil" attacked and their protein is broken down for con!ersion into s#gar$ 8owe!er, if m#scles are #sed, the" begin to metaboliEe some of their stored fat as a choice so#rce of energ" to do work and maintain or increase their b#lk To do this, the" begin to acti!ate a fat%breaking enE"me called 0hormone sensiti!e lipase$0 It has been shown in repeated blood tests in Sweden that this enE"me(s acti!it" is seen after one ho#r(s walk and retains its fat%breaking acti!it" for /9 ho#rs$ 'nce m#scles begin to #se fat, more s#gar will become a!ailable to be #sed b" the brain$ .ith repeated walks, acti!it" of the fat%b#rning enE"mes become m#ch more prono#nced$ Th#s, a component of an" dieting program sho#ld be m#scle #se for its long%lasting, primar" and direct ph"siological effect on fat breakdown$ It is this enE"me in blood circ#lation that will also clean all blood !essel walls of fatt" plaB#es and deposits$ It was this ph"siological response of the bod" to walking that re!ersed the health problems of Mr$ Gohn ;o $ Increased water intake ga!e him energ" and stamina and walking stim#lated the enE"mes that cleared his arteries$ 'ffice work and desk *obs in o#r modern wa" of life are onl" a c#lt#ral transformation$ The bod" ph"siolog" has not "et transformed s#fficientl" to accommodate for this f#nctionall" abnormal #se of the h#man bod"$ The h#man bod" still needs m#scle acti!it" to maintain normal f#nctions$ If the bod" f#nctions normall", it will know when to eat and how m#ch to eat witho#t storing fat$ E!er" part of the bod" will #se its share of energ" s#ppl" for efficient and well% coordinated f#nctioning$ This is what it is designed for$ 8owe!er, if the brain is #sed more Cin times of stressD and the bod" is not #sed proportionatel" to s#ppl" the brain with its s#gar needs, a less%disciplined person will gi!e in to eating more often and in larger B#antities$ It becomes more dramatic if one does not recogniEe the other thirst signals of the h#man bod" when it needs water for its energ" s#ppl", when in place of drinking water b" itself more food is cons#med$ In stress, the bod" becomes deh"drated$ The reason we tend to gain weight is one simple fact- we eat to s#ppl" the brain with energ" for its constant ro#nd%the%clock acti!it"$ 8owe!er, when food is eaten, onl" abo#t 9< percent of it reaches the brain$ The rest will grad#all" become stored if m#scle acti!it" does not #se #p its allocated portion$ .ith water as a so#rce of energ", this storage does not happen$ E cess water is passed o#t in the form of #rine$ Diet Sodas Can Ca#se .eight @ain M" obser!ation has been that diet sodas Call !ariet" of man#fact#red soft drinks are called soda instead of #sing the label on the drinkD, e!en tho#gh containing no appreciable n#mber of calories, are possibl" the ca#se of more weight gain in people who resort to taking them to control their weight$ 'ne person stands o#t- A "o#ng man in his twenties, abo#t 3( 30 in height$ lake most college st#dents, he #sed to drink reg#lar sodas while #nder constant press#re for completion of his st#dies$ 8e had alread" gained e cess weight b" the time he grad#ated$ After grad#ation, to red#ce weight, he began drinking eight cans of diet sodas per da"$ In abo#t two "ears, he m#st ha!e gained another 1< po#nds$ 8e seemed to get as ro#nd as he was tall$ 8is walk became diffic#lt, and he seemed to ha!e to swing his hip to take a step$ 8e also drank his diet soda at mealtimes and ate more than his bod" needed$ 8e still cons#mes his diet sodas&he seems to be addicted&and, despite all other efforts, contin#es to be o!erweight$ This parado in o#r #nderstanding of the relationship between taking a sweetener that does not directl" contrib#te to the total calorie intake of the bod" and weight gain needs e planation$ The following is the res#lt of m" research into this enigma$ There are man" s#ch persons who resort to taking diet sodas and, instead of losing weight, the" begin to gain it$ The transcript of a testimonial from Donna @#tkowski, who for "ears onl" cons#med sodas and steadil" gained weight regardless of an"thing else she did to shed the e cess po#nds, will also follow$ In America in /53<, abo#t /1 o#nces of soda were cons#med per person per "ear$ In the late /=5<s, more than 3<< twel!e%o#nce cans of sodas were cons#med per person per "ear$ The /==: ann#al report of the be!erage ind#str" shows that per%capita cons#mption of sodas is :=$/ gallons per "ear$ 'f this amo#nt, 95$9 percent of cons#mption is the share of different diet sodas$ Diet soda cons#mption is beginning to decline$ Eight"%fo#r percent of all sodas cons#med belong to two companies CCoca%Cola :5$9 percent and +epsi%Cola 13$= percentD$ 'f this 5: percent share of market and their different labels man#fact#red, onl" 3$3 percent are caffeine%free diet sodas$ These fig#res indicate that a !ast n#mber of people are drinking caffeinated sodas, of which 99 percent consists of diet sodas$ A s#r!e" at the camp#s of +enns"l!ania State 6ni!ersit" has shown that some st#dents drank /: cans of soda a da"$ 'ne girl had cons#med 17 Cokes in two da"s$ Man" admitted the" co#ld not li!e witho#t these soft drinks$ If depri!ed, these persons wo#ld de!elop withdrawal s"mptoms, !er" m#ch like those addicted to other dr#gs$ 2o"s Life magaEine s#r!e"ed its readers and fo#nd that eight percent of them drink eight or more sodas a da"$ The administrators of one 2o" Sco#t Gamboree had collected 9<<,<<< empt" cans for rec"cling$ The Soft Drink Association s#r!e"ed the #se of soft drinks in hospitals in America and fo#nd 53 percent of them ser!e sodas with their patients( meals$ Research has shown that caffeine is addicti!e$ The media, to placate a be!erage ind#str" that spends !ast s#ms of mone" for ad!ertising its prod#cts, ha!e come #p with a less e pressi!e word to anno#nce the news$ The" call it 0caffeine dependenc"$0 .hen cons#mption of sodas is enco#raged b" societ", it is ass#med these man#fact#red be!erages can replace the needs of the bod" for water$ It is ass#med, *#st beca#se these be!erages contain water, the bod" will be

adeB#atel" ser!ed$ This ass#mption is wrong$ This broad%base increase in cons#mption of mainl" caffeine% containing sodas forms the backgro#nd to man" of the health problems of o#r societ"$ The mistaken ass#mption that all fl#ids are eB#i!alent to water for the water needs of the h#man bod" is the main ca#se of man" of the ills of the h#man bod", and it is freB#entl" associated with the initial e cessi!e gain in weight$ To #nderstand the abo!e statement, we need to recogniEe some simple principles of anatom" and ph"siolog" of the brain that reg#late eating and drinking$ The conf#sion that all man#fact#red be!erages will s#ppl" the bod" with its dail" water needs, more than an" other ca#se, is responsible for some of the diseases that we enco#nter$ @ross disfig#rement of the bod" b" fat collection is the initial step in the decline of the h#man bod", and in m" opinion is ca#sed b" the wrong choice of fl#ids intake$ Some of these be!erages do more damage than others$ Caffeine, one of the main components of most sodas, is a dr#g$ It has addicti!e properties beca#se of its direct action on the brain$ It also acts on the kidne"s and ca#ses increased #rine prod#ction$ Caffeine has di#retic properties$ It is ph"siologicall" a deh"drating agent$ This characteristic is the main reason a person is forced to drink so man" cans of soda e!er" da" and ne!er be satisfied$ The water does not sta" in the bod" long eno#gh$ At the same time, man" persons conf#se their feeling of thirst for water$ Thinking the" ha!e cons#med eno#gh 0water0 that is in the soda, the" ass#me the" are h#ngr" and begin to eat more than their bod"(s need for food$ Th#s, deh"dration ca#sed b" caffeine%containing sodas, in d#e time, will ca#se a grad#al gain in weight from o!ereating as a direct res#lt of conf#sion of thirst and h#nger sensations$ Caffeine has 0pick%me%#p0 properties$ It stim#lates the brainJbod" e!en when a person is e ha#stedA It seems that caffeine lowers the threshold of AT+ stockpile control$ Stored AT+ is #sed #p for some f#nctions that wo#ld not normall" gain access to it when there is a set le!el of reser!es$ .hen sodas contain s#gar, at least some of the brain(s need for s#gar is satisfied$ If caffeine is releasing AT+ energ" to enhance performance, at least its s#gar companion will replenish some of the lost AT+, e!en if the final res#lt is a deficit e pendit#re of AT+ b" the brain$ In earl" /=5<s, a new prod#ct was introd#ced into the be!erage ind#str"&an artificial sweetener other than saccharin$ It is called aspartame. Aspartame is /5< times as sweet as s#gar witho#t an" calorie o#tp#t$ It is now in common #se beca#se the ;ood and Dr#g Administration C+DAD has deemed it safe to #se in place of s#gar$ In a !er" short period of time, it has been incorporated in o!er 3<<< recipes$ In the intestinal tract, aspartame con!erts to two highl" e citator" ne#rotransmitter amino acids- aspartate and phenylalanine, as well as meth"l alcoholJformaldeh"de&wood alcohol$ It is claimed the li!er renders meth"l alcohol non%to ic$ I personall" think this claim is made to br#sh aside !oiced ob*ections for commercialiEation of a man#fact#red 0food0 that has a known to1ic byproduct. If caffeine con!erts AT+ to AM+, a spent energ" 0ash,0 aspartate con!erts @T+ energ" stockpile to @M+$ 2oth AM+ and @M+ are spent f#elsI the" ca#se thirstJh#nger to replace the lost f#el stockpiles in the brain cells$ Th#s, diet sodas ca#se indiscriminate o!er#se of energ" reser!es of cells in the brain$ It is a well%recogniEed, scientific fact that spent f#el CAM+D does ca#se h#nger$ Caffeine ca#ses addiction, and people who cons#me it on a reg#lar basis sho#ld be ass#med to be 0sodaholics$0 8ence, caffeinated diet sodas in sedentar" persons m#st ca#se weight gainI the" indirectl" stim#late more food intake beca#se of the brain(s forced #se of its energ" reser!es$ 2ear in mind that onl" some of the energ" !al#e of foods eaten will be #sed b" the brain$ The rest of the cons#med energ" will be stored in the form of fat if not #sed b" m#scle acti!it"$ This weight gain is one of man" res#lts of diet soda cons#mption$ The more important refle that occ#rs is a brain reaction to sweet taste$ The *argon #sed is "cephalic phase response." A conditioned refle becomes established as a res#lt of life%long e perience with sweet taste that is associated with the introd#ction of new energ" into the bod"$ .hen sweet taste stim#lates the tong#e, the brain programs the li!er to prepare for acceptance of new energ"& s#gar&from o#tside$ The li!er, in t#rn, stops the man#fact#re of s#gar from the protein and starch reser!es of the bod" and instead begins to store the metabolic f#els that are circ#lating in the blood$ As Michael @$ Tardoff, Mark I$ ;riedman, and other scientists ha!e shown, cephalic phase responses alter the metabolic acti!it" in fa!or of n#trient storageI the f#el a!ailable for con!ersion is red#ced which leads to the de!elopment of appetite$ If it is indeed s#gar that stim#lates the response, the effect on the li!er will be the reg#lation of that which has entered the bod"$ 8owe!er, if sweet taste is not followed b" n#trient a!ailabilit", an #rge to eat will be the o#tcome$ It is the li!er that prod#ces the signals and the #rge to eat The more sweet taste witho#t the accompan"ing calories that stim#lates the taste b#ds, the more there is an #rge to eat&o!ereat$ The effect of cephalic phase response to sweet taste has been dearl" shown in animal models with the #se of saccharin$ 6sing aspartame, se!eral scientists ha!e shown a similar #rge to o!ereat in h#mans$ 2l#ndel and 8ill ha!e shown that non%n#triti!e sweeteners&aspartame in sol#tion&will enhance appetite and increase short%term food intake$ The" report- 0After ingestion of aspartame, the !ol#nteers were left with a resid#al h#nger compared with what the" reported after gl#cose$ This resid#al h#nger is f#nctional, it leads to increased food cons#mption$0 Tardoff and ;riedman ha!e shown that this #rge to eat more food after artificial sweeteners can last #p to =< min#tes after the sweet drinkI e!en when all blood tests show normal !al#es$ The" showed that e!en when blood le!els for ins#lin, the higher readings of which is tho#ght to be the ca#se of h#nger, achie!ed normal le!els test animals cons#med more food than the control batch$ .hat this means is that the 0brain0 retains for a long time the

