Dr. Fereydoon Batmanghelidj was born in Iran in 1931. He attended school in Scotland, and received his medical training at London University's St. Mary's Hospital Medical School. Upon completion of his studies, he had the privilege of being selected as a house doctor in his own medical school. Dr. Batmanghelidj practiced medicine in England before returning to Iran where he helped develop hospitals and health centers. April 25, 1994 Dear Dr Batmanghelidj My mother asked that I write to you and tell you about my recent weight loss success. I know that I could have a much more successful loss if I would follow your formula and curb my eating habits, along with starting a regular routine of exercise. However just getting myselfto get offofsix to eight cans ofMountain Dew a day is a miracle in itself Within the last nine months to a year, I have successfully been able to keep 35 excess pounds of baggage off I am able to wear clothes that I thought would never touch my body again. I also have just about reached my goal size for my upcoming wedding. Even my fiance had to admit that I am looking much better than when he first met me five years ago. My success has been contributed to faithfully drinking half my body weight in ounces in water every day. Wherever I go, so does my water. To work, shopping, even my long seven hour long car rides. (That does make for a lot of rest area stops, but they are worth it.) I do treat myself to an occasional mineral water or beer when I go out, but I have usually gotten my quota of water in for the day. One interesting thing that I have noticed, however, is that once I have finished drinking my quota of water, I have absolutely no desire to drink anymore. Also I have found that I'm not thirsty anymore and it will usually take me awhile to drink some other type of beverage whether it be juice, milk, beer, mineral water, etc. I am looking forward to October 1st which is my wedding day when I can walk down the aisle looking better than I have looked in 15 years, since I graduated from high school. It will also be nice to put my weight on my new driver's license without having to cringe for the first time in my life. Thanks for the smaller me!!!! Donna M Gutkowski 104

Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, M.D., an internationally renowned researcher, author and advocate of the natural healing power of water, was born in Iran in 1931. He attended Fettes College in Scotland and was a graduate of St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School of London University, where he studied under Sir Alexander Fleming, who shared the Nobel Prize for the discovery of penicillin. Dr. Pere;,doon Batu.nghel1d.1 Poundat10n :ror the Slmple 111 Ked101l1e 2146 ][1ngs Garden Way Palls Churoh, Vlrg1l11a 2204' Figure 13: The vascular system all over the body adapts to the blood volume loss by selective closing of its lumina.A major cause of blood volume loss is the loss of body water or its under-supply through losing thirst sensation. Berry S. Kendler, Ph.D •. Associate Professor of Biology Manhattan College Adjunct Faculty ~ember Graduate Nutrition Program New York Medical College

wite askes these aeasureaant. at holU I each t1Jlul taking two or three readinl•• The :ncord show. several lOW8 o. 1208. oWer 154. 8114 a rue high of 1408. over 9Od. However, the average r8l1ge, as stated above, uniforaly doahates. Slowly but surely, numerous intelligent medical doctors and researchers who studied his work, overcame the same embarrassment that had consumed Dr. Batmanghelidj, when he first began comprehending the cardinal role of water in human health and functioning. Like Dr. Batmanghelidj, these enlightened physicians came to realize that medicine was confronting a fundamental paradigm shift. Some of these board-certified physicians are quoted [60] in the book. More physicians are recognizing this central truth as the months pass. Testimonials that make you ponder As a result of my efforts to make the truly beneficial properties of simple tap water more widely known, I receive very many letters from those who have applied my methods and wish to report the results. I value the information in these latters and always read them with great interest, and it is perhaps hardly surprising that the same themes are repeated time after time. 83

Dr. Batmanghelidj is of aristocratic lineage in his native Iran, and when the Shah was overthrown, the doctor was arrested and jailed with more than 3,000 other well-born victims of the Khomeini revolution. While these unfortunates wore awaiting execution, Dr. Batmanghelidj was assigned as their medical officer — pending his own appearance before a firing squad. He had no medical resources other than water, in an environment pervaded by stress and terror. Indeed, the doctor found himself incarcerated in a gigantic stress laboratory.

