A prudent correction of the initial
metabolic imbalance might boost the expressio ns of normal gender definition and decrease homosexual
tendencies, not to mention preventing AIDS, particularly in those who develop homosexual tendencies in the later
years of life, such as fathers or mothers with kids, who begin to feel homosexual pulls. In women who begin to lose
libido and lose hair with a "male pattern" distribution, the above precautionary measures might arrest such a decline
at its early stages. An easy way to stop muscle breakdown is by an intelligent adjustment of the daily wa ter intake and by eating a
balanced high-protein diet. Take a look at Edward Dippre's letter on page 150. As you can see, water and some salt
intake have reversed muscle breakdown in a dehydration-produced "disease" con dition. Not knowing the cause, the
problem h as been labeled as muscular dystrophy. Enhancing daily exercise  and physical activity at the same time wou ld force the body into a physiological program to
build up its muscle s, instead of breaking them into their amino acid components to feed the rest of the body. You
need to realize the human body is designed to defend itself against all types of infections. It survived fast acting
viruses such as sm allpox, measles, polio, and others during its development. It generally takes the body about nine
days to mount an effective defense against even fast viruses. If the body can  survive fast viruses, surely it is m ore
than capable of defending itself against slowly growing viruses. All that we need to understand is how to  make the body stronger and stop actions that would make it vulnerable. Let us remember, if the camel had a back-breaking point to the weight of the last straw, surely the human body
must also have a physical breaking-point to being life-stylishly overloaded? The question is, do we continue to
measure the straw o r the inherent structural and physiological limitations? Do we pay attention to the limitations of
the body, or do we in carefree abandon blame an ineffective slow virus for  the ills that befall some members of our
society? Edward Dippre 
217 North Street 
West Pittston, Pa. 18643 
March 15,1995
Global Health Solutions 
c/o Dr. Batmanghelidj 
P.O. Box 3 189 
Falls Church, Va. 22043
Dear Dr. Batmanghelidj
Around November 1 my legs were giving out. They became black and blue from my knees to my thighs, and verypainful. I went to the doctor and he told me that my muscle  enzymes were at 660 and normal was 90. Then I wen t to
another doctor and he said that I had muscular dystrophy. I started talking to Dr. Batmanghelidj who told me to start drinking 2 quarts of water daily. I have been, I feel much
better, and all symptoms disappeared in two months. I also use sea salt liberally with all my meals. I went back to the doctor and had additional Woodwork done. The enzyme levels in my m uscles were back to
normal, and the doctor couldn't understand how it was possible. As of this date, March 15,1995,1 am free of all discomfort and symptoms. I also have more energy and better health
than I can remember for a long time. Edward Dippre
THE SI MPLEST OF  TREAT MENTS I N MEDICI NE
"You  cannot by reasoning correct a man of ill opinion which by reasoning he never acquired." —Bacon
Your body needs an absolute min imum of six to eight 8-ounce glasses o f water a day. Alcohol, coffee, tea, and caffeine-containing beverages don't count as wat er. The best times to drink water (clinically observed in peptic ulcer disease) are: one glass one half hour before taking
food—breakfast, lunch, and dinner—and a similar amount two and one half hours after each meal. This is the very
minimum amount of water your body needs. For the sake of not shortchanging your body, two more glasses of
water should be taken around the heaviest meal or before going to bed. Thirst should be satisfied at all times. With increase in water intake, the thirst mechanism becomes more efficient. Your body m ight then ask you to drink more than the above minimum. Adjusting water intake to mealtimes prevents the blood from becoming concentrated as a result of food intake. When the blood becomes concentrated, it draws water from the cells around it. Water is the cheapest form of medicine to a dehydrated body. As sim ply as deh ydration will in time produce the
major diseases we are confronting now, a well-regulated and constantly alert attention to daily water intake will
prevent the emergence of most of the major diseases we have come to fear in our modem society. William Gray's letter is introduced here as an example of how simply water is a better medication for the treatment
of so many differently labeled complications of chronic dehydration. His letter had to be typed into this segment of
the book because the original could not fit in this page size. As y ou will see, Mr. Gray is a highly intelligent person. His observations provide a great deal of insight into the possible complications of chronic dehydration in the human
body. For this reason I selected this section of the book to present to you his observations. My hope is to impress