#rge to eat when the taste b#ds for s#gar are stim#lated witho#t s#gar ha!ing entered the s"stem$ The sweet taste will ca#se the brain to program the li!er to store s#pplies rather than release s#pplies from its storage$ 2asicall", this ph"siological response to sweeteners witho#t their accompan"ing calories that the bod" has been told has entered it will compel the person to find and make good the registered marker for energ" cons#mption$ This is another ph"siological reason wh" people who cons#me diet sodas to red#ce weight ma" s#ffer from the parado ical response of their bod" to repeated stim#lation of the taste b#ds with s#gar s#bstit#tes$ .hen caffeine and aspartame are introd#ced into the bod", the" will dictate their stim#lating effect on the cell ph"siolog" in the brain, the li!er, the kidne"s, the pancreas, the endocrine glands, and so on$ Aspartame is con!erted to phen"lalanine and aspartate$ 2oth ha!e direct stim#lator" effects on the brain$ The s#m total of the effect of caffeine and aspartame will !er" B#ickl" establish a new mode of acti!it" for the brain *#st beca#se the" are repeatedl" a!ailable in larger B#antities than the ones that wo#ld otherwise establish a balanced ph"siolog"$ Most ne#rotransmitters are secondar" prod#cts from one or another amino acid$ 8owe!er, aspartate is one of a pair of #niB#e amino acids that don(t need to be con!erted to a secondar" prod#ct to act on the brain to ca#se an effect$ There are recei!ing points CreceptorsD for these two stim#lant amino acids Caspartate and gl#tamateD on certain ner!e cells that infl#ence bod" ph"siolog" !er" dramaticall"$ The #se of artificial sweeteners for their false stim#lation of 0ner!e terminals0 that register the entr" of 0energ"0 s#pplies into the bod" ha!e more se!ere reperc#ssions than simpl" ca#sing increase in weight$ These chemicals constantl" swing the bod" ph"siolog" in the direction dictated b" the ner!e s"stem the" stim#late$ Their #se witho#t a thoro#gh #nderstanding of their long%term effects in the bod", *#st beca#se the" also pleasantl" stim#late the taste b#ds, is shortsighted$ M" #nderstanding of the microph"siolog" within cells ca#ses me concern when I think of the ro#tine #se of these amino acids$ I worr" for the o#tcome of the long%term effect of the direct stim#lation of the ner!eJ gland#lar s"stems in the brain with these chemical sweeteners$ The" are nat#rall" positioned for other important, b#t balanced f#nctions, in the bod"$ Research has shown that receptors for aspartate are ab#ndantl" present on some ner!e s"stems whose prod#cts also stim#late the reprod#cti!e organs and breasts$ A constant stim#lation of breast glands witho#t the other factors associated with pregnanc" ma" well be implicated in the rise in the rate of breast cancer in women$ The hormone, prolactin, ma" pla" a ma*or role in this direction$ 'ne of the less e plored complications of aspartame ma" be its effect as a possible facilitator in cancer formation in the brain$ ;ed to rats, aspartame has been implicated in brain t#mor formation in e perimental animals$ As an analog", imagine a small sail boat that is going from one nearb" port to another and has to reach its destination before dark when the direction of the winds is not ideal$ If the sailor, instead of pa"ing strict attention to the r#les of sailing, gi!es in to the pleas#re and e hilaration of fast sailing with the wind, he will ha!e abandoned his p#rpose and sailed his boat to totall" different and #nknown shores, and in the dark$ The odds are that he and his boat will not s#r!i!e the trip$ 'n its *o#rne" of life, the h#man bod" is *#st like a sail boat$ If the mind abandons p#rpose and forgets the design of the bod", and gi!es in to the o!erstim#lation of the palate with artificial and non%representati!e prod#cts Cs#ch as spicesD, in the long r#n, the bod" chemistr" ma" not be able to deal with constant false information and not s#ffer damage$ It is primiti!e and simplistic thinking that one co#ld easil" lace water with all sorts of pleas#re%enhancing chemicals and s#bstit#te these fl#ids for the nat#ral and dean water that the h#man bod" needs$ Some of these chemicals, caffeine, aspartame, saccharin and alcohol, thro#gh their constant lopsided effect on the brain, #nidirectionall"& single mindedl"&program the bod" chemistr" with res#lts contrar" to the nat#ral design of the bod"$ )er" m#ch like the sail boat in the dark that will get beached in #ncharted shores if its sailor gi!es in to the pleas#res and e hilaration of fast sailing in place of sticking to the r#les of sailing with safet" in mind, the intake of wrong fl#ids will affect the life of an"one who contin#all" cons#mes them$ As it has been e plained so far, the h#man bod" has man" different indicators when it r#ns short of water$ At these times, it needs onl" water$ As it has been e plained, it will complicate matters if one gi!es the bod" artificial taste% enhancing fl#ids on a reg#lar basis and in f#ll s#bstit#tion of the water needs of the bod"$ 'ne sho#ld remember that caffeine is similarl" an addicti!e dr#g, the #se of which has become 0legal$0 Children, in partic#lar, become !#lnerable to the addicti!e properties of these caffeine%containing be!erages$ Stim#lating the bod" at the earl" stages of life of a child with pleas#re%enhancing chemicals in be!erages, in some will program the senses to #se harder addicti!e dr#gs when the" reach school age$ Th#s, the long%term and constant #se of sodas in general, and diet sodas in partic#lar, sho#ld be ass#med to be responsible for some of the more serio#s health problems of o#r societ"$ Distorting the ph"sical appearance of the bod" as a res#lt of e cess fat storage is the first step in this direction$ Some man#fact#red be!erages sho#ld onl" be #sed sparingl", if at all, b" "o#nger people, when the right programs for the f#t#re health of a child is the aim of parents$ Dr$ Marcia @#tkowski is a n#trition cons#ltant$ After reading m" book, she con!inced her da#ghter Donna to begin changing her habit in fl#ids intake$ The res#lt has asto#nded the mother and da#ghter$ The following is the transcript of Donna(s testimonial$ Dear Dr. Batmanghelidj

,pril DC,7889 I My mother asked, that I write to you and tell you about my recent weight loss success. I know that I could ha e a much more success!ul loss i! I would !ollow your !ormula and curb my eating habits, along with starting a regular routine o! e1ercise. &owe er just getting mysel! to get o!! o! A to ? cans o! Mountain Dew a day is a miracle in itsel!. Within the last 8 months to a year, I ha e success!ully been able to keep FC e1cess pounds o! baggage o!!. I am able to wear clothes that I thought would ne er touch my body again. I also ha e just about reached my goal si+e !or my upcoming wedding. / en my !iancL had to admit that lam looking much better than when he !irst met me !i e years ago. My success has been contributed to !aith!ully drinking 7KD my body weight in ounces in water e ery day. Where er I go, so does my water. "o work, shopping, e en my long @ hour long car rides. 6"hat does make !or a lot o! rest area stops, but they are worth it.: I do treat mysel! to an occasional mineral water or beer when I go out, but I ha e usually gotten my 5uota o! water in !or the day. *ne interesting thing that I ha e noticed howe er is that once I ha e !inished drinking my 5uota o! water, I ha e absolutely no desire to drink anymore. ,lso I ha e !ound that I#m not thirsty anymore and it will usually take me awhile to drink some other type o! be erage whether it be juice, milk, beer, mineral water, etc. I am looking !orward to *ctober 7st which is my wedding day when I can walk down the aisle looking better than I ha e looked in 7C years, since I graduated !rom high school. It will also be nice to put my weight on my new dri ers license without ha ing to cringe !or the !irst time in my li!e. "hanks !or the smaller me(((( Donna M. =utkowski It is now ;ebr#ar" of /==3$ Donna is happil" married$ 2" the time of her wedding in 'ctober /==:, she had lost o!er :< po#nds$ This science%based wa" of weight loss will be permanent, whereas with onl" food limitation, e!en if some weight is lost, it is regained in a short period of time$ .orse still, one is constantl" ho#nded b" the fallac" of needing to limit this or that food, partic#larl" on the s#b*ect of cholesterol content of food, a temporar" present%da" !og#e$ Do not be shocked$ Contrar" to present trends for e cl#sion of eggs from dail" diet, I eat as man" eggs as I feel like eating& no limitation whatsoe!erI eggs ha!e a well%balanced protein content$ I also happen to #nderstand how e cess cholesterol formation in the bod" is associated with prolonged deh"dration$ +riscilla +reston(s letter on the ne t page f#rther e plains the relationship of deh"dration, not onl" to weight gain, b#t to the more de!astating problem of asthma, the s#b*ect of the ne t chapter$ In taking steps to pre!ent asthma, she managed to lose 13 po#nds$ Another important point in her letter is the role of salt in disease pre!ention$ Salt is important to the bod"$ Salt sensors on the tong#e, when strongl" stim#lated, remo!e the bod"(s an iet" and stop it from panicking for water$ .hen salt is a!ailable, the bod" is at least ass#red of an efficient water filtration s"stem for its emergenc" s#ppl" to the important cells$ ?o# will read more abo#t salt in chapter /9$ +lease bear in mind, these letters are real%life stories$ The" are not 0anecdotes$0 .e do not need statistics to con!ince people of the efficac" of water, when the bod" is demonstrating an #rgent need for it$ Whose !ault is it that the human body#s regional calls !or water, and its programs o! adaptation to dehydration, ha e been labeled as disease conditionsH Is there an" pla#sible reason wh", for e!al#ation of nat#ral treatment proced#res, we sho#ld adhere to the self%ser!ing methodolog" and the "ardstick of the pharmace#tical ind#str"F Their inacc#rate assertions ha!e #ntil now ca#sed so m#ch pain and agon" for people whose bodies were onl" cr"ing o#t for waterA

AST5MA AND A88ER7IES It is estimated that 7D million children su!!er !rom asthma, and se eral thousand die e ery year. >et us declare an end to asthma in less than !i e years. >et us sa e children !rom the constant !ear o! su!!ocation because they do not recogni+e they are thirsty !or water( Asthma and allergies are indicators that the bod" has resorted to an increase in prod#ction of the ne#rotransmitter histamine, the sensor reg#lator of water metabolism and its distrib#tion in the bod"$ It is recogniEed that asthmatics ha!e an increase in histamine content of their l#ng tiss#e and that it is the histamine that reg#lates the bronchial m#scle contraction$ Since one of the sites for water loss thro#gh e!aporation is in the l#ngs, bronchial constriction prod#ced b" histamine means less water e!aporation d#ring the act of breathing&a simple nat#ral mane#!er to preser!e the bod" water$ 8istamine is an agent that, apart from its water reg#lator" role, has responsibilities for antibacterial, anti!iral, and anti%foreign agents Cchemicals and proteinsD defense s"stems in the bod"$ At a normal le!el of water content of the bod", these actions are held at an impercepti!e or #ne aggerated le!el$ At a deh"drated state of the bod", to the point that the histamine acti!it" becomes e aggerated for water reg#lation, an imm#ne s"stem acti!ation of histamine%prod#cing cells will release an e aggerated amo#nt of the transmitter that is held in storage for its other f#nctions$

It has been shown in animal models that histamine prod#ction in histamine%generating cells will decrease with an increase in the dail" water intake$ 2oth of these conditions sho#ld be reg#lated with an alert and determined increase in water intake$ 'n a!erage, these conditions respond after one to fo#r weeks of water reg#lation of the bod"$ Mr$ +eck, an asthmatic since childhood, who also became sensiti!e to all sorts of 0allergens,0 is no longer in fear of these health problems$ Mr$ +at#ris also testifies to the fact that his wife(s allergic condition became less problematic$ Gose Ri!era, M$D$, had for "ears s#ffered from allergies and asthma$ 8e was se!erel" allergic to cats$ In fact, he wo#ld ne!er go to a ho#se where a cat was also kept$ It seems he at one time got !er" sick after being e posed to a cat$ As a res#lt of #sing the new information abo#t the relationship of deh"dration to e cess histamine prod#ction in the bod", he has totall" reco!ered from both of these conditions$ To top it all, he now treats asthmatics with water and salt$ 8is letter is on the ne t page$ +riscilla +reston(s letter "o# ha!e alread" seen$ Goanie .infield(s letter is also printed below$ I onl" disc#ss these persons beca#se their letters testif" to the fact that increased dail" water intake has pro!ided total relief from asthma and allergies in grown persons, e!en after man" "ears of s#ffering from the problem$ F#se A. R%0era M.D. 8e&t(rerGMe,1er A)0%s#r* B#ar) I$ter$at%#$a' Fe)erat%#$ #+ 5#'%st%& Me)%&%$e 8%1ert* SH(are Me)%a' Ce$ter @"1 N#rth 17th Street I S(%te US) A''e,#,: 3A 1 1"4 J61"K776<763! 1G6G!@ Dr$ ;$ 2atmanghelid* @lobal 8ealth Sol#tions ;alls Ch#rch, )A$ 99<:1 Dear Dr$ 2atmanghelid* This letter is in appreciation for the information that "o# ha!e presented concerning water deh"dration and asthma$ As "o# recall I ha!e had ad#lt onset asthma since I was In college and ha!e had man" bo#ts of anaph"la is which were life threatening$ D#e to the information that "o# ha!e pro!ided I ha!e been able to ameliorate and c#re m" own asthma with water and salt intake$ I ha!e been asthma free for appro imatel" /$3 "ears and ha!e not had an" reactions to the allergens of the past$ The information has been most helpf#l in making me aware of when and how to drink water and take salt in order to h"drate m"self and pre!ent an" rec#rrence of asthma$ Also, I ha!e been able to ad!ise other patients with respirator" and allergen problems In how to Increase their water and salt intake safel", and to m" amaEement the amelioration has been dramatic$ Thank "o# sir for gi!ing me and others the breath of life thr# something so simple as water and sail Sincerel", Gose A$ Ri!era M$D$ F#a$%e W%$+%e') 2"6 West 3r#spe&t A0e$(e 3%tts1(r2h: 3A 1@2"@ J412K !22<162@ G#l" /5, /==: ;ere"doon 2atmanghelid*, M$D$ 9/:> Hings @arden .a" ;alls Ch#rch )A 99<:1 Dear Dr$ 2atmanghelid*I am writing this letter to thank "o# for sharing "o#r disco!er" abo#t the need for water with "o#r readers$ I ha!e benefited greatl" from following "o#r ad!ice on water intake$ The changes in m" health ha!e been !er" noticeable$ Asthma #sed to be a ma*or health concern of mine$ Since I ha!e been drinking eno#gh water, howe!er, I ha!e been able to breath fine witho#t the #se of an" medicine$ .hat a difference this has made in m" life$ There ha!e been other benefits as well, s#ch as softer skin and increased mental awareness$ I am so happ" to ha!e read "o#r 2ook, and I share "o#r ad!ice with as man" people as I can$ 'nce again, thank "o# for "o#r help$ Sincerel", Goanie .infield

