This is what he says. "Drink alot more water and your pain will go away". I knew that was his message before I got the book but I was not convinced. The book explains why to drink more water and also offers some exercises that I was not aware of.

And it works. Maybe its a coincidence but I have been trying to recover from a back problem for the last 9 months. In the last two weeks I have noticed a dramatic improvement and I have started to lose weight. It this continues this book is GREAT!!

One drawback is that now I have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Small price to pay.

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While I don't buy every word the man said (who does with anybody)I whole heartily agree with practically all the man said. I have believed water to be very good for you from reading bodybuilding magazines over the years but I had no idea how plain water could so positively affect the proper function of so much of the body. The book re-enforced what I already knew and believed but more than that it brought to light many things I didn't know. The book is an easy read with most chapters being 20 pages or less so it can be read in just a few days. Much of the scientific jargon is broken down into layman's terms rather well. I will be keeping my copy for reference and buying a copy for friends and family. One very interesting fact Dr. Batmanghelidi brings up is that he don't sell water. Shows me he is truly (most likely anyhow) concerned with helping people and not just blasting the medical profession, or rather the medical profession's main objective and that is money instead of creating a healthier society and caring for people. If there is a downside to the book it is that he does have a sharp tongue of criticism toward some doctors and organizations. Still, the man can back up what he says. Get the book and read it. You'll be glad you did.

We all know that we should drink 8 glasses of water a day and this book explains why. The book is based on the paradigm shift that it is water that governs all funtions of the body, not the solid matter. Previously, it was assumed that water (the solvent) was only a means of transport for the more vital solute. Because water makes up 75% of our bodies and it is vital to every function, Dr. "Batman" says, dehydration is the cause of many ailments, from depression to high blood pressure to insomnia, to headaches. He says a dry mouth is one of the last signs of dehydration. The solution, therefore, is simple-- just drink water. He says that many of these ailments are often treated with medications, which therefore are really only treating the symptom and not the cause, not to mention that side-effects are added with meds.

As other reviewers have mentioned, his last chapter on AIDS seems out of place in this book. I didn't read the book all the way through, preferring to just skim through it because of its detailed and technincal nature. You may not want to read it at all and just prefer to take his, and the reviewers', word for it and simply drink more water. I give the idea a solid 5 stars but I give the book 4 stars because of the style and structure of the writing. I think it could have used an index, as well as info on water impurities such as what is really in tap water and whether it might be good to buy a water filter since the reader will be drinking so much of the stuff. I've read info about bottled water that wasn't even included here. They say bottled water is no better than tap water, and actually often contains more germs. Also, it costs many times more than tap water.

I'm sure his idea of water works on animals and plants too. Make sure your pets get plenty of water and your houseplants/ garden as well. I know someone who has a swimming pool with bushes on both sides of it. On one side, a hill leads down to the bushes, on the other side, the hill goes down from the bushes. The bushes that are on the bottom of the hill have significantly more growth and look healthier, greener. It's because the hill draws more water towards them, while on the other side of the pool, the water is pulled away from the bushes by the hill.

And Hippocrates recommended 2,400 years ago to drink your water cold:
"Hot drinks weaken the flesh, afflict the nerves, undermine health and waste blood."
In a book called "Your Body's many cries for Water", Dr. "Batman" (Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, M.D.) states: "You are not sick, you are thirsty!" and claims lack of water or dehydration being the culprit for many diseases, which he calls mere manifestations of thirst signals. One of the first symptoms is dyspeptic pain. Dr Batman has treated over 3 000 patients with dyspeptic pain, who responded to an increase in water intake, and their clinical problems associated with pain disappeared. When the body urgently calls for water, nothing else can substitute it, neither antacids nor cimetidine medications.
It has been shown experimentally that one glass of water is immediately absorbed by the intestine and within one half hour secreted into the stomach for food breakdown. That's why Dr.Batman advises to drink two glasses of water before each meal. He reasons that this simple rule will help to dissolve excess cholesterol buildup, normalize hypertension, avert migraine headaches, and even prevent Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Batman claims that antacids contain 150-600 mg of aluminum in every spoonful of the liquid, or in each tablet that is chewed. Aluminum toxicity is a secondary complication of dehydration, in which many, many functions of brain cells begin to get lost.
The book is very explicit and elaborates on many diseases that plague modern society; I especially took benefit on his chapter on Aids. I do highly recommend this book, in my capacity as MA, Reiki Master and Bachelor of Science in Natural Health. Gerborg