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05/21/2006: "Water, Water Everywhere"

“It is chronic unintentional dehydration that causes pain and disease, including cancer in the body” - - F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.

Dr. Lorraine Day, an expert in treating cancer by alternative means, states that diseases are caused by three things, improper diet, dehydration, and stress. I have blogged a lot about diet and a little about stress up to now, so lets talk about water. There is nothing more important to your body than getting enough water. At the cellular level it helps move food in and toxins out.

According to Dr. Batmanghelidj, to be at optimum health and to cure many ailments, you should drink ½ your body weight of water in ounces. So if you weigh 150lbs, you should be drinking 75 ounces of water a day. That’s about a gallon and a ¼ of water. (Naturally, spread that out over your waking hours).

OK, I can see some of you adding up in your heads the number of bathroom trips that will be. Well, since walking is the best exercise, you got two birds.

Watch out for the quality of your water as well. Tap water has too many things in it that are bad for you. By the way, here we go again on alcohol and caffeine. These are diuretics, so drinking 6 oz. requires 12 oz. of water to replace what they use. So your Diet Coke is causing you to go backwards (And that’s just the caffeine in there. Don’t get me started on the other stuff).

“I have seen water completely reverse conditions such as: Asthma. Angina. Hypertension. Migraine headaches. Arthritis pain. Back pain. Colitis pain and chronic constipation. Heartburn and hiatal hernia. Depression. Chronic fatigue syndrome. High cholesterol. Morning sickness. Overweight problems. Even heart problems needing bypass surgery.” - - F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.

Dr. Batman also recommends taking Celtic Sea Salt. Did you know that salt companies make most of their money by selling the minerals resulting from salt processing? They make the salt for our tables as clean as possible selling us what is essentially the useless part. Food companies like Kellogs fortifies their foods with the minerals removed from sea salt. So table salt is about 97.5% Sodium Chloride and 2.5% of chemicals from the processing that prevent water absorption and some iodine. Processed salt builds up in your organs because it is dead. Celtic Sea Salt is 84% Sodium Chloride and 16% charged minerals. This salt is charged and alive. The minerals will spark your digestive juices and help your food break down better. A major supplement given to all patients at the BioCare hospital was digestive enzymes. They feel it is imperative to curing cancer. So with your water intake it is also recommended that you also use a tea spoon of Celtic sea salt a day to flavor your food.

I'll drink to our health!