Do not forget, if concentrated blood reaches the l#ngs, local histamine production is a natural and automatic process. Its e aggerated release will promote bronchial constriction$ If "o# s#ffer from asthma or allergies, increase "o#r dail" water intake$ Do not o er drink thinking you can undo the damage o! many months or years o! dehydration by e1cessi e intake o! water in a !ew days. -ou need to drink a normal amount e ery day4eight to ten ?'ounce glasses4until !ull hydration o! the body is achie ed o er a longer period o! time. Red#ce orange *#ice intake to one, or at most two, glasses a da"$ The potassi#m content of orange *#ice is high$ 8igh loads of potassi#m in the bod" can promote more than #s#al histamine prod#ction$ In asthmatics, this point sho#ld be kept in mind$ Mar" 2$ is one of the administrators in a go!ernment department that is responsible for the health care s"stem of a ma*or cit"$ She s#ffered from asthma for man" "ears$ She no longer en*o"ed her walks in the parks$ Shortness of breath depri!ed her of the *o"s of walking$ It *#st so happened that one of m" colleag#es at the ;o#ndation for the Simple in Medicine became aware of her problem$ Responding to the recommendation to drink water, she indicated she was taking ample water$ .hen she was asked to define her dail" water intake, it came to light she was drinking man" glasses of orange juice and was co#nting her *#ice intake as water intake$ It was e plained to her that altho#gh orange *#ice contains water, it cannot be ass#med it replaces the needs of the bod" for p#re and simple water$ She accepted the ad!ice to c#t the *#ice intake and increase her water intake$ .ithin da"s her shortness of breath impro!ed$ The last time we heard from her, she was apparentl" clear of her asthma$ Let me e plain another !er" important iss#e in asthma&the role of salt$ .hen there is water shortage, the bod" begins to retain salt$ In some people, the salt reg#lator" mechanisms are inefficient$ Add to this ph"siological problem bad ed#cation abo#t dieting and salt%free diets that ha!e become established trends in o#r societ"$ In certain people, salt shortage in the bod" can occ#r and become s"mptom%prod#cing in e actl" the same wa" as water shortage, s#ch as some arthritis pains$ It is m" #nderstanding that in se!ere asthma attacks, salt shortage is a ma*or contrib#ting factor$ I would like to share an important secret with you. )alt is a natural antihistamine. $eople with allergies should begin to increase their salt intake to pre ent e1cess histamine production. .ater is needed in the l#ngs to keep the air passages moist and pre!ent them from drying #p when air goes in and comes o#t$ In deh"dration, m#c#s secretion protects air passages from dr"ing, m the first stages of asthma, m#c#s is secreted to protect the tiss#es$ There comes a time that m#ch m#c#s is secreted and it sta"s p#t, pre!enting normal passage of air thro#gh the airwa"s$ Sodi#m is a nat#ral mucus breaker, and it is normall" secreted to make m#c#s 0disposable$0 That is wh" phlegm is salt" when it comes in contact with the tong#e$ Salt is needed to break #p the m#c#s in the l#ngs and render it water" for its e p#lsion from the airwa"s$ In deh"dration, and in con*#nction with water preser!ation mechanisms, a sim#ltaneo#s and associated salt% preser!ation program becomes established$ 4ot losing salt to m#c#s secretion becomes a part of the program$ The bod" needs to be ass#red that both water and salt are a!ailable before bronchial constriction rela es and m#c#s becomes loose eno#gh to be secreted$ In children with !ibrocystic lungs, this relationship o! salt and water !or normal lung de elopment and !unctions, as well as mucus secretion, should be kept in mind. This is wh" Mrs$ +reston(s and Dr$ Ri!era(s asthma got better$ This is wh" asthma is not a "disease" that gets "cured. "It is a physiological adaptation o! the body to dehydration and salt shortage. It will recur anytime su!!icient attention is not paid to regular water and salt intake. A pinch of salt on the tong#e after drinking water fools the brain into thinking a lot of salt has arri!ed in the bod"$ It is then that the brain begins to rela the bronchioles$ Alcohol and caffeine contrib#te to se!ere asthma attacks$ +eople with asthma sho#ld slightl" increase their salt intake$
LI;EST?LE MEDICAL CE4TER

Dr$ 2atmanghelid* 9/:> Hings @arden .a" ;alls Ch#rch, )A 99<:1 Dear Dr$ 2atmanghelid*Ma" 9:,/==3 Re+ere$&e= Fera,* Chr%st#pher I am writing to thank "o# for "o#r kind assistance in treating Gerem" (s allergies$ As "o# know, Gerem" is m" eight "ear%old son who s#ffered for the last 1%: "ears with se!ere allerg" s"mptoms related to allergic rhinitis and asthma$ More Recentl" he has had significant cor"Ea and co#ghing which is associated with his asthma$ 'n abo#t the 95th of April /==3, we began a program of reh"dration in!ol!ing his drinking two c#ps of water before food or e ercise and e cl#ding all other fl#ids$ In addition, he cons#mes a half teaspoon of salt which is added to his food to offset the increased water intake$ .ithin 1%: da"s he showed dramatic impro!ementI he no longer had se!ere and e cessi!e m#c#s prod#ction, his co#ghing had !irt#all" stopped, and his sneeEing and other allerg" s"mptoms were totall" gone$ Therefore we discontin#ed his 2enadr"l and Alb#terol and contin#ed his h"dration program$

Gerem" has been following this program now for appro imatel" fo#r and a half weeks, spending almost fo#r weeks off his medication and is doing B#ite well$ 4ot onl" ha!e his s"mptoms cleared s#b*ecti!el", b#t in terms of ob*ecti!e findings, his peak flow !ol#mes ha!e been within normal range$ 8is constant medication%ind#ced drowsiness has disappeared and as a res#lt he is more alert, and his school grades ha!e impro!ed$ Therefore I want to emphasiEe how effecti!e this treatment has been for Gerem" and I wish "o# well in sharing this cost effecti!e and !er" efficacio#s program with others$ 'nce again Dr$ 2atmanghelid*, I thank "o# for ad!ising me on the new treatment program of Gerem"(s allergies and asthma$ )er" tr#l" "o#rs$ Cher"l 2rown%Christopher, M$D$ /:/= ;orest Dri!e N S#ite Q9<9 $ Annapolis N Mar"land 9/:<1 R C:/<D 9>5%3<<3 As "o# read in Dr$ Christopher(s letter to me, her son was on two different medications for his asthma$ The air capacit" of his l#ngs, e!en with medications, was >< percent of normal$ In one month of water and salt treatment, his l#ng capacit" went to /9< percent of normal, with no medication$ Aaron .arner is /< "ears old and was p#t on fi!e different medications to treat his asthma$ In his mother(s words to me- 0The sched#le m" son wo#ld need to keep to maintain his medications is not !er" realistic for a /<%"ear%old, and after two da"s on medications he was feeling worse and his head h#rt, throat h#rt, mo#th h#rt and he was tired, drows", gro#ch" and became s#n%sensiti!e$0 Gerem" and Aaron are now off medications, and their parents are elated$ The information that water and salt c#re asthma was aired on G#ne 3,/==3, b" +a#l 8ar!e" 4ews for the first time$ This good news is now becoming known more and more$ .e ma" be able to end in less than fi!e "ears the sco#rge of medical ignorance abo#t chronic deh"dration that permits so man" millions of innocent children to s#ffer #nnecessaril" to the point of a few tho#sand of them d"ing of asthma$ .hat these children need to realiEe is the fact that for them, breathing has become diffic#lt beca#se the" are so thirst"$ Multiply the impact o! increased water intake in the pre ention and cure o! asthma attacks, as seen in ;eremy#s and ,aron#s case, to the other 7D million asthmatic children, and you can suddenly see the possibility o! sa ing them all !rom "su!!ocation and death !rom dehydration," *nly with your acti e help, and i! we can get the media to lend a hand in educating the public about the role o! water in pre ention o! asthma, can we sa e these innocent children who are caught in the grips o! ignorance and commercialism in medicine. SOME METABO8IC AS3ECTS OF STRESS AND DE5YDRATION "I !irmly belie e that i! the entire materia medico as now used could be sunk to the bottom o! the sea, it would be all the better !or mankind4and all the 'worse !or the !ishes." *li er Wendell &olmes INSU8IN<INDE3ENDENT DIABETES 2asicall", there are two t"pes of diabetes$ ;or the treatment of one, ins#lin is needed beca#se the pancreas no longer man#fact#res ins#lin$ This t"pe is called insulin'dependent diabetes. ;or the treatment of the other, some chemicals are needed that can grad#all" release ins#lin from the pancreas so the diabetic can control the clinical s"mptoms$ This t"pe is called insulin'independent diabetes0 the pancreas still has the abilit" to man#fact#re ins#lin$ Ins#lin%independent diabetes, established in the elderl" and which can be reg#lated b" the intake of 0tablet0 forms of medication, is most probabl" the end res#lt of brain water%deficienc", to the point that its ne#rotransmitter s"stems& partic#larl" the serotonergic s"stem&is being affected$ The ph"siolog" of the brain is designed in s#ch a wa" that it a#tomaticall" begins to peg%#p the gl#cose threshold so that it can maintain its own !ol#me and its own energ" reB#irements$ The brain needs gl#cose for its energ" !al#e and its metabolic con!ersion to water$ The pre!alent consens#s of opinion is that the b#lk of energ" reB#irement in the brain is pro!ided b" s#gar alone$ M" personal !iew is that this is onl" the case if there is water and salt shortage in the bod"$ .ater and salt are absol#tel" essential for the generation of h"droelectric energ", partic#larl" for ne#rotransmission mechanisms$ The reason and the mechanism for altering blood s#gar le!els is B#ite simple$ .hen histamine becomes acti!e in water reg#lation and energ" management, it also acti!ates a gro#p of s#bstances known as prostaglandins C+CsD$ +Cs are in!ol!ed in a s#bordinate s"stem for rationed distrib#tion of water to the cells in the bod"$ The pancreas&a !er" comple gland located between the stomach and the d#oden#m&other than being the seat of ins#lin man#fact#re is engaged in the prod#ction of copio#s B#antities of a bicarbonate%containing water" sol#tion$ This bicarbonate sol#tion is emptied into the d#oden#m to ne#traliEe acid coming from the stomach$ This is how the acid from the stomach is ne#traliEed$ It happens that while the stim#lating agent, +@ of the E t"pe, ma" be in!ol!ed in sh#nting circ#lation to the pancreas so that the water" bicarbonate sol#tion can be made, at the same time it nat#rall" inhibits the secretion of ins#lin from the pancreas$ It acts like a !er" tightl" operated ser!o% mechanism$ The more one s"stem has to be ser!ed, the more the other s"stem will be decommissioned$ .h"F Simpl", ins#lin promotes mo!ement of potassi#m and s#gar into the cells of the bod"$ It also promotes entr" of some amino acids into cells$ Accompan"ing the passage of s#gar, potassi#m, and amino acids, water will also pass into the cell that has been stim#lated b" ins#lin$ S#ch action will a#tomaticall" red#ce the a!ailable water that

is more easil" accessible from o#tside the cells$ In a deh"drated state, the action of ins#lin wo#ld be co#nterprod#cti!e$ The logic emplo"ed in the design of the bod" has therefore installed the two actions of water distrib#tion to the pancreas and the needed inhibition of ins#lin action in the same agent&prostaglandin E$ In this wa", and at the e pense of se!ere depri!ation of some cells, water is made a!ailable for the act of food digestion and acid ne#traliEation in the intestines$ As it happens, when ins#lin secretion is inhibited, e cept for the brain, the metabolism of the bod" is se!erel" disr#pted$ In a deh"drated state, the brain benefits from ins#lin inhibition$ The brain cell itself is not dependent on ins#lin for its f#nctions .hile cells in most other parts of the bod" are totall" dependent on the properties of ins#lin for their normal f#nction$ If we think abo#t it, there is a nat#ral logic to the #ltimate prod#ction of ins#lin%independent diabetes in se!ere chronic deh"dration$ .h" is it called ins#lin%independent diabetesF 2eca#se the bod" can still man#fact#re ins#lin, altho#gh it takes the infl#ence of some chemical agents to promote its secretion$ This phenomenon of ins#lin inhibition with deh"dration shows that the primar" f#nction of the pancreatic gland is directed at the pro!ision of water for food digestion$ Ins#lin inhibition is an adaptation process of the gland to the deh"dration of the bod"$ TRY3TO35AN AND DIABETES E!en the simplest e planation on tr"ptophan ma" seem too complicated$ 8owe!er, some !er" basic #nderstanding abo#t this amino acid m#st be pro!ided to make sense of some of the statements that are presented in this book Remember, the bod" is a !er" comple chemical plant that is e tremel" sensiti!e to fl#ct#ations in the flow of its primar" raw materials$ The brain is designed to res#scitate itself, when there is water and salt shortage in the body. It raises the le!els of s#gar in circ#lation$ The raised le!el of s#gar is s#pposed to balance the !ital osmotic eB#ilibri#m, in the same wa" that a doctor res#scitates a patient b" the #se of s#gar and salt%containing intra!eno#s fl#id drips$ 'ne also needs to recogniEe another simple point- 'smotic forces that m#st be a!ailable for e tracell#lar fl#id !ol#me reg#lation are de!eloped primaril" b" its salt content, b" its raised s#gar content, and sometimes b" its increased #ric acid content$ 2#t in ins#lin%dependent t"pe of diabetes, there ma" be se!ere salt shortage, in which case the brain has no alternati!e b#t to raise the le!el of s#gar e!en more to compensate for the low salt reser!es in the bod"$ This process is an a#tomatic step in the design of the brain acti!it" that is master%managed b" the !ario#s direct, and indirect, f#nctions of tr"ptophan$ It has also been shown that tr"ptophan is the basic s#bstance that the bod" needs as a !ital ingredient to con!ert into the three or e!en fo#r most essential ne#rotransmitters so far recogniEed$ In insulin'independent diabetes, one needs to pa" partic#lar attention to adeB#ate protein intake to make #p for the possible tryptophan insu!!iciency that ma" be the root cause of the disease$ .h"F It seems that dehydration causes a se ere depletion o! brain tryptophan, a most essential amino acid in the h#man bod"$ .hen there is adeB#ate amo#nt of tr"ptophan in the brain, among its other effects, the pain threshold is raised&one end#res pain better$ S"ryptophan content in the brain shows a great drop in its le els in some diabetic animals. To stress this point again, salt, s#gar, and #ric acid are in!ol!ed in balancing the osmotic forces of fl#id composition held o#tside the cells$ Salt content is responsible for the greatest contrib#tion to the e tracell#lar osmotic balance$ Reg#lator" properties of tr"ptophan itself, or its dependent ne#rotransmission s"stems, operate a meas#ring mechanism for the amo#nt of salt that is kept in the bod"$ Serotonin, tr"ptamine, melatonin, and indolamine are deri!ed from tr"ptophan, and all are ne#rotransmitters$ Th#s, tryptophan is the natural brain regulator !or salt absorption in the body. It seems that lower le!els of tr"ptophan&and in conseB#ence, its ne#rotransmitter prod#cts &will establish lower%than%normal salt reser!es$ As a back%#p mechanism in the bod", the RA s"stem seems to compensate b" ind#cing salt retention in the bod"$ 8istamine and its RA s"stem acti!it" become increasingl" engaged if the tr"ptophan%dependent ne#rotransmitter s"stems become less in!ol!ed&thro#gh shortage or increased breakdown of tr"ptophan$ It follows that a low%salt diet is not cond#ci!e to the correction of a diabetic(s high blood s#gar$ 3 I! the blood sugar is to come down, a slight upward adjustment o! daily salt intake may become una oidable. Tr"ptophan is also a most prominent amino acid emplo"ed in the correction of errors in the process of D4A 0printo#t0 or replica prod#ction$ .ith another amino acid, lysine, the" form a bridging s"stem Cl"sine%tr"ptophan% l"sine tripodD that c#ts and splices the inacc#racies in D4A transcription$ "his property o! tryptophan is most essential to pre ention o! cancer cell de elopment in the body. .ith the brain(s tr"ptophan replenishment, the histamine%operated s"stems will be trimmed down to their primar" responsibilities&#ne aggerated f#nctions$ Salt content of the bod" will be better reg#lated$ The sensation le!el before registering pain stim#l#s will be raised$ Acid secretion in the stomach will come #nder normal control$ 2lood press#re will be normaliEed to its nat#ral le!els for the operation of all f#nctions in the bod"- kidne"s, brain, li!er, l#ngs, gastrointestinal digesti!e acti!ities, 0shower%head0 filtration of water into the ner!e cells, the *oints, and so on will f#nction within their normal range of acti!it"$ There is a direct relationship between walking and the b#ild%#p of the brain tr"ptophan reser!es$ There are se!eral amino acids that compete for crossing the nat#rall" designed barrier s"stem into the brain$ The" all ha!e to 0pigg"back0 on the same transporter proteins$ These competitors to tr"ptophan are gro#ped #nder the title of branched'chain amino acids C2C amino acidsD$ D#ring e ercise, these 2C amino acids, along with the fats, are #sed as f#el in the larger m#scles$ M#scles begin to pick #p these amino acids from the circ#lating blood$ As a res#lt, the