Figure 12: A model ofphysiological events that will either stimulate or inhibit renin-angiotensin production. there is an associated mobilisation of primary materials from body stores. This process will mop up some of the water reserves of the body. Consequently, dehydration causes stress, and stress will cause further dehydration. In stress, several hormonal overrides become operative. The body assumes a crisis situation and will begin to mobilise for a fight or flight response. The body does not seem to recognise the social transfonnation of humans. It assesses all situations of stress as though a fight or flight stance has to be maintained, even with those stresses associated with work in an office. Several strong hormones become secreted and will remain triggered until the body gets out of its stressful circumstances. These hormones are mainly endorpbins, cortisone release factor; prolactin, vasopressin, and renin-angiotensin. OIcryl Brown-Cllristopbcr, M.D. 1419 Forest Drive • Suite #202 • Aooapolls • Maryland 21403 • (410) 268-5005 LY MEDICINE you are about to publ1sh a book with applicable testimon1es ot the H)drat10n System, my parsonal experience is gratefully offared a8 a wa;r of 8a:rinl thaDk you. been. drinking enough vater. hovever. I have been able to breath fine vithout the uaa of any aedieine. thia haa made in .y lif..

Figure 5: A model of tbe stomacb and its mucosal structures. A well hydrated mucous barrier retains bicarbonate and neutralises tbe acid as it tries to pass tbrougb tbe mucus. A dehydrated body also predisposes to an inefficient mucous barrier tbat permits acid penetration and mucosal damage. Hydration provides a mucb better acid barrier to tbe mucosa tban any medication on tbe market. 34 Batmanghelidj, Fereydoon, ABC of Asthma, Allergies and Lupus: Eradicate Asthma – Now!, (2000), Global Health Solutions, ISBN 0-9629942-6-X Eight 8-ounce glasses daily is the recommended regimen advocated by Dr. Batmanghelidj, to keep the human body fully hydrated. For each cup of coffee or other caffeinated drink, an additional, compensating eight-ounce glass of water is required. slight and easier-to-adjust-to dehydration will translate to a very severe drought in the 'sensitive cells' of the brain. To cope with this stress, more of the various hormones are secreted, including the body's own addictive endorpbins. Thus, prolonged use of alcohol may be instrumental in promoting addictive tendencies to endorphin secretion in the body, triggering the secretion of excess endorphins. Women, because of their natural tendency to increase endorphin production to cope with childbirth and their monthly menstruation, seem to become addicted to alcohol more readily than men. It seems that women become addicted to alcohol in about three years, compared to men who may become compulsive drinkers in about seven years. Figures 10 and 11 explain some of the factors possibly contributing to the development of chronic fatigue syndrome during an expanding chronic dehydration. It can occur from the regular intake of caffeinecontaining and alcoholic beverages in place of water. The vasopressin receptor is naturally designed to keep the waterways in the nerve systems fully topped-up. Naturally, in dehydration of the nerve system, the energy and volition to do new work is drastically reduced. Hall, Harriet. (2017). "Do I Really Need to Drink 200 Ounces of Water Every Day?". Skeptical Inquirer. Retrieved 22 November 2018.