upon your mind a simple fact. There is more natural magic in a glass full of water than any medication you are
brainwashed to use for the treatment of the conditions I have explained in this book. And I do not sell water! From:  William E. Gray (Bill)
411 Ayrh ill Avenue
Vienna, VA 2 2180 11-2-94
703-938-6330
To: Dr. Batmanghelidj
2146 Kings Ga rden Way
Falls Church, VA 2 2043
It has been one year since I first read your book, which was g iven to me as a present by Ma rcel Thevoz. Since then
my health has improved significantly. lam now 52 and in excellent health. This wa s not the case before your book
and Marcel's kin dness inspired me to make water an integral part of my life. To most people J was su ccessful and in excellent health - normal weight, unusual strength and endurance, above
average at sports, with an excellent diet (a lot of fresh vegetables and whole grains and very little mea t, animal
products o r processed food). Yet my list of complaints stre tches over the last fifty ye ars and includes: duodenal
ulcer (age 19), indigestion, colon and elimination problems (age 19 to 51), food allergies (age 12 to 17), chronic
sinus infection (age 5 to 51), chronic and acute back problems (age 13 through age 51), emotional illness and
mental confusion (age 6 to age 51). These problems were even more bewildering and confusing because lam intelligent, educated and motivated to find
solutions to problems. I have been searching for answe rs to these problems for 35 years. I have looked for answers
in: diet, diet supplementation, exercise , yoga, med itation, Traditional Religion, spiritual practices, Acup uncture,
traditional medicine, Chiropractic, Massage, Raki,  Polarity Ba lancing, 12 Step programs, and self impr ovement
books and courses, such as Est and the Hoffman Quadrinity Process. I had of course read many times about the importance of drinking plenty of water. I even investe d in reverse
osmosis water filter 6 years ago hoping that the improved taste of the water would motivate me to drink more water.In spite of this I never gave water therapy a fair chance. Until I read your book, other beverages always looked
better to me, particularly tea and coffee. At the time I read your book I had a chronic nerve injury in my upper back that intermittently prevented me from
playing golf or racket ball for a period of two years. M y arm strength was 1/3 of what it had been only 2 years
previously. I was at a low point in my life physically and men tally. I have never been drunk in my life or smoked more than 5 cigarettes in a day. At the time I was not smoking or
drinking alcohol. Yet I found myself obsessed with thoughts of caffeine, smoking and drinking. Although I have been
a frequent visitor at Chiropractic, Oste opathic and Massage therapists, I had not needed to visit medical doctor for
years. In my desperation I went to an MD who prescribed an anti-stress m edication, a pain reliever, and a muscle
relaxant. I took the prescrib ed doses and fell into a semi coma for 16 hours, and discontinued the med ication. A few
weeks later Marcel came to my home for dinner and gave me your book. Within one week of adding 2-3 quarts of water to my diet noticed I that:
• The pain from the nerve i njury went away  and I was able to beg in exercisin g.
•I had m uch less indiges tion and gas. •My urges  and compulsive beh avior lessened  substanti ally or vanishe d. I no longe r had t o fight the ur ge to smoke,
drink, stuff myself or use excessive caffeine. • My energy levels improved. • My thinking and work improved. Please feel free to use me as a reference. I am happy to talk to anyone about water at any time. William E. Gray
Ordinary tap water, unless there is proof of its being contaminated with chemicals and heavy m etals such as lead, is
a good source of sup ply. Ta p water has the protection of chl orine as a bacteria-killing agent. The "bottled water" in
supermarkets is said to be sterilized by the addition of ozone at the time of bottling. Ozo ne, or "super oxygen,"
seems to have a bacteria-killing property. If used in time, bottled water can serve as an alternative source of supply. If you are not sure of your wat er source not being contaminated or containing impurities not safe to drink, save
yourself from this anxiety by installing a small filtration unit on your kitchen faucet. There are very effective carbon or
ceramic filter units that can save you from the hassle of buying water from the stores and having to carry its
containers day in and day out. Eventually, the "point of use" filtration of water will become standard practice in advanced societies that have a
tendency to pollute their drinking water. With the present decline in the fortunes of the municipalities, delivering
quality drinking water in their pipe systems will at one point become too expensive and impossible. It wou ld not be
practical to deliver high quality water to also use for washing and gardening. However, when one develops a taste for other than tap water, if one runs out of supply in the house, the body will be
forced to go without water just because of the difference in taste—a self-imposed preference. Usu ally, the "bad