odds are changed in fa!or of tr"ptophan for its passage across the blood%brain%barrier and into the brain$ 'ne ma*or ph"siological !al#e to e ercising is the direct relationship of m#scle acti!it" to the b#ild%#p of the brain tr"ptophan reser!es$ N "he brain tryptophan content, and its arious by'product neurotransmitter systems, are responsible !or maintenance o! the "homeostatic balance o! the body." %ormal le els o! tryptophan in the brain maintain a well' regulated balance in all !unctions o! the body4what is meant by homeostasis. With a decrease in tryptophan supply to the brain, there is a proportionate decrease in the e!!iciency o! all !unctions in the body. Depression and some mental disorders are the conseB#ence of brain tr"ptophan imbalance$ +roEac #sed in some mental disorders, partic#larl" in depression, is a dr#g that stops the enE"mes that break down serotonin, a b"prod#ct of tr"ptophan$ .hen more serotonin is present, all ner!es f#nction normall"$ 8owe!er, +roEac cannot replace the indispensable role of tr"ptophan itself$ *ne has to work at replenishing body reser es o! tryptophan through a balanced diet and regular water intake. M" research has shown there is a direct relationship between water intake4hemodil#tion&and efficienc" of f#nction in the transport s"stem for the passage of tr"ptophan into the brain$ .ater shortage and proportionate histamine release bring abo#t an increase in the rate of tr"ptophan breakdown in the li!er$ It seems that adeB#ate water intake arrests the increased and inefficient metabolism of tr"ptophan in the bod"$ Chronic deh"dration ca#ses its loss from the pool of different amino acids held in the bod"$ Tr"ptophan cannot be man#fact#red in the bod"I it m#st be imported thro#gh food intake$ It is one of the essential amino acids$ Th#s, h"dration of the bod", e1ercise and the intake of right foods help replenish brain tr"ptophan reser!es$ Another most important fact to remember is the idios"ncrasies that seem to operate in protein metabolism and their man#fact#re$ +roteins are man#fact#red from *oining amino acids together$ There are 9< amino acids CAAsD from which different proteins are made$ Each protein has a different mi of these AAs$ Depending on the seB#ence of the mi , different characteristics are installed in each protein$ Depending on the seB#ence and the n#mber, the mi can f#nction as enE"mes, as assembl" lines for the man#fact#re of other proteins, and as energ" generators in the h"droelectric p#mp #nits$ All f#nctions of the bod" are reg#lated b" the special properties and the 0seB#ence characteristics0 of its AAs #sed in enE"mes and bod" proteins$ There are eight essential AAs that are not man#fact#red in the h#man bod"I the" m#st be imported from food intake$ There are three AAs that can be man#fact#red b#t in limited B#antities$ At certain times, the" also become partiall" scarce$ The other nine AAs are ampl" man#fact#red within the bod"$ If the normal percentages held in the reser!e pool of AAs in the bod" begins to fl#ct#ate be"ond a certain range, some AAs are d#mped Cdifferentl" broken or cons#medD to keep the composition of the AA pool within the normal range for f#t#re protein and enE"me man#fact#re$ *! the ,,s that get dumped in stress, tryptophan seems to be one o! the most important. 8owe!er, one can not cons#me this or that amino acid b" itself to balance the pool, e!en if one knew all the intricate ramifications$ *ne must consume the !ull range o! ,,s to build the "reser e pool" in due time. The preca#tion one can take is to eat proteins that ha!e these AAs in ample proportions$ Some proteins, s#ch as long%e posed meat, ma" become deficient in some amino acids$ The best proteins are those stored in the germinating seeds of plants, s#ch as lentils, grains, beans, etc$&also in eggs and milk that nat#re pro!ides to prod#ce the ne t generation of chickens and to feed the calf$ Lentils and green beans in partic#lar are good stores for AAs in food ingredients$ The" contain abo#t 95 percent proteins, 79 percent comple carboh"drates, and no oil$ These t"pes of foods are b" nat#re better stores for pro!ision of AAs in proportioned amo#nts$ After all, these better choice of 0foods0 are nat#rall" designed to procreate a 0perfect0 replica of the species concerned$ The storage of a balanced amino acid composition as a life starter is part of the process$ Ins#lin%independent diabetes sho#ld be treated with an increase in water intake, e ercise, and diet manip#lation to pro!ide the necessar" amino acid balance for tiss#e repair, incl#ding brain tiss#e reB#irements$ Salt reg#lation sho#ld also be kept in mind$ Diabetes is a good e ample of the ne t%generation damage that is ca#sed b" deh"dration$ .hereas the onset of deh"dration%ind#ced diabetes is normall" seen in the elderl" and it is often re!ersible, the more serio#s and str#ct#rall" damaging !ariet" of the disease is often inherited b" the offspring$ G#!enile diabetes will need the same approach to its earl" pre!enti!e treatment before permanent str#ct#ral damage can take place$ It sho#ld be remembered that the genetic transcription mechanism of the parents&in partic#lar the mother&if affected b" amino acid pool imbalance, will be eB#all" represented in the offspring$ In effect, this is how genetic damage and inherited disorders establish$ .hat "o# will read in the ne t few paragraphs is designed to show a representati!e process$ INSU8IN<DE3ENDENT DIABETES In ins#lin%dependent diabetes, the abilit" to prod#ce ins#lin b" pancreatic cells is lost$ To control diabetes, act#al in*ections of ins#lin on a reg#lar dail" basis are essential$ This condition is becoming slightl" better #nderstood$ .ithin the process of protein breakdown to mobiliEe the amino acid reser!es, cortisone%releasing mechanisms also promote the secretion of a s#bstance called IL%/ Cinterle#kinD$ There is a magnif"ing effect between cortisone release mechanisms and IL%/ prod#ctionI each promotes the secretion of the other$ IL%/ also promotes the secretion of another s#bordinate s#bstance called IL%>$ Th#s, contin#ed IL%/ prod#ction will dri!e a sim#ltaneo#s

promotion of IL%> prod#ction$ It has been shown in cell c#lt#res that IL%> destro"s the D4A str#ct#re of ins#lin%prod#cing cells$ These IL%> treated cells can not prod#ce an" more ins#lin$ I ass#me Cand ha!e p#blished this !iewD that contin#ed deh"dration and its #nchecked dist#rbance of the amino acid metabolism in the bod" is most probabl" responsible for the destr#ction of D4A str#ct#re in the pancreas( ins#lin%prod#cing beta cells$ Th#s, deh"dration and its promotion of stress ph"siolog" ma" #ltimatel" also be responsible for the emergence of ins#lin%dependent diabetes$ 3&ence, the paradigm shi!t can scienti!ically e1plain the role o! water in disease pre ention andKor their cure. With strict and absolutely regular daily water intake to pre ent the stresses and associated damages o! dehydration, the chie! conductor and super isor o! the body#s well'being4tryptophan and its neurotransmitter deri ati es, serotonin, tryptamine and melatonin4will be well'positioned to regulate all !unctions. , balanced amino acid intake in simple proteins will make sure enough o! all o! them is made a ailable to the body. 2egular daily walks will keep muscles well'coordinated and correct any physiological processes that are established in the body as a result o! an1iety and emotional "stress." NThe abo!e three m#sts are the most !ital and basic anti%aging preca#tions$ The" are essential steps to !er" good health and a well h"drated and health" skin that needs water to constantl" replace that which it loses to the o#tside en!ironment$ That is when blood !essels to the face and the bod" will open #p and pro!ide necessar" no#rishment for e posed skin cells$ .hen the bod" is well h"drated, all of the ph"siological and hormonal prereB#isites to a satisf"ing se life and more% than%adeB#ate libido will be in place$ In addition, one or two glasses of water before 0the e!ent0 will help in achie!ing a firmer and s#stained erection in men and the *o"s of participation in women$ NEW IDEAS ON AIDS In this section, I am sharing with "o# the res#lt of man" "ears of m" own research into the ph"siological reasons and relationships of AB#ired Imm#ne Deficienc" S"ndrome CADDSD to metabolism dist#rbance that can be ca#sed b" se!ere emotional and ph"sical stress$ I hold the idea that AIDS is not a !iral disease b#t a metabolic disorder precipitated b" an e aggerated wa" of life$ It can eB#all" be ca#sed b" se!ere maln#trition in poorer and famine% stricken societies$ I know this iew is completely against current belie!s !orced by media presentation o! a social problem, but it is the responsibility o! dedicated scientists to take into consideration and e1plore all aspects o! this problem. .e are onl" now beginning to #nderstand what AIDS ma" be$ .e know one thing it is not- a !ir#s% prod#ced diseaseA At the end of this section, "o# will be introd#ced to #nfolding e!ents aro#nd AIDS research$ I will also show "o# that I ha!e been one of the leaders of the contro!ers"$ At this point, and thro#gh the perspecti!e of a stress%ind#ced metabolic s"stem dist#rbance, a more acc#rate #nderstanding of AIDS ma" also become possible$ .e sho#ld not close o#r e"es to new information *#st beca#se we are sold on the idea that this condition is ca#sed b" a class of !ir#ses con!enientl" called 8#man Imm#ne Deficienc" )ir#s C8I)D$ ;or some time now, it has been scientificall" shown and recogniEed that those s#ffering from AIDS demonstrate a marked !ariation from the normal 0amino acid pool composition0&the in!entor" of amino acids a!ailable in their bod"$ "hey are consistently and drastically short o! methionine, cystine and cysteine4 ery important amino acids. "hey also ha e a mani!old rise in le els o! arginine and glutamate. This state of a !er" drastic amino acid imbalance seems to last for some time before the patient becomes !er" sick It seems in clinicall" ob!io#s and recogniEable AIDS%s#ffering people, this pattern for amino acid composition of the bod" is dominant$ In the section on tr"ptophan, it was e plained that the amino acid pool composition of the bod" can change and become depleted if some of them are #sed #p more than others$ In a series of other e periments, when IL%> and another similar s#bstance CT4; %t#mor necrosis factorD are added to a cell c#lt#re medi#m that contains cells with the abilit" to prod#ce the !ir#s, particles labeled 8I) are e tr#ded$ If, before the addition of IL%> or T4;, c"steine is added to the same c#lt#re medi#m, 8I) particles are not prod#ced$ Th#s, there is a direct correlation between 8I) prod#ction in AIDS and amino acid content of the !ir#s%growing cell$ It seems on the face of it that AIDS patients are !ictims of an imbalance in their bodies( amino acid composition$ If the" co#ld correct their protein metabolism, the" might be able to s#r!i!e, and their bodies might be able to prod#ce s#fficient resistance to fight other ac#te infections$ After all, e!en for the man#fact#re of antibodies to defend against other bacteria, the bod" needs the basic amino acid ingredients in their correct proportions$ It is #nfort#nate that we are looking at the !ir#s and not seeing the ph"siological imbalance in AIDS patients$ It is also #nfort#nate that we do not #nderstand the s#bordinate metabolic roles of IL%> to the cortisone%releasing mechanism and IL%/ prod#ction$ These agents, and others in their pack, are prod#ced to mobiliEe primar" raw materials from bod" reser!es to fight stress and repair possible damages ca#sed b" ha!ing confronted an" partic#lar stressor$ Their f#nction is designed aro#nd the mechanism of breaking down proteins held in the m#scles of the bod" and con!erting them to their basic amino acids for their #se in the li!er$ So, the general direction in se!ere stress%damage is to mobiliEe the essential ingredients for their emergenc" re%#se&a process of feeding off the bod" itself$ A br#ised bo er or a person tra#matiEed in an accident or after repeated s#rger" will depend on these ph"siological processes to clear the ineffecti!e and non!iable tiss#e and repair and remodel the site of damage$ If the

