Your Body's Many Cries for Water: A Preventive and Self-Education Manual for Those Who Prefer to Adhere to the Logic of the Natural and the Simple in
by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj

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Book Reviews of Your Body's Many Cries for Water: A Preventive and Self-Education Manual for Those Who Prefer to Adhere to the Logic of the Natural and the Simple in

Book Review: A medical Galileo vs. the fallacies of Malthusian medicine
Summary: 5 Stars

YOUR BODY'S MANY CRIES FOR WATER
by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, M.D.
From Chapter One and Chapter Ten

"A new scientific truth is not usually presented in a way to convince its opponents. Rather, they die off, and a rising generation is familiarized with the truth from the start."

Max Planck
(as quoted by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, M.D.
in YOUR BODY'S MANY CRIES FOR WATER
Chapter Two: " The New Paradigm")

The paradigm shift in medicine of Dr. Batmanghelidj ["Baht-mahn-geh-LEEJ"] as explained in YOUR BODY'S MANY CRIES FOR WATER is not political or politically minded. His proven theories are scientifically holistic in nature, in a world where science and information in the medical and pharmaceutical industries have become economically politicized to the point of being slowly but inevitably destructive--to individuals and society as a whole. The simple beauty of his perspective on the relationship of wellness, disease, water and nutrition flies in the face of accepted medical theory. As such it has been creating such a controversy that most accredited doctors across the country in the AMA (American Medical Association) and NIH (National Institute of Health), supported by the big pharmaceutical chains, have refused to comment on it for years. Most, that is, but not all, as he shows in the book.

Dr. Batmanghelidj's premise is simple common sense, amplified via the microphone of modern science. The human body, like the earth, is made up of almost 71% water. And as such *cellular dehydration*, i.e. the drying out and breakdown of the very cells which make up our body's organs and tissue, is the cause of most breakdowns of our immune systems--and, consequently, the overwhelming majority of the world's diseases.

The most deeply arresting and provocative part of the book however was his chapter on AIDS. Dr. Batmanghelidj holds strong in YOUR BODY'S MANY CRIES FOR WATER to the idea that "AIDS is not a viral disease but a metabolic disorder precipitated by an exaggerated way of life. IT CAN BE EQUALLY CAUSED BY SEVERE MALNUTRITION IN POORER AND FAMINE-STRICKEN SOCIETIES (emphasis mine)." His paradigm-shifting analysis in the chapter entitled "New Ideas on AIDS" wreaks havoc on the cherished origins theories of both the far right and the far left in America simultaneously. (He shows, with pure science, an explanation of both AIDS's origins and its rape of the African continent and the American gay community far more logical than a) the homosexual/negro morality plays of the fundamentalist right OR b) the secret CIA biological warfare testing turned Frankenstein theories of the conspiratorial left.) POVERTY, it seems, may be the true epidemic disease: it is the central cause of the dysfunctional behavior and nutritional patterns that contribute to the metabolic systems failure of AIDS victims' bodies throughout the world who, up till now, have been wrongly labeled as victims of an avoidable but incurable virus. (Could there be a better explanation as to how the mysterious new disease SARS originated in the poverty-stricken areas of China?) This is why the cure has yet to be found; *it has yet to be properly searched for*. This controversial idea reopens the debate of AIDS and behavior, but in such a way that it revalidates our decades-old lectures on sexual deviance and individual responsibility via making them metaphors of state sponsored political deviance and international economic responsibility--with science, not poetry or politics. And it cannot be invalidated and ignored for long, because it is simply an expression of the scientific/philosophical foundation of his metabolic/cellular approach to the relationship of dehydration and disease, which has already proven its validity. In fact, YOUR BODY'S MANY CRIES FOR WATER carefully documents, via the innumerable patient recovery examples and the praise he has garnered from doctors around the country, Dr. Batmanghelidj's treatment of everything from hypertension to asthma, back pain to muscular dystrophy, depression to obesity through this approach, and much more. I found what is probably the source of my eczema and overeating, my son's childhood asthma and my mother's high blood pressure and arthritis, all in the first chapter.

I would invite anyone interested in the topic to also read the work of anthropologist Elaine Morgan (SCARS OF EVOLUTION; DESCENT OF WOMAN). Also, the work of Michael Talbott: THE HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE. The *Aquatic Ape Hypothesis* that is the foundation of Elaine Morgan's anthropological philosophy--and her ongoing 30 year battle to have it accepted by academia despite its lucidity--will go far in helping you understand the simple wisdom and beauty of YOUR BODY'S MANY CRIES FOR WATER's approach to health. THE HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE by Michael Talbott will give you an even greater understanding, via plain language, of the 21st century post-quantum physics of the spiritual protege of both Einstein and Krishnamurti that was David Bohm (he knew them both personally) and his profoundly innovative neurologist friend Karl Pribram. Their discoveries can be said to serve as the scientific basis for Dr. Batmanghelidj's holistic, bio-chemical/cellular approach to good health: the science that bridges the chasm separating quantum mechanics, biology, consciousness and mysticism, leaping far beyond the (inaccurate) 18th century Newtonian physics and Malthusian political philosophy that still serve as the unconscious pillars of most of present day medical health theory.

YOUR BODY'S MANY CRIES FOR WATER is amazing. And Dr. Batmanghelidj is a genius.

Summary of Your Body's Many Cries for Water: A Preventive and Self-Education Manual for Those Who Prefer to Adhere to the Logic of the Natural and the Simple in

You will learn how to use water to:
* Prevent and reverse premature aging
* Eliminate pains including heartburn, back pain, arthritis, colitis pain, anginal pain, migraine headaches
* Cure asthma in a few days, naturally and forever
* Cure hypertension without diuretics or other medication
* Lose weight effortlessly and naturally, without strict dieting

According to Dr. Batmanghelidj, the body possesses many different thirst signals. A dry mouth is not a reliable indicator of your body's water needs. He describes a variety of more reliable ones, and helps you learn to understand when your body is calling for water. In this way, he claims you can prevent, treat, and cure a variety of conditions of ill health, at no cost, with what he calls nature's miracle medicine: Water. The author explains how much water one needs to drink a day to stay healthy, and why tea, coffee, and sodas are not good substitutes for water.

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