taste" is a ttributed to dissolved chlorine in the water. Most sales agents who wish to sell water purifiers make issue
of the fact that tap water contains ch lorine. They also point to calcium dissolved in the water, often called "hard
water." If we fill an open-top jug with water and let it stand in the refrigerator or on the kitchen counter, the chlorine that is
dissolved in the water will evaporate and the smell of it will go too. The water will become "sweet" and very easily
palatable. This is h ow all restaurants serve water—out of a well-iced jug that was filled some time before its use. As
for the calcium in the water, unless the water is truly and heavily calcium-l aden, its use  is perf ectly safe. Not only is i t
safe, it is a cheap source for calcium needs of the body. The calcium is already dissolved in the water and one does
not need to go to the pharmacy to buy calcium tablets to take as a preventive measure against the osteoporosis we
see in the elderly. How and when do you think osteoporosis begins? Actually, many years before it is recognized. When hydroelectric
energy stores become depleted on and off, energy stored in the bondage of calcium to calcium in the cells and
eventually in the bones is used. When one molecule of calcium becomes sep arated from another molecule of
calcium, one unit of ATP is also released. ATP i s one unit of excha ngeable energy. Th e loose calcium is now
available to be shed. When water and calcium are taken in their natural forms, the emergency need for the release
of energy sto red in calcium bondage is decreased. This is why b ones are a great source of reserved energy. The
body is able to tap into this reservoir of energy. In any case, even heavily dissolved calcium in the water will most probably be without adverse effects. I t seems the
body possesses a most delicate need-regulated mechanism of absorption of elements from the gastrointestinal
tract. Most probably, not all the calcium dissolved in even very hard water enters the system. A recent study (in
another country and in a region with only very hard water available for consumption) has shown the calcium-laden
water consumed did not produce any adverse effects on the people who did not avoid drinking the water. In this approach to disease prevention, one will not need to stick to a strict diet manipulation to control this or that
clinical condition as long as water intake precedes food intake. Howev er, one word of advice is to limit fatty and fried
foods. Fats get converted to fatty acids and circulate in the blood. Fatty acids will  replace tryptophan that is attached
to the albumin to be stored and protected while being circulated around in the blood. The liver will attack and destroy
freed tryptophan if its free form in circu lation is more than 20 percent of its total content. In due time, excess fattyfood will deplete the tryptophan reserves of the body. This is o ne of the most important reasons why fatty foods are
not good for health. At the same time, not all fatty acids are bad for the body. In fact there are at least two essential fatty acids that the
body needs all the time and cannot manufactu re. They are: Alphalinoleic Acid, LNA, known as Om ega 3 oil, and
Linoleic Acid, LA, known as Om ega 6 oil. These fatty acids are needed for the manufactu re of cell membranes',
hormones and nerve coverings in the body. Although other fats that enter the body are used for their energy
content, O-3 and O-6 are saved and only used for the manufacture of hormones and in the structure of all of the
membranes inside and covering the cell. In treatment of the diseases that are produced by the damage to the nerve
covering (page 63), the regular intake of these essen tial fatty acids is a must. The richest so urce of O-3 is flax seed, from which flax oil is extracted and sold on the market. Flax oil also contains
some O-6 in its composition. The richest sources of O-6 are safflower and sunflower  oils. Flax oil is already on the
market. Udo's Choice will come to the American market soon. Dr. Udo Erasmus, the author of the book, Fats That
Heal Fats That Kill and based on many years of research, has developed a special mix of the essential oils the body
needs for its different manufacturing programs. Ud o's Choice contains: flax oil, sunflower oil, sesame oil, rice germ
oil, wheat germ oil, oat germ oil, lecithin, vitamin E, and some special triglycerides. Six to  eight grams (a spoonful) of
this mix daily should provide all the essential fatty acids that the body needs. For more information on oils, read his
book. Loss of hair, sterility, weakness, impaired vision, growth retardation, eczema, liver damage, kidney damage, and
other degenerative conditions may also be associated with essential fatty acid deficiency in the body. EASE OF  SLEEPI NG: 
Are you having difficulty in sleeping at night? Try drinking a glass of water and then putting a pinch of salt on your
tongue. My personal experience, and observation in others, have shown that one begins falling asleep within a few