reconstr#ction is e tensi!e and IL%> and its companion T4; are in!ol!ed, breakdown of D4A or R4A of the damaged and d"ing cells will prod#ce e act fragments to dear the debris, !er" m#ch like ha!ing to dismember the steel str#ct#re of a large b#ilding that can not be 0b#lldoEed awa"0 and has to be carried off the site, a piece at a time$ This is a !er" well recogniEed process in the research of s#rgical wo#nds$ It is most #nfort#nate that !irologists are presenting the 0site clearing action0 of these two agents in the bod" as steps in the prod#ction of 8I) in cell c#lt#re media$ 'n this fragment of #nconnected information is placed the whole arg#ment that AIDS is a !ir#s%ca#sed disease$ .h"F 2eca#se a test has been designed that marks and shows the partic#lar fragments prod#ced b" IL%> or T4;$ It seems that some of these D4A or R4A particles are labeled as 8T)%and that is wh" there are se!eral t"pes$ It is more #nfort#nate that the amino acid composition of 8T) itself !er" m#ch resembles that of asopressin. A !accine that wo#ld arrest 8I) acti!it" willJmost probabl" arrest the acti!it" of !asopressin$ This seems to be the reason a workable !accine against 8I) has not "et been prod#ced$ 6nfort#nate to the e treme is the 0commercialiEation of the idea0 that e!er"one who shows a positi!e 8I) test will soon die from AIDS, beca#se the an1iety o! ha ing an incurable disease could become a killer by itsel!. .itho#t getting into the emotional side of this iss#e, and sticking strictl" to a scientific #nderstanding of the h#man bod", we ha!e to become aware of a simple fact$ Tiss#es of the !agina and the an#s and rect#m are designed for different p#rposes$ It is tr#e both ha!e similar sensor" s"stems attached to a single central mechanism for the registration of pain and pleas#re, b#t str#ct#rall" the" are not the same$ The !agina has a thick, m#lti%la"ered cell lining that, while not easil" absorbing semen from inside, is designed to withstand friction and sheering force$ E!en here, there is a mechanism for secretion of l#bricating m#c#s to withstand these forces$ ;#rthermore, semen has chemical properties that will increase the thickness and resistance of the lining membrane in the !agina and the skin of the penis that becomes smeared b" it$ The seminal fl#id secreted with the sperm is a !er" comple composition$ It contains a chemical s#bstance called trans'glu'tamin'ase CT@ED$ In certain circ#mstances, T@E binds some proteins to other proteins$ It also ca#ses some cells to die in a special wa"&to shri!el and not disintegrate, th#s its power to prod#ce a thickening of the !aginal wall to cope with normal male%female se relationships$ This propert" of semen, when introd#ced into the intestine, will alter the water%absorbing B#alit" of its lining, th#s the associate diarrhea in AIDS$ The semen also contains proteins with e tremel" strong imm#ne s#ppressi!e properties$ It is the imm#ne s#ppressi!e propert" of semen that will facilitate the passage of sperm all the wa" #p into the #ter#s and its t#bes to fertiliEe the female egg$ To the bod", the millions of sperm that enter the #ter#s are in!ading foreign 0ob*ects0 and wo#ld be highl" reactionar" for the #terine wall and its t#bes had the" not been protected b" the imm#ne repressi!e properties of proteins from the semen that bathe the sperm$ In order for the sperm and e!ent#all" the fet#s Cthat has different antigenic properties to the mother(s tiss#eD to s#r!i!e d#ring nine months of pregnanc", the mother(s imm#ne s"stem has to be s#ppressed for the d#ration of pregnanc"$ It seems that something in the semen Cpossibl" a #teroglobin%like protein that is called S)%I)D codes !or the mother#s immune suppression. It is this imm#ne%s#ppressi!e propert" of semen that ens#res the s#r!i!al of initiall" the sperm, and #ltimatel" the fet#s d#ring f#ll%term pregnanc" #ntil the birth of a li!ing offspring$ It is interesting to know that in the third trimester of pregnanc" there is often a re!ersal of the T:-Ts ratio$ Semen in the female !agina is not absorbed$ 2eca#se of the anatomical design and position of the !agina, the semen is drained$ 'n the other hand, the rect#m is lined with !er" thin and delicate cells$ In the rect#m, semen is retained and its e tremel" potent ph"siological properties are allowed freedom of action$ .ithin the constit#ents of semen, there are s#bstances that are designed to o!er take the host(s imm#ne s"stem and force them to sh#t down the same wa" that a radar *amming de!ice is #sed on board warplanes to enter enem" airspace and deli!er their bombs$ Th#s, semen has an independent abilit" to sh#t down the imm#ne s"stem of its host tiss#e if its agents are allowed entr" into the recipient(s s"stem$ 2eca#se of this abilit", the marker of T:-T5 ratio re!ersal is seen in homose #als with AIDS$ With repeated secretion o! semen into a male or !emale rectum, the immune system suppression is una oidable4 not because o! a " irus," but because o! chemical properties o! the semen itsel!. Women who participate in anal se1 to a oid becoming pregnant should be aware o! this immune suppressi e property o! semen. In addition to all of the abo!e, the intestinal wall is not capable of withstanding the forces in!ol!ed in rectal manip#lation for se #al p#rpose$ The reason s#ch se #al manip#lations become possible beca#se of one single fact- The intestinal tract does not ha!e an ac#te pain sensor" s"stem if damaged from inside #nless the damage affects the peritone#m, which is the thin o#tside co!er of the gastrointestinal tract$ It is ampl" s#pplied with ner!es that will register pain$ It is a t"pe of 0non%adhesi!e0 that permits !ario#s segments of the intestinal tract to glide o!er one another in their mo!ements and d#ring adaptation to the passage of food$ The rect#m is not completel" co!ered b" peritone#m in the same wa" as the rest of the intestinal tract$ Th#s, the inside lining of the rect#m can become damaged from being p#mped against or otherwise ab#si!el" dilated and fist%and%forearm manip#lated witho#t registering the damage in the same wa" the skin wo#ld so#nd the alarm when its resistance is broken$ The rect#m is the end part of an anatomical str#ct#re whose acti!it" has to be performed silentl"$ 8owe!er, this does not mean the damage is not recogniEed ph"siologicall", and it does not mean the ph"siological steps for repair of the local damage will be less !igoro#s$ As part and parcel of the repair mechanisms, the chemical agents T4;, IL%/, IL%>, and others in their pack will be secreted to commence the process of crisis management$ If the damage is s#ch that resident bacteria co#ld also

break barriers and begin increased local acti!it", prod#ction of these agents for crisis management will increase$ CIt has been shown e perimentall" that AIDS patients ha!e markedl" increased le!els of IL%> and T4; in their blood$D This raised IL%>, as it was e plained in the section on diabetes, will also destro" the ins#lin%prod#cing cells in the pancreas$ 8ence, a simple e planation for diabetes seen in the ad!anced stages of f#ll%blown AIDS$ These agents f#nction !er" m#ch like a team of specialist sal!age workers that go to a site after an earthB#ake$ 'ne gro#p wo#ld clear the debrisI others wo#ld bring s#r!i!al s#pplies for those ca#ght in the area who cannot be relocatedI another wo#ld begin to restore power, water, and telephone ser!ices, and so on$ In the e!er"da" life of a cit", all these processes take place, and the" are carried o#t b" people and machines$ In the h#man bod", the same processes take place$ The agents that perform these necessar" f#nctions are hormones and their s#bordinate enE"me s"stems$ The principle is the same$ Each cell has a personalit" and needs to s#r!i!e on the spot if it can be repaired$ 'nl" the dead or irreparabl" damaged cells will ha!e to be dismembered and cleared awa"$ In rectal manip#lation, sho#ld there be more than ro#tine wear and tear, these same agents become operati!es for its repair$ It will take time to reprod#ce the original 0bl#eprint0 and f#ll" restore local tiss#es$ Sho#ld there be a rec#rrence of the in*#r", on top of a tiss#e that is alread" weak, more forcef#l presence of these local repair agents will be called for$ There ma" come a time that these hormones and their s#bordinate operators will be permanently commissioned and their presence in the blood circ#lation will become meas#rable$ Since the relationship and significance of their increased presence for the repair of the 0#nsensed0 local damage in the rect#m is not appreciated&and f#rthermore, the rationale of their acti!it" not recogniEed&part of their mechanism of f#nction is highlighted and labeled as the ca#sati!e factor for the ph"siological #phea!al that is con!enientl" labeled as 0AIDS0 for p#blic cons#mption$ In laborator" research, it has been shown that c"steine will pre!ent the prod#ction of 8I) in c#lt#red cells$ In other laborator" research, it has been shown that AIDS patients are short of c"steine and its prec#rsor c"stine$ In two, simple%to%#nderstand e periments, a metabolic basis to the de!elopment of the disease has been dearl" demonstrated$ If the cells that are s#fficientl" abnormal to prod#ce 8I) are gi!en cysteine, their abnormalit" is corrected and the" do not prod#ce the 8I)$ All we need to know now is how these AIDS patients became c"steine% deficient$ .e sho#ld commence the research of this phenomenon and not sidetrack AIDS research into a dead end b" making a *#mp of faith and%ass#ming it to be !ir#s%prod#ced$ In m" opinion, it seems the 08T) test0 highlights the presence of a fragment of D4A or R4A of a damaged cell&it indicates a process of cell n#cle#s breakdown$ It co#ld be prod#ced b" man" other factors, one of them cysteine and +inc deficienc", partic#larl" in people from #nderde!eloped and poorer co#ntries$ It is also possible that it is ca#sed as a res#lt of persistent and increasingl" se!ere local damage in the rect#m, prod#cing a long%term r#n on the bod"(s protein reser!es$ This test b" itself is not an acc#rate indicator of the presence of an agent that ca#ses the disease$ "he &IJ itsel! is produced by a more se ere imbalance in the makeup o! the amino acid pool o! the body. It is this de astating amino acid pool imbalance that kills the patients, and not the &IJ particle. As soon as this statement is made, man" B#estions will pop #p in the minds of people who ha!e been made to foc#s on 8I) spread thro#gh blood$ It is true the blood may contain the released &IJ particles0 howe er, this blood also contains many other hormones and transmitters4some not yet e en known. *ne can not assume ,ID) to be caused by &IJ unless the physiological e!!ects o! the arious other components in the serum or blood are known. As a h"pothetical e ample, Sir +eter Medawar, ;RS, a 4obel la#reate and president of the Ro"al Societ" in England has e pressed the opinion that there are certain genes in the bod" that, once triggered into action, will program the death of the indi!id#al$ In other words, e!en death is an orderl" and controlled phenomenon$ The B#estion arisesAre the people who lose fine gender definition and become disinterested in nat#re(s program of procreation more s#sceptible to the acti!ation of the genes that ca#se their earl" demiseF In a series of !er" significant e periments, scientists 2rodish and L"mangro!e ha!e shown that 0stressed intestines0 prod#ce a local hormone that has a !er" strong and long%lasting acti!it"$ It acts as a !er" potent cortisone%releasing agent$ This hormone co#ld be transf#sed in the ser#m from one animal to another$ It sta"s in the new animal for some time and has e actl" the same cortisone%releasing acti!it"$ Cortisone%release mechanisms, at certain le!els, will res#lt in the prod#ction of some n#cle#s breakdown and similar D4A fragmentation to 8I) particle formation$ Again, this is a metabolic disorder e!en if the tests are percei!ed to represent 8I) particle formation$ .e sho#ld #nderstand that all man#fact#ring processes in the cells of the bod" are taking place in a fl#id medi#mI parts can float awa" #nless an anchoring s"stem is in place$ A !er" important point that needs clarification is the fact that man" #nits of c"steine are in!ol!ed in the formation of a t"pe of anchoring 0rope0 that has at some specific points +inc hooks attached to a n#mber of c"steines that keep the D4A assembl" line in position and pre!ent the drift of its segments, !er" m#ch like wash lines with their hooks for open%air dr"ing of clothes$ The se hormone receptor(s str#ct#re, formation, and f#nction in men and women depend !er" strongl" on the presence of this Einc and c"steine 0fingers$0 Th#s, the deficienc" of c"steine in the bod" of those with AIDS co#ld ha!e a far greater significance than ma" be apparent at first$ Co#ld the loss of gender dominance in either se be initiall" ca#sed b" changes in the amino acid pool composition of the bod", with "comparati e" c"steine, and possibl" Einc, deficienc" at the top of the listF I personall" think this to be a strong possibilit"$ .hen "o# 0think0 with "o#r head and not "o#r heart, "o# sho#ld ask "o#rself- If the primar" and initial problem in AIDS is a wrong mi of the amino acid composition in the bod", to the point of affecting the nat#ral attrib#tes of

gender dominance, is AIDS pre!entableF The logical first step is a pr#dent correction of the ph"siological imbalance, co#pled to the needed ed#cation abo#t the destr#cti!e effects of gi!ing in to homose #al e perimentations$ 'ne sho#ld realiEe, when the correct mi of amino acids to procreate a normal offspring is not a!ailable to the bod", its direct is on the se hormones and their receptors$ 'ne m#st ass#me the" TdecommissionedU lest the nat#ral design of the species CmanDgets drasticall" changed$ It sho#ld be remembered the nat#ral design to se #alit" is its o#tcome of procreation and rearing of offspring$ The associated addicti!e 0high0 is the dri!ing force behind the design$ 4ow comes a social dilemmaA If the presentl" established ind#lgence in homose #al gratification becomes a generall" accepted norm b" societ" and parents, the" will be dooming the persons concerned to a m#ch faster eradication from nat#re(s in!entor" of its creations$ The nat#ral design of the h#man bod" has in its bl#eprint certain 0dead%end0 directionsI the freB#ent gratification of #nnat#ral rectal se #al #rges is one of them$ 2" *oining so man" disease conditions b" the acron"m of AIDS, and b" getting the p#blic to think of AIDS as a single disease prod#ced b" a slow !ir#s, m" colleag#es in this branch of research are doing a disser!ice to mankind$ The" sharpl" de!iate from the tr#th, and in the process, sec#re more research f#nds, sell more test kits and promote the sale of poisono#s chemicals that accelerate the deterioration of the health of those so treated$ Another B#estion that might be asked concerns the relationship of intra!eno#s morphine and heroin #se to the prod#ction of AIDS$ The answer ma" possibl" be fo#nd in chemical properties of these s#bstances on bod" ph"siolog"$ Morphine%like s#bstances register their effect thro#gh the ner!e s"stem, which sends messages aro#nd b" the #se of serotonin as its ne#rotransmitter agent$ This ner!e s"stem and morphine%like s#bstances are able to alter the metabolic pattern of the bod"$ Endorphins, the nat#ral morphines of the bod", not onl" s#ppress pain sensation and prod#ce e#phoria, the" also alter the le!el of h#nger sensation$ +eople who #se morphine and heroin lose their appetite and do not seem to eat properl"$ The" begin to feed off their own bod"$ ;#rthermore, those who #se these dr#gs on a reg#lar basis are highl" stressed people, either b" the initial reason that forced them to take dr#gs, or b" the diffic#lt" of getting a reg#lar s#ppl"$ In an" e!ent, stress ph"siolog" sets in, and beca#se of altered metabolism, not eno#gh of the bod"(s dail" needs will be a!ailable$ .hen morphine or heroin is #sed, the sensations of h#nger and thirst are also s#ppressed, and the bod" begins to feed off itself$ In co#ntries where people #sed to smoke opi#m, a great n#mber of these people e!ent#all" died of l#ng infections& e1actly what is now blamed on the irus and contaminated needles. It is also important to know there is a time gap of man" "ears between recognition of 08I)0 in the bod" and prod#ction of clinical s"mptoms of imm#ne s#ppression$ I can assure you, the amino acid imbalance during this time gap becomes a !ar more potent killer than the " irus o! ,ID)." At the beginning, the bod" begins to prod#ce antibodies to the !ir#s$ It is onl" after some time that prod#ction of all antibodies becomes ins#fficient and ineffecti!e$ We should remember that a balanced and well'proportioned amino acid pool composition in the body is absolutely essential !or antibody production by the white blood cells and the li er cells. 'ne terrible aspect of AIDS is the cr#elt" with which it affects babies born to mothers who are 8T) positi!e$ It sho#ld be clear, if the mother is deficient in certain amino acids in her bod", she is not able to pro!ide the bab" with the correct range of amino acids for its normal de!elopment$ Sho#ld the mother be e!en minimall" deficient in her methionine, c"stine, c"steine, tr"ptophan and others, the bab" is bo#nd to be short of these same elements that will possibl" predispose to D4A fragmentation in the process of cell de!elopment, partic#larl" in the breast%feeding phase of the child(s de!elopment$ T5E UNFO8DIN7 OF E;ENTS IN AIDS RESEARC5 As this book was being written, a gro#p of scientists in AIDS research from E#rope and America gathered in 8olland in Ma" of /==9 to begin a mo!ement against the established and protected thinking on AIDS as a !iral disease$ As reported in the >ondon )unday "imes of 9> April /==9, two of the most interesting members of this gro#p were +rofessor L#c Montagnier from ;rance and +rofessor D#esberg from America$ +rofessor L#c Montagnier of the +aste#r Instit#te is the original disco!erer of the !ir#s that was later labeled as 8T)$ This ;rench professor isolated the claimed !ir#s that was s#pposed to ha!e inhibited the imm#ne s"stem$ 8e sent samples of the !ir#s to Robert @allo in America, who was also working on a method for isolation and testing of an AIDS !ir#s in the bod"$ Dr$ @allo later applied for a patent on a test kit$ The ;rench go!ernment started legal proceedings to claim its rights for the disco!er" of the !ir#s$ E!ent#all" and after m#ch legal hassle, the two parties agreed to share a portion of the proceeds from the marketing of the test kit$ The rest of the proceeds go to f#rther research of AIDS$ 2#t the ;rench wo#ld not remain B#iet and forced f#rther in!estigations into the allegations of scientific impropriet"$ After a more thoro#gh scr#tin", it has now been conceded that Dr$ @allo had initiall" #sed the ;rench sample for his patent$ +rofessor Montagnier seems to ha!e re!ersed his original !iews and now claims the !ir#s not to be of primar" importance in AIDS$ The newspaper inter!iew indicates that the professor now accepts the possibilit" of AIDS ha!ing other ca#ses$ 8e seems to acknowledge the possible e istence of AIDS e!en witho#t the presence of 8I)$ The professor m#st ha!e come across compelling arg#ments that den" 8I) as the c#lprit and the single ca#se of all the gro#p of diseases classified #nder AIDS$ A drastic change has taken place in +rofessor Montagnier(s thinking$ +rofessor D#esberg, who had researched the act#al composition of the !ir#s&at the same time as others were belie!ing in its disease%prod#cing properties&had anno#nced the !ir#s incapable of ca#sing AIDS$ There were

