WATER
Our bodies are made up of almost 75 percent water, and to stay healthy, we must replenish the water lost from respiration, perspiration, and excretion of urine and feces.
In his book, Your Body’s Many Cries for Water,¹ Dr. Batmanghelidj says most people are slightly dehydrated. He also says that for all the body’s systems to work right, including the immune system, we need an ample supply of water — eight 16-ounce glasses per day or, more accurately, 1 quart per 50 pounds of body weight per day. When Dr. Batmanghelidj was in prison in Iran over an unjust political issue, a man was brought to him suffering from an acute asthma attack, which can be fatal. The doctor had no medicine, but told the man to drink as much water as possible. Upon doing this, the man’s asthma attack subsided. Dr. Batmanghelidj was obviously on to something very important. As the body water content goes down the secretion of histamine (a bronchial contractor) goes up. This lower water intake predisposes one for possible bronchial contractions and asthma onset. Dr. Batmanghelidj also documented 3000 cases of patients who suffered from dypepsia (gastritis, duodenitis and heart burn) were all improved with nothing more than the very large amounts of water consumed. These findings were published in the journal of clinical gastroenterology.
Some of the other symptoms and conditions that can occur when the body becomes more subclinically dehydrated:
•  pain of all types increases
•  stress increases
•  blood pressure increases
•  body weight imbalances
•  allergies increase
•  more prone to tumor formation
•  skin disorders
•  immune dysfunction or weakness (more prone to bacteria, viruses, parasites, candida and cancer
Some other dehydrating agents include:
•  salt          •  caffeine
•  sugar       •  alcohol
•  stress

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