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hormones and transmitters will not be limited at a later time because of a possible lower level of stored energy. Caffeine will cause an override effect until a lower level of energy storage is reached. Cola drinks have exactly the same effect. The effect of caffeine may at some times be considered desirable, but constant substituting of caffeine-containing drinks for water will deprive the body of its full capacity for the formation of hydroelectric energy. Excess caffeine will also deplete the ATP-stored energy in the brain and the body - a possible contributing factor for shorter attention span in the younger, cola-consuming generation, or chronic fatigue syndrome as a result of excess coffee consumption in later life. Excess caffeine intake will eventually exhaust the heart muscle because of its over-stimulation. Recently, in some experimental models, it has been shown that caffeine inhibits a most important enzyme system, PDE (phosphodi-esterase), that is involved in the process of learning and memory development. In reported experiments, caffeine impaired vision and memory components of learning ability in the species involved in the experiment. You must now realise why people with Alzheimer's disease and children with a learning disability should not drink anything other than water. Caffeine-containing beverages should definitely NOT be consumed. Let us now connect all the information given in this chapter with two different but related problems - hypertension and cholesterol formation - both leading to heart problems. The operating mechanism for adaptation to dehydration, which will climax into vasoconstriction, is the same as mentioned for stress. Namely, the continued actions of vasopressin and the RA system are responsible for establishing the necessary adaptation to drought. They close a number of open capillaries in the vascular bed and increase the pressure in the rest to squeeze water through the membranes into the cells in 'priority organs'. Do not forget this simple truth: dehydration is the number one stressor of the human body or any living matter. RARE indeed are those books destined to become all-time classics. Even rarer are books destined to accomplish a paradigm shift in any major area of modern knowledge. Of still greater rarity are books destined to benefit significantly the health of countless millions of human beings, at no cost to them. Such a landmark book is Your Body's Many Cries for Water by Dr. F. Batmanghelidj. He is a London-educated Iranian medical doctor who has made revolutionary discoveries about the water metabolism of the human body. His astounding basic breakthrough was made while he was confined to a Tehran prison, this being a unique circumstance in itself. He has claimed elsewhere that water provides energy for the body and brain, by splitting into its components hydrogen and oxygen. [6] Criticism [ edit ] for the continued breakdown of materials employed in maintenance of the structural integrity of the body. It is this phenomenon that produces the damage associated with stress, if the stressor maintains its unabated influence. Prolactin will make sure that the lactating mother will continue to produce milk. All species have it. Prolactin will prime the gland cells in the breast to continue with milk production even if there is The basics When the human body developed from species that were given life in water, the same dependence on the life-giving properties of water was inherited. The role of water in the body of living species mankind included - has not changed since the first creation of life from salt water and its subsequent adaptation to fresh water. When life on land became an objective, a gradually refmed body water-preservation system had to be created for further species development. This process of temporary adaptation to transient dehydration became inherited as a well established mechanism in the human body and is now the infrastructure of all operative systems within the bodies of modern humans. For the earlier water-dwelling species, adventure beyond their known boundaries constituted great stress in case they dried up. This 'stress' established a dominant physiology for crisis management of water. In the now 'stressed' humans, exactly the same translation and the physiology of crisis management of water becomes established. The process primarily involves a strict rationing of the water 'reserves' of the body. It is assumed that water supply for the immediate needs of the body is limited. Management of the available reserves of water in the body becomes the responsibility of a complex system. This complex multi-level water rationing and distribution process remains in operation until the body receives unmistakable signals 12

Initially silent compensation mechanisms When the body becomes dehydrated, the physiological processes that will be established are the same ones that occur when coping with stress. Dehydration equals stress and, once stress is established, 56 WilbiD 34 dayshe showeddramatic improvement; be no longerbad seven: and excessive mucus production, his coughingbadvinuallySlOpped, aDd his sneezing and 0Ibera1lezgy symp1IXDS were loIally gone. Therefore we discontinued his Benadryl and AlbulclOl and continued hishydration pmgnm. J=y has been following this program now for approximately fourand a half weeks,spending aImoat four weeksoff his medication and is doing quite well. Not only have his sylDplOlDS clearedsubjectively, bul in lenDS of objective findings, bis peak flowvolumes have beenwilbiD DOnlIa1 range. His constant medication-induced drowsiness basdisappeared and as a n:suIlbe is _ alat, and his schoolgradeshaveimproved.Hiatus hernia You often come across the classical dyspeptic pain that the doctor has diagnosed as hiatus hernia. Hiatus hernia means displacement of the upper part of the stomach through the gap of the diaphragm (the oesophageal hiatus) into the chest cavity. This is an unnatural location for the stomach to be in. With a part of the stomach in the chest, food digestion becomes painful. Normally, the content ofthe stomach's upper part is sealed off and cannot pass upward into the oesophagus when food is being digested. The normal direction of intestinal contractions is downward, from the mouth to the rectum. Furthermore, there are two valves to prevent the regurgitation of food upward. One valve is located in the wall of 38