man" debates, b#t his arg#ments did not c#t an" ice with the established gro#p b#s" with AIDS !iral research in America and in E#rope$ 8e co#ld not offer an alternati!e scientific e planation on the ca#se of the diseases gro#ped together #nder AIDS other than sa"ing the disease is not ca#sed b" a !ir#s$ The researchers in this field were looking for pla#sible scientific ideas to find a sol#tion to the problem$ A statement to the effect that AIDS is not a !iral disease was not eno#gh$ Scientific reasons which point in another direction sho#ld ha!e accompanied the negation of 8I) as the ca#se of the disease$ I wrote to Dr$ Manfred Eigen, a most eminent D4A research scientist from Ma %+lanck Instit#te in @erman", on 93 September /=5=, and in defense of D#esberg sent him two of m" articles presenting most of the !iews that were p#blished in the ;o#ndation(s Special AIDS Iss#e$ Dr$ Eigen had p#blished an acco#nt of disc#ssions between AIDS !ir#s ad!ocates and D#esberg in %atur Weissenscha!en. It seems Dr$ Eigen was not con!inced b" +rofessor D#esberg(s !iews and had taken the side of the opposition$ A few months later, Dr$ Eigen sent me a letter that showed he now realiEed another pla#sible scientific !iew on the ca#se of AIDS does e ist$ 4ow, all of a s#dden in /==9, a new s#rge of acti!it" with an alternati!e !iew of AIDS had gathered moment#m with both +rofessors Montagnier and D#esberg as leaders in the field$ In /=5=,/ had sent these researchers a cop" of o#r Special AIDS Iss#e of )cience In Medicine )impli!ied 6)M): from the ;o#ndation for the Simple in Medicine Creferences 7: and 73D, in the same wa" the ;o#ndation freel" shares its !iews with most top researchers Ca cop" of the letter to Manfred Eigen was also sent to +rofessor D#esbergD$ This special AIDS !ol#me was also sent to man" medical libraries at #ni!ersities engaged in AIDS research$ The detailed articles presented scientific e planations from which a s"nopsis has been gi!en in the preceding paragraphs$ In m" article on the ne#rotransmitter histamine, first presented briefl" at the 1rd Interscience .orld Conference on Inflammation in /=5=, and later p#blished in /==<,/ also e plained the imm#ne s#ppressi!e actions of man" of the chemical agents that are generated as a res#lt of stress in the h#man bod"$ In this e tensi!el" distrib#ted article, I disc#ssed some aspects of AIDS as a se!ere stress%ind#ced 0s"stem dist#rbance,0 opposing the c#rrent !iew that it is ca#sed b" a single particle, a !ir#s$ This iss#e of SMS was also e tensi!el" distrib#ted$ Copies of the /=5= Special AIDS Iss#e and /==< iss#e of SMS were also sent to +rofessor +hilippe LaEar, the Director @eneral of II4SERM in ;rance$ I4SERM is the ;rench eB#i!alent of the 4I8 in America$ 8e was asked to make the information contained in these iss#es of SMS a!ailable to other interested scientists at I4SERM$ M" research was progressing at the same time as new information on the critical roles of c"steine in the man#fact#re of some D4A materials became a!ailable and p#blished$ It became completel" clear and ob!io#s to me that AIDS was a metabolic disorder, and the D4AJR4A fragments classified as the different !ir#ses of AIDS were themsel!es a prod#ct of c"steine shortage in the bod"$ .ith infinitel" more detail than has been presented in this section, m" most recent article, 0AIDS- The Dead%End of )ir#s Etiolog"0 was p#blished in the /==/ iss#e of )M) and distrib#ted to man" other scientists engaged in this field of research$ It is a moral obligation of an" dedicated scientist to share his or her new information with others engaged in the research of a common topic, e!en before the s#b*ect is presented in scientific *o#rnals$ It is also a moral obligation of those who recei!e the information to gi!e credit to the person who has generated and shared the information$ A news headline in >e Monde of = A#g#st /==/ reflected a heated fight between 2r#no D#rie# , the Minister of 8ealth of ;rance and +rofessor Albert @erman, +resident of the 4ational Academ" of +harmac" of ;rance$ The minister had demanded the dismissal of the professor$ The professor had, in an address, gi!en the opinion that AIDS is ca#sed as a res#lt of a partic#lar life st"le$ The professor(s opinion had become a hot iss#e among the different social gro#ps$ Th#s the wrath of the minister and the demand for his dismissal$ 4o occasion lends itself better to the introd#ction of an e plosi!e opinion than adding it as f#el to an alread" established B#arrel$ The letter printed in the ne t page was sent to M$ 2r#no D#rie# , Minister of 8ealth of ;rance, with a cop" to +rofessor @erman$ A MEDICA8 RESEARC5 INSTITUTION 3.O. BO? 3267 FA88S C5URC5 ;A 22"43 U.S.A. /1c. M. Bruno Durieu1 Minister o! &ealth 7 $lace de Fontenoy @CFCB $aris B@').2 A )eptember 7887 /1cellence, I ha e been e1posed to the topic o! your discussion about the iews o! $ro!essor ,lbert =erman on ,ID), re!lected in >e Monde, 8 ,ugust 7887. I thought it my responsibility to bring to your attention the !inal result o! our ery e1tensi e research into the etiology o! ,ID). *ur research seems to produce physiologic J metabolic e1planations that support the iews o! pro!essor =erman. I ha e pleasure in enclosing a copy o! our recent article, ",ID)G "he Dead'/nd o! Jirus /tiology." "he article e1plains details that ha e been ignored by those who wish to !orce a

solution to the problem through iral research ' a total waste o! public !unds. -ou are welcome to ha e the article photocopied and re iewed by any number o! your scientists who do not demonstrate a blind bias toward iral research. I! more in!ormation is needed, please do not hesitate to contact me. )incerely, 2 Batmanghelidj, M.D. /nclosureG ,rticle, ,ID)G "he Dead'/nd o! Jirus /tiology. <opy, $ro!essor ,lbert =erman. I sincerel" hope that the free sharing of m" researched !iews on AIDS has in some wa" been instr#mental in getting others to think abo#t the relationship of this disease condition to an abnormal ph"siolog" that becomes #ltimatel" established as a res#lt of 0stresses associated with a partic#lar life st"le,0 or 0se!ere maln#trition in less fort#nate societies$0 The children in Romania that were the s#b*ect of man" tele!ision programs most probabl" did not get AIDS from blood contaminationI the" more than likel" de!eloped AIDS as a res#lt of maln#trition$ Another point that needs to be disc#ssed is the !al#e of the AIDS test as an indicator of a disease in the process of de!elopment$ Altho#gh e!er"one is led to belie!e this, it is in m" opinion an erroneo#s representation of a different tr#th$ All this test shows is that the bod" has come across this antigenic particle and has registered its str#ct#re$ It also means the bod" has kept the e istence of this particleJ!ir#s in its memor"%bank to man#fact#re a defense mechanism against the 0foreign particle,0 not necessaril" a particle from o#tside, b#t a particle that the bod" itself sho#ld not make&a form of B#alit" control at the 0D4A assembl" line$0 This test is #ltimatel" an indicator of a bod"(s amino acid metabolism dist#rbance, and not an indicator of a loose killer !ir#s in the bod"$ The n#mber of test positi!e cases who become 8I) negati!e are too man" to be ignored$ It has been shown in laborator" e periments that if c"steine is added to a c#lt#re medi#m that is growing cells for !ir#s prod#ction, these cells will not man#fact#re the 0!ir#s$0 In a medi#m with s#fficient c"steine, it will not be possible to har!est the !ir#s$ This test presents the most clear concl#sion that the AIDS test is onl" an indicator of an on%going amino acid imbalance in the bod"$ It is important to remember that if the le!el of one amino acid in the bod" is not eno#gh, then a drastic imbalance in the percentage composition of the other amino acids also will e ist$ These new ideas on AIDS are presented to the readers of this book to indicate that a metabolic approach to dealing with this social problem will prod#ce more satisfactor" and B#icker res#lts$ A pr#dent correction of the initial metabolic imbalance might boost the e pressions of normal gender definition and decrease homose #al tendencies, not to mention pre!enting AIDS, partic#larl" in those who de!elop homose #al tendencies in the later "ears of life, s#ch as fathers or mothers with kids, who begin to feel homose #al p#lls$ In women who begin to lose libido and lose hair with a 0male pattern0 distrib#tion, the abo!e preca#tionar" meas#res might arrest s#ch a decline at its earl" stages$ ,n easy way to stop muscle breakdown is by an intelligent adjustment o! the daily water intake and by eating a balanced high'protein diet. "ake a look at /dward Dippre#s letter on page 7CB. ,s you can see, water and some salt intake ha e re ersed muscle breakdown in a dehydration'produced "disease" condition. %ot knowing the cause, the problem has been labeled as muscular dystrophy. Enhancing dail" e ercise and ph"sical acti!it" at the same time wo#ld force the bod" into a ph"siological program to b#ild #p its m#scles, instead of breaking them into their amino acid components to feed the rest of the bod"$ ?o# need to realiEe the h#man bod" is designed to defend itself against all t"pes of infections$ It s#r!i!ed fast acting !ir#ses s#ch as smallpo , measles, polio, and others d#ring its de!elopment$ It generall" takes the bod" abo#t nine da"s to mo#nt an effecti!e defense against e!en fast !ir#ses$ If the bod" can s#r!i!e fast !ir#ses, s#rel" it is more than capable of defending itself against slowl" growing !ir#ses$ All that we need to #nderstand is how to make the bod" stronger and stop actions that wo#ld make it !#lnerable$ Let #s remember, if the camel had a back%breaking point to the weight of the last straw, s#rel" the h#man bod" m#st also ha!e a ph"sical breaking%point to being life%st"lishl" o!erloadedF The B#estion is, do we contin#e to meas#re the straw or the inherent str#ct#ral and ph"siological limitationsF Do we pa" attention to the limitations of the bod", or do we in carefree abandon blame an ineffecti!e slow !ir#s for the ills that befall some members of o#r societ"F Edward Dippre 9/7 4orth Street .est +ittston, +a$ /5>:1 March /3,/==3 @lobal 8ealth Sol#tions cJo Dr$ 2atmanghelid* +$'$ 2o 1/5= ;alls Ch#rch, )a$ 99<:1 Dear Dr$ 2atmanghelid* Aro#nd 4o!ember / m" legs were gi!ing o#t$ The" became black and bl#e from m" knees to m" thighs, and !er"

painf#l$ I went to the doctor and he told me that m" m#scle enE"mes were at >>< and normal was =<$ Then I went to another doctor and he said that I had m#sc#lar d"stroph"$ I started talking to Dr$ 2atmanghelid* who told me to start drinking 9 B#arts of water dail"$ I ha!e been, I feel m#ch better, and all s"mptoms disappeared in two months$ I also #se sea salt liberall" with all m" meals$ I went back to the doctor and had additional .oodwork done$ The enE"me le!els in m" m#scles were back to normal, and the doctor co#ldn(t #nderstand how it was possible$ As of this date, March /3,/==3,/ am free of all discomfort and s"mptoms$ I also ha!e more energ" and better health than I can remember for a long time$

