by Corey Matsumoto
Dr. F. Batmanghelidj is an M.D. who once found himself in a situation where a person was suffering excruciating stomach ulcer-induced abdominal pain and there was no medication immediately available for treatment. He gave the patient (a fellow cell mate in an Iranian prison during the 1979 Iranian Revolution) 2 glasses of water for lack of options, and within 8 minutes the debilitating pain was completely gone. Dr. B. instructed him to take 2 glasses of water every 3 hours, and thus ended the ulcer pains for his remaining 4 months in prison. He sucessfully treated over 3000 fellow inmates—and ordinary water proved its effectiveness every time.
This woke Dr. Batmanghelidj up and got him thinking about why the pain-relieving properties of water has not been mentioned in medical school. Upon his release from prison in 1982, the doctor escaped from Iran and moved to the United States where he began to research the effects of dehyration on the human body. Ten years later he published his first book, Your Body’s Many Cries for Water in which he states that the body signals a water shortage by producing pain. The book has since been translated into 15 languages.
His research found that a dry mouth is not at all a reliable indicator of dehydration since by the time this symptom appears, many delicate functions of the body have already shut down. “This is exactly how the aging process is established—through a loss of enzyme function. A dehydrated body loses sophistication and versatility.”
According to Dr. Batmanghelidj, dehydration induces pain and many degenerative diseases including asthma, arthritis, hypertension, angina, adult-onset diabetes, lupus, and multiple sclerosis.
Dr. F. Batmanghelidj has devoted that last 20 years of his life promoting the healing powers of water, producing six books and conducting more than a dozen educational audio and video seminars.
Could the secret to health and longevity be as simple as drinking several glasses of water a day? A visit to his website (
www.watercure.com) provides compelling explanations.
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