Edward Dippre T5E SIM38EST OF TREATMENTS IN MEDICINE "-ou cannot by reasoning correct a man o! ill opinion which by reasoning he ne er ac5uired." LBa&#$ ?o#r bod" needs an absolute minimum of si to eight 5%o#nce glasses of water a da"$ Alcohol, coffee, tea, and caffeine%containing be!erages don(t co#nt as water$ The best times to drink water Cclinicall" obser!ed in peptic #lcer diseaseD are- one glass one half ho#r before taking food&breakfast, l#nch, and dinner&and a similar amo#nt two and one half ho#rs after each meal$ This is the !er" minim#m amo#nt of water "o#r bod" needs$ ;or the sake of not shortchanging "o#r bod", two more glasses of water sho#ld be taken aro#nd the hea!iest meal or before going to bed$ Thirst sho#ld be satisfied at all times$ .ith increase in water intake, the thirst mechanism becomes more efficient$ ?o#r bod" might then ask "o# to drink more than the abo!e minim#m$ Ad*#sting water intake to mealtimes pre!ents the blood from becoming concentrated as a res#lt of food intake$ .hen the blood becomes concentrated, it draws water from the cells aro#nd it$ Water is the cheapest !orm o! medicine to a dehydrated body. As simpl" as deh"dration will in time prod#ce the ma*or diseases we are confronting now, a well%reg#lated and constantl" alert attention to dail" water intake will pre!ent the emergence of most of the ma*or diseases we ha!e come to fear in o#r modem societ"$ .illiam @ra"(s letter is introd#ced here as an e ample of how simpl" water is a better medication for the treatment of so man" differentl" labeled complications of chronic deh"dration$ 8is letter had to be t"ped into this segment of the book beca#se the original co#ld not fit in this page siEe$ As "o# will see, Mr$ @ra" is a highl" intelligent person$ 8is obser!ations pro!ide a great deal of insight into the possible complications of chronic deh"dration in the h#man bod"$ ;or this reason I selected this section of the book to present to "o# his obser!ations$ M" hope is to impress #pon "o#r mind a simple fact$ There is more nat#ral magic in a glass f#ll of water than an" medication "o# are brainwashed to #se for the treatment of the conditions I ha!e e plained in this book$ And I do not sell waterA FromG William /. =ray 6Bill: 977 ,yrhill , enue Jienna, J, DD7?B 77'D'89 7<1%=15%>11< To- Dr. Batmanghelidj D79A Mings =arden Way Falls <hurch, J, DDB9F It has been one year since I !irst read your book, which was gi en to me as a present by Marcel "he o+. )ince then my health has impro ed signi!icantly. lam now CD and in e1cellent health. "his was not the case be!ore your book and Marcel#s kindness inspired me to make water an integral part o! my li!e. "o most people ; was success!ul and in e1cellent health ' normal weight, unusual strength and endurance, abo e a erage at sports, with an e1cellent diet 6a lot o! !resh egetables and whole grains and ery little meat, animal products or processed !ood:. -et my list o! complaints stretches o er the last !i!ty years and includesG duodenal ulcer 6age 78:, indigestion, colon and elimination problems 6age 78 to C7:, !ood allergies 6age 7D to 7@:, chronic sinus in!ection 6age C to C7:, chronic and acute back problems 6age 7F through age C7:, emotional illness and mental con!usion 6age A to age C7:. "hese problems were e en more bewildering and con!using because lam intelligent, educated and moti ated to !ind solutions to problems. I ha e been searching !or answers to these problems !or FC years. I ha e looked !or answers inG diet, diet supplementation, e1ercise, yoga, meditation, "raditional 2eligion, spiritual practices, ,cupuncture, traditional medicine, <hiropractic, Massage, 2aki, $olarity Balancing, 7D )tep programs, and sel! impro ement books and courses, such as /st and the &o!!man Euadrinity $rocess. I had o! course read many times about the importance o! drinking plenty o! water. I e en in ested in re erse osmosis water !ilter A years ago hoping that the impro ed taste o! the water would moti ate me to drink more water.

In spite o! this I ne er ga e water therapy a !air chance. Nntil I read your book, other be erages always looked better to me, particularly tea and co!!ee. ,t the time I read your book I had a chronic ner e injury in my upper back that intermittently pre ented me !rom playing gol! or racket ball !or a period o! two years. My arm strength was 7KF o! what it had been only D years pre iously. I was at a low point in my li!e physically and mentally. I ha e ne er been drunk in my li!e or smoked more than C cigarettes in a day. ,t the time I was not smoking or drinking alcohol. -et I !ound mysel! obsessed with thoughts o! ca!!eine, smoking and drinking. ,lthough I ha e been a !re5uent isitor at <hiropractic, *steopathic and Massage therapists, I had not needed to isit medical doctor !or years. In my desperation I went to an MD who prescribed an anti'stress medication, a pain relie er, and a muscle rela1ant. I took the prescribed doses and !ell into a semi coma !or 7A hours, and discontinued the medication. , !ew weeks later Marcel came to my home !or dinner and ga e me your book. Within one week o! adding D'F 5uarts o! water to my diet noticed I thatG N "he pain !rom the ner e injury went away and I was able to begin e1ercising. 3I had much less indigestion and gas. 3My urges and compulsi e beha ior lessened substantially or anished. I no longer had to !ight the urge to smoke, drink, stu!! mysel! or use e1cessi e ca!!eine. 3 My energy le els impro ed. 3 My thinking and work impro ed. $lease !eel !ree to use me as a re!erence. I am happy to talk to anyone about water at any time. William /. =ray 'rdinar" tap water, #nless there is proof of its being contaminated with chemicals and hea!" metals s#ch as lead, is a good so#rce of s#ppl"$ Tap water has the protection of chlorine as a bacteria%killing agent$ The 0bottled water0 in s#permarkets is said to be steriliEed b" the addition of oEone at the time of bottling$ 'Eone, or 0s#per o "gen,0 seems to ha!e a bacteria%killing propert"$ If #sed in time, bottled water can ser!e as an alternati!e so#rce of s#ppl"$ If "o# are not s#re of "o#r water so#rce not being contaminated or containing imp#rities not safe to drink, sa!e "o#rself from this an iet" b" installing a small filtration #nit on "o#r kitchen fa#cet$ There are !er" effecti!e carbon or ceramic filter #nits that can sa!e "o# from the hassle of b#"ing water from the stores and ha!ing to carr" its containers da" in and da" o#t$ E!ent#all", the 0point of #se0 filtration of water will become standard practice in ad!anced societies that ha!e a tendenc" to poll#te their drinking water$ .ith the present decline in the fort#nes of the m#nicipalities, deli!ering B#alit" drinking water in their pipe s"stems will at one point become too e pensi!e and impossible$ It wo#ld not be practical to deli!er high B#alit" water to also #se for washing and gardening$ 8owe!er, when one de!elops a taste for other than tap water, if one r#ns o#t of s#ppl" in the ho#se, the bod" will be forced to go witho#t water *#st beca#se of the difference in taste&a self%imposed preference$ 6s#all", the 0bad taste0 is attrib#ted to dissol!ed chlorine in the water$ Most sales agents who wish to sell water p#rifiers make iss#e of the fact that tap water contains chlorine$ The" also point to calci#m dissol!ed in the water, often called 0hard water$0 If we fill an open%top *#g with water and let it stand in the refrigerator or on the kitchen co#nter, the chlorine that is dissol!ed in the water will e!aporate and the smell of it will go too$ The water will become 0sweet0 and !er" easil" palatable$ This is how all resta#rants ser!e water&o#t of a well%iced *#g that was filled some time before its #se$ As for the calci#m in the water, #nless the water is tr#l" and hea ily calci#m%laden, its #se is perfectl" safe$ 4ot onl" is it safe, it is a cheap so#rce for calci#m needs of the bod"$ The calci#m is alread" dissol!ed in the water and one does not need to go to the pharmac" to b#" calci#m tablets to take as a pre!enti!e meas#re against the osteoporosis we see in the elderl"$ 8ow and when do "o# think osteoporosis beginsF Act#all", man" "ears before it is recogniEed$ .hen h"droelectric energ" stores become depleted on and off, energ" stored in the bondage of calci#m to calci#m in the cells and e!ent#all" in the bones is #sed$ .hen one molec#le of calci#m becomes separated from another molec#le of calci#m, one #nit of AT+ is also released$ AT+ is one #nit of e changeable energ"$ The loose calci#m is now a!ailable to be shed$ .hen water and calci#m are taken in their nat#ral forms, the emergenc" need for the release of energ" stored in calci#m bondage is decreased$ This is wh" bones are a great so#rce of reser!ed energ"$ The bod" is able to tap into this reser!oir of energ"$ In an" case, e!en hea!il" dissol!ed calci#m in the water will most probabl" be witho#t ad!erse effects$ It seems the bod" possesses a most delicate need%reg#lated mechanism of absorption of elements from the gastrointestinal tract$ Most probabl", not all the calci#m dissol!ed in e!en !er" hard water enters the s"stem$ A recent st#d" Cin another co#ntr" and in a region with onl" !er" hard water a!ailable for cons#mptionD has shown the calci#m%laden water cons#med did not prod#ce an" ad!erse effects on the people who did not a!oid drinking the water$ In this approach to disease pre!ention, one will not need to stick to a strict diet manip#lation to control this or that clinical condition as long as water intake precedes food intake$ 8owe!er, one word of ad!ice is to limit fatt" and fried foods$ ;ats get con!erted to fatt" acids and circ#late in the blood$ ;att" acids will replace tr"ptophan that is attached to the alb#min to be stored and protected while being circ#lated aro#nd in the blood$ The li!er will attack and destro" freed tr"ptophan if its free form in circ#lation is more than 9< percent of its total content$ In d#e time, e cess fatt"

food will deplete the tr"ptophan reser!es of the bod"$ This is one of the most important reasons wh" fatt" foods are not good for health$ At the same time, not all fatt" acids are bad for the bod"$ In fact there are at least two essential fatt" acids that the bod" needs all the time and cannot man#fact#re$ The" are- Alphalinoleic Acid, L4A, known as 'mega 1 oil, and Linoleic Acid, LA, known as 'mega > oil$ These fatt" acids are needed for the man#fact#re of cell membranes(, hormones and ner!e co!erings in the bod"$ Altho#gh other fats that enter the bod" are #sed for their energ" content, '%1 and '%> are sa!ed and onl" #sed for the man#fact#re of hormones and in the str#ct#re of all of the membranes inside and co!ering the cell$ In treatment o! the diseases that are produced by the damage to the ner e co ering 6page AF:, the regular intake o! these essential !atty acids is a must. The richest so#rce of '%1 is fla seed, from which fla oil is e tracted and sold on the market$ ;la oil also contains some '%> in its composition$ The richest so#rces of '%> are safflower and s#nflower oils$ ;la oil is alread" on the market$ 6do(s Choice will come to the American market soon$ Dr$ 6do Erasm#s, the a#thor of the book, Fats "hat &eal Fats "hat Mill and based on man" "ears of research, has de!eloped a special mi of the essential oils the bod" needs for its different man#fact#ring programs$ 6do(s Choice contains- fla oil, s#nflower oil, sesame oil, rice germ oil, wheat germ oil, oat germ oil, lecithin, !itamin E, and some special trigl"cerides$ Si to eight grams Ca spoonf#lD of this mi dail" sho#ld pro!ide all the essential fatt" acids that the bod" needs$ ;or more information on oils, read his book$ Loss of hair, sterilit", weakness, impaired !ision, growth retardation, ecEema, li!er damage, kidne" damage, and other degenerati!e conditions ma" also be associated with essential fatt" acid deficienc" in the bod"$ EASE OF S8EE3IN7= Are "o# ha!ing diffic#lt" in sleeping at nightF Tr" drinking a glass of water and then p#tting a pinch of salt on "o#r tong#e$ M" personal e perience, and obser!ation in others, ha!e shown that one begins falling asleep within a few min#tes$ In m" estimation, this combination alters the rate of electrical discharge in the brain and ind#ces sleep$ Remember not to to#ch the palate with the salt$ It ma" ca#se irritation$ A c#p of "og#rt at night before going to sleep will also help$ It works as if "o# ha!e taken a sleeping pill$ 3RE;ENT FAINTIN7= If "o# are s#sceptible to feeling faint after a shower, begin to recogniEe that the water reser!es of "o#r bod" are not eno#gh to reach "o#r brain when the blood !essels in the skin open #p beca#se of the heat from the hot shower$ Alwa"s drink water before going #nder the shower$ Drink more water and increase "o#r salt intake if "o# feel faint when "o# stand #p$ 3RE;ENT A 5EART ATTAC9= A friend of mine is now in hospital, ha!ing had a heart attack followed b" heart arrest$ 8e had collapsed in his office and had to be res#scitated to begin breathing again$ 8e now has ne#rological complications beca#se no o "gen had reached his brain when his heart stopped beating$ It is now clear from the famil" that for a n#mber of da"s prior to his attack, he had niggl" chest pains that pro*ected into his left arm$ 8e paid no attention to it thinking it wo#ld go awa" b" itself$ 8is mistake has landed him and now his famil" into great emotional and post%stroke n#rsing problems$ If he had learned that anginal pain that pro*ects into the arm is a late complication of chronic deh"dration, and if he had started increasing his dail" water intake, he most probabl" wo#ld not ha!e s#ffered from s#ch catastrophic and irre!ersible damage$ +lease, for the sake of those who lo!e and care for "o#, remember to increase "o#r dail" water intake if "o# are e periencing anginal pain$ ?o# sho#ld also begin to e ercise&walk, walk, walkA CO8OR OF URINE= The normal color of #rine sho#ld not be dark$ It sho#ld ideall" be almost colorless to light "ellow$ If it begins to become dark "ellow, or e!en orange in color, "o# are becoming deh"drated$ It means the kidne"s are working hard to get rid of to ins in the bod" in !er" concentrated #rine$ That is wh" #rine becomes darker in color$ Dark color #rine is a good sign of deh"dration$ 5O3ES FOR CURIN7 A8READY ESTAB8IS5ED DISEASE .hat we disc#ssed abo!e was directed at disease pre ention. A scientific and researched opinion, based on clinical obser!ations, and a list of diseases that seem to arise from the establishment of chronic deh"dration were shared with "o#$ The aim was to arm "o# for f#t#re pre!ention of disease$ 8owe!er, "o# might alread" be s#ffering from the ad!erse effects of deh"dration and wish to re!erse the tide of e!ents that ha!e alread" taken place$ Let #s hope "o# ha!e not reached an irre!ersible sit#ation and some re!ersal of the disease process can be hoped for$ 'f co#rse, nothing can be promised$ All we can do is hope a correction pattern co#ld establish$ Do not forget that at each phase of life, o#r bod" is the prod#ct of a time%operated series of chemical interactions$ Armed with correct knowledge, it might be possible to re!erse some reactions, b#t not all$ ;irst and foremost, do not imagine "o# co#ld re!erse the sit#ation if "o# now 0drown0 "o#rself in water$ 4ot soA The cells of the bod" are like spongesI it takes some time before the" become better h"drated$ Also do not forget that some of them make their

membranes less permissi!e of water diff#sion&in or o#t$ The first place that will show signs of being 0o!er%watered0 will be the l#ngs if "o#r kidne"s do not filter the e cess water$ If "o#r kidne"s are not damaged as a res#lt of the long%standing and e panding deh"dration that the loss of thirst sensation will a#tomaticall" force on the bod", then "o# can feel safe and drink the specified amo#nt$ If "o#r kidne"s ha!e also s#ffered from ha!ing to concentrate and pass the 0to ic0 chemicals that keep b#ilding #p within the bod" in long%end#red and increasing deh"dration, then "o# ha!e to be !er" ca#tio#s$ 2" now, "o# m#st also be #nder medication and professional s#per!ision$ ?o# cannot *#st c#t "o#r medication and begin drinking water in place of these 0chemical manip#lators of the bod" chemistr"$0 ?o# sho#ld for a few da"s assess e actl" the B#antit" of water "o# normall" drink and the amo#nt of #rine "o# pass$ 4ow begin adding one or two glasses of water a da" to the amo#nt "o# #s#all" drink$ Also meas#re the B#antit" of #rine "o# pass$ If the amo#nt of #rine "o# pass begins to increase, then "o# can also increase the water "o# take$ If "o# are on di#retics, remember that water is the best nat#ral di#retic if the kidne"s f#nction normall"$ In my opinion, it is ignorance'based "science" to prescribe the intake o! diuretics in place o! increasing water intake i! the kidneys o! a patient are capable o! producing urine. The !og#e in medical practice has become the spontaneo#s and indiscriminate #se of di#retics, calci#m blockers, beta blockers, and anti%cholesterol medications in the t"pe of patients e emplified b" Mr$ ;o $ .h"F Simpl" beca#se the 0science of medicine0 has e panded on a hopelessl" erroneo#s paradigm$ The !er" fo#ndation of 0knowledge0 on which medical practice of toda" is staking its credibilit" and license to practice is in error and ignorant of water metabolism dist#rbance as a possible ca#se of disease emergence in the h#man bod"$ That is how I was ta#ght medicine before I disco!ered my own ignorance. After reading m" book, Dr$ G#lian .hitaker in his 'ctober /==: newsletter, &ealth and &ealing, that goes to 33<,<<< people, went p#blic$ 8e stated,0 In medical school I learned that water was #nimportant to the bod"$$ .ater was inacti!e, simpl" along for the ride,0 and so on$ I am told that he is ad!ising those who attend his clinic abo#t chronic deh"dration$ ?o#r attending ph"sician has the same basis of wrong ed#cation abo#t the h#man bod" and its calls for water$ 4ow that "o# know better, tell him where he has gone wrong in "o#r case$ Ask him to s#per!ise "o#r condition when "o# begin to ad*#st "o#r dail" water intake and "o#r diet$ If he or she is #naware of what "o# are talking abo#t, share the information "o# ha!e acB#ired on the problems associated with long%standing chronic deh"dration of the bod"$ Do not gi e up i! your re5uest is brushed aside on the grounds that you do not know what you are talking about and he or she does. The bod" is #nder a constant dri!e to retain salt to keep water inside the s"stem$ It will take a grad#al increase in #rine to pass the e cess salt o#t$ .ater will do it if its intake is increased !er" grad#all"$ When urine !ormation is reduced and some edema 6swelling: o! the legs and eyelids are present, increased water intake should be proportionate to increased urine production. As the p#ffiness of the e"es and the swelling of the ankles begin to show signs of being red#ced, thenJwater intake can be increased$ M" basic concern is for the inad!ertent collection of water in the l#ngs$ That is wh" I insist on an acc#rate meas#rement of fl#id intake and #rine o#tp#t if "o# wish to test the effect of increasing "o#r dail" water intake and red#cing "o#r coffee and tea intake$ SA8T FREE DIET IS UTTER8Y STU3ID Salt is a most essential ingredient of the bod"$ In their order of importance, o "gen, water, salt and potassi#m rank as the primar" elements for the s#r!i!al of the h#man bod"$ +lin", aro#nd 73 AD, called salt "!oremost among human remedies." 8e is right$ ?o# see, abo#t 97 percent of the salt content of the bod" is stored in the bones in the form of cr"stals$ It is said that salt cr"stals are nat#rall" #sed to make bones hard$ Th#s salt deficienc" in the bod" also co#ld be responsible for the de!elopment of osteoporosis$ Salt will be taken o#t of the bones to maintain its !ital normal le!els in the blood$ Low salt intake will contrib#te to a b#ild%#p of acidit" in some cells$ 8igh acidit" in the cell can damage the D4A str#ct#re and be the initiating mechanism for cancer formation in some cells$ E periments ha!e shown that B#ite a n#mber of cancer patients show low salt le!els in their bod"$ M" ne t book, ,B< o! <ancer and Depression, will e plain in detail abo#t the importance and the primary !unction o! water and salt in cancer pre ention. Let me repeat- .hen the bod" begins to collect salt, it is doing so to keep water in the bod"$ ;rom this 0edema fl#id,0 it can filter some of its water and 0fl#sh0 it thro#gh the cell membrane into some of the cells$ It is the same principle as the water p#rification process emplo"ed in re!erse osmosis plants that man#fact#re drinking water for comm#nities witho#t a direct access to fresh water$ That is wh" the rise in blood press#re to b#ild a filtration force is necessar"$ "he precaution to keep in mind is loss o! salt !rom the body when water intake is increased and salt intake is not. After a few da"s of taking si or eight or /< glasses of water a da", "o# sho#ld begin to think o! adding some salt to "o#r diet$ If "o# begin to feel m#scle cramps at night, remember "o# are becoming salt%deficient$ <ramps in une1ercised muscles most o!ten means salt shortage in the body. Also, diEEiness and feeling faint might be indicators of salt and water shortage in the bod"$ If s#ch occasions arise, you should also begin to increase your itamins and minerals intake4particularly i! you are dieting to lose weight or do not eat properly, including egetables and !ruits !or their water'soluble itamin and mineral content. I ha!e de!eloped a r#le of th#mb for dail" salt intake$ ;or e!er" /< glasses of water Cabo#t two B#artsD, one sho#ld add to the diet abo#t half of a teaspoon of salt per da"$ An a!erage teaspoon can contain si grams of salt$ 8alf of a teaspoon is abo#t three grams of salt$ 'f co#rse, one sho#ld make s#re that the kidne"s are prod#cing #rine$

'therwise the bod" will swell #p$ If "o# sense "o#r skin and ankles are beginning to swell, do not panic. Red#ce salt intake for a few da"s, b#t increase "o#r water intake #ntil the swelling in the legs disappears$ -ou should also increase your mo ements4e1erciseG muscle acti ity will draw the e1cess !luid into the blood circulation and some salt is then lost in perspiration and urine. Do not sit or stand in one, position too long. Carrots Cfor their beta%carotene contentD are an essential dietar" reB#irement$ 2eta%carotene is a prec#rsor for !itamin A and absol#tel" essential for li!er metabolism, apart from its need b" the e"es$ Some orange *#ice for its potassi#m content should also be added to the fl#id intake of the bod"$ $lease remember, more is not better. Too m#ch orange *#ice will ca#se problems of its own$ If the bod" is o!erloaded with potassi#m, histamine prod#ction in the bod" will increase$ I ha!e helped people get rid of long%standing asthma attacks b" a simple ad!ice$ The" were asked to limit their orange *#ice intake to one, at most, two glasses a da"&of co#rse replacing the rest of the dail" *#ice intake b" water$ At this stage in the book, I wo#ld like to inform "o# that a !ast ma*orit" of !er" freB#entl" #sed medications are either directl" or indirectl" strong antihistamines$ The strongest !ariet" are #sed in the discipline of ps"chiatr" and for patients with depression$ Man" of the antidepressant dr#gs on the market are antihistamines&so m#ch so that some gastroenterologists are #sing these I dr#gs for the treatment of #lcer patients beca#se the" are cheaper$ There are man" of them on the market and, beca#se of competition, their prices are lower than the traditional 8E blocking agents that ha!e cornered the market$ This information is gi!en to indicate that the pharmace#tical ind#str" appreciates the significance of histamine acti!it" in the h#man bod"$ The" are not here to inform #s of the role of histamine in water reg#lation of the bod"I the" are b#siness enterprises interested in marketing their prod#cts$ The ne t time "o#r ph"sician prescribes a medication for "o#, ask if it has an" anti%histamine acti!it"$ "he antihistamine medications mil strongly a!!ect the immune systems o! the body at the le el o! the bone marrow. T5E 5EA8T5 CARE SYSTEM AND OUR RES3ONSIBI8ITIES If "o# ha!e s#ffered beca#se of the application of 0medical ignorance0 to "o#r bod"(s earlier calls for water, it becomes the responsibilit" of "o#r attending doctor to s#per!ise "o#r ret#rn to health b" tailing off the #se of chemicals for the treatment of chronic deh"dration in "o#r bod"$ ?o# sho#ld make s#re "o#r doctor becomes aware of the information on water metabolism, and "o#r bod"(s other call signals for water, when deh"dration begins to alter the bod" ph"siolog"$ ?o#r doctor is responsible to "o# and, as "o#r ph"sician, he needs to become informed$ It is "o#r responsibilit" to help "o#r doctor become aware of the paradigm shift$ It is now "o#r responsibilit" to help change the health care s"stem to work for you and not the commercial and political aims of its administrators$ It ma" become necessar" to pass legislation to e cl#de deh"dration as a ca#sati!e factor in the prod#ction of disease conditions be!ore an" pharmace#tical or in!asi!e proced#res are #ndertaken$ The e!al#ation of dr#gs for #ltimate #se in treatment proced#res sho#ld be carried o#t onl" after patients are f#ll" h"drated and se!eral da"s ha!e elapsed before starting the test$ After all, the water #sed in taking a pill is immediatel" more effecti!e in a deh"drated person than the chemical composition of the pillA I ha!e e plained that the 0placebo0 effect seen in dr#g trials is most probabl" the res#lt of some correction for the #nrecogniEed deh"dration as a contrib#ting factor in disease prod#ction$ ?o# are now in 0the arena$0 ?o# sho#ld #se "o#r knowledge for the benefit of mankind and tr" to bring abo#t the paradigm shift on water metabolism of the bod" into the e!er"da" practice of medicine$ COST SA;IN7S TO T5E NATION The paradigm change in medicine, as it has been e posed, when f#ll" adopted and practiced, will sa!e a large portion of the !ast and #nnecessar" health care costs and e pendit#re b" societ"$ 8"pertension and its associated cardio!asc#lar disorders are costing this nation o!er /<< billion dollars a "ear$ 2ack pain translates into an 5<%billion%dollar%a%"ear loss to societ"$ Rhe#matoid *oint disease is affecting 9< million elderl" people and is costing this nation man" tens of billions of dollars ann#all"&to name b#t a !ew headings$ 'f the appro imatel" 53< billion dollars health care costs in /==9 alone, abo#t 3< to >< percent are most probabl" inc#rred as a res#lt of primiti!e errors abo#t chronic deh"dration and the associated signal s"stems that sho#ld be translated as the main thirst indicators of the bod"$ A simple correction of this long%standing scientific mistake can re!erse the b#dget deficit of this nation$ In an" e!ent, the paradigm shi!t will also produce a much healthier society. It is estimated that the r#nawa" cost of health care in this societ" will reach /$> trillion dollars b" the "ear 9<<< and will increase to 95 percent of the @ross 4ational +rod#ct b" the "ear 9</<$ E!en with s#ch rise in e pendit#re, no fewer than 3< million people co#ld not afford to pa" the rising costs of health ins#rance and will be depri!ed of adeB#ate co!erage$ "he paradigm shi!t will re erse this "no solution in sight" health care cost spiraling trend. I in!ite "o# to share the information in this book with "o#r relati!es and friends$ ?o# will be doing them a fa!or$ 2" responding positi!el" to this in!itation, "o# will be at the same time helping this nation red#ce its health care costs b" at least >< percent$ It is criminal that at the end o! DBth <entury, human thirst !or water is still being treated with slow poisons. I ha!e a reB#est$ If the information in this book helps "o#, please write me a note abo#t "o#r partic#lar condition and how increased water intake has helped "o#$ .e need to doc#ment as m#ch information on chronic deh"dration as

is possible$ It is a !er" "o#ng science$ It needs the inp#t of all who test the information$ ?o#r participation will sa!e others with similar problems from #nnecessar" s#ffering that local deh"dration co#ld prod#ce witho#t being so identified$ Like the letters printed in this book, "o#r inp#t can ill#minate the path of others in the f#t#re$ FINA88Y 2ased on the abo!e ph"siological approach to disease emergence, it is now possible to take a resolute stand to end major dehydration'produced diseases on earth within two decades. The p#blic m#st demand the paradigm change and adopt the new paradigm themsel!es to free mankind from all the 0scientific0 misconceptions perpet#ated for profit%moti!ated b#siness e pansion within the health care s"stem$ M" colleag#es in the medical profession m#st similarl" stop treating the signals of deh"dration of the bod" b" the indiscriminate #se of pharmace#tical prod#cts or in!asi!e proced#res$ In /==<, the president and all the board members of the American Medical Association were sent an in!itation b" the ;o#ndation for the Simple in Medicine to share the pro!ided information of the paradigm shift on water metabolism of the bod" with their acti!e medical colleag#es$ This letter of in!itation was s#bseB#entl" p#blished in the /==/ iss#e of )cience In Medicine )impli!ied. It is also presented in the following pages with s#bseB#ent correspondences with AMA$ ?o# are now being informed of some of the actions taken to bring m" findings abo#t chronic deh"dration to "o# thro#gh the members of AMA$ This is an in!itation that "o# m#st forcef#ll" e tend to "o#r personal doctor and administrators of the health care s"stems in o#r societ"$ More than eno#gh scientific information to demand the necessar" change in the present str#ct#re of the health care s"stem is now a!ailable$ +lease do not be indifferent to the pain and s#ffering of others$ Take a resol#te stand to stop the present health care sting against those who do not "et know that chronic deh"dration is the root ca#se of most degenerati!e diseases of the h#man bod"$ ?o# see, by choosing to keep silent about the disco ery that the human body has a ariety o! sophisticated thirst signals, the ,M, has con erted its basic ignorance o! this !act into a sting operation against the public. >etters published in the !ollowing pages seem to point in that direction.