minutes. In my estimation, this combination alters the rate of electrical discharge in the brain and induces sleep. Remember not to touch the palate with the salt. It may cause irritation. A cup  of yogurt at night before going to sleep
will also help. It works as if you have taken a sleeping pill. PREVENT F AINTING:  
If you are suscep tible to feeling faint after a shower, begin to recognize that the water reserves of your body are not
enough to reach your brain when the blood vessels in the skin open up because of the heat from the hot shower. Always drink water before going under the shower. Drink more water and increase your salt intake if you feel faint
when you stand up. PREVENT A HEART AT TACK: 
A friend of mine is now in hospital, having had a heart attack fol lowed by heart arrest. He had collapsed in his office
and had to be resuscitated to begin breathing again. He now has neurological com plications because no oxygen
had reached his brain whe n his heart stopped beating. It is now cle ar from the family that for a number of days prior
to his attack, he had niggly che st pains that projected into his left arm. He paid no attention to it thinking it would go
away by itself. His m istake has landed him and now his family into great emotional and post-stroke nursing
problems. If he had learned that anginal pain that projects i nto the arm is a late complication of chronic dehydration, and if he
had started increasing his daily water intake, he most probably would not have suffered from such catastrophic and
irreversible damage. Please, for the sake of those who love and care for you, remember to increase your daily water
intake if you are experiencing anginal pain. You should also begin to exercise —walk, walk, walk! COL OR OF URINE:  
The normal color of urine should not be dark. It should ideally be almost colorless to  light yellow. I f it begins to
become dark yellow, or even orange in color, you are becoming dehydrated. It means the kidneys are working hard
to get rid of toxins in the body in very con centrated urine. That is why urine becomes darker in color. Dark color
urine is a good sign of dehydration. HOPES FOR CURING ALREADY  ESTA BLISHED DISEASE
What we discussed above was d irected at disease prevention. A scie ntific a nd researche d opinion, based on clinical
observations, and a list of diseases that seem to arise from the establishm ent of chr onic dehydration were shared
with you. The aim was to arm you for future prevention of disease. However, you might already be suffering from the
adverse effects of dehydration and wish to reverse the tide of events that have already taken place. Let us hope you
have not reached an irreversible situation and some reversal of the disease process can be hoped for. Of course,
nothing can be promised. All we can do is hope a correction pattern could establish. Do not forget that at each phase of life, our body is the product of a time-operated series of chemical interactions. Armed with correct knowledge, it might be possible to reverse some reactions, but not all. First and foremost, do not
imagine you could reverse the situation if you now "drown" y ourself in water. Not so! Th e  cells of the bod y are like
sponges; it takes som e time before they become better hydrated. Also do not forget that som e of them make theirmembranes less permissive of water diffusion—in or out. The first place that will show sig ns of being "over-wat ered"
will be the lungs if your kidneys do not filter the excess water. If your kidneys are not damaged as a result of the
long-standing and expanding dehydration that the loss of thirst se nsation will automatically force on the body, then
you can feel safe and drink the specified amount. If your kidneys have also suffered from having to concentrate and pass the "toxic"  chemicals that keep building up
within the body in long-endured and increasing dehydration, then you have to be very cautious. By now, you  must
also be under medication and professional supervision. You cannot just cut you r medication and begin drinking
water in place of these "chemical manipulators of the body chemistry." You should for a few days assess exactly the
quantity of water you normally drink and the amount of urine you pass. Now begin adding one or two glasses o f
water a day to the amount you usually drink. Also measure the quantity of urine you pass. If the amount of urine you
pass begins to increase, then you can also increase the water you take. If you are on diuretics, remember that water
is the best natural diuretic if th e kidneys function normally. In my opinion, it is ignorance-based "science" to
prescrib e the intake of diuretics in place of increasing water intake if the kidneys of a patient are capable of
producing urine. The vogue in medical practice has become the spontaneous and indiscriminate use of diuretics, calcium blockers,
beta blockers, and anti-cholesterol medications in the type of patients exemplified by Mr. Fox. Why? Simply
because the "science of medicine" has expanded on a hopelessly erroneous paradigm. The very foundation of
"knowledge" on which medical practice of today is staking its cre dibility and license to practice is in error and
ignorant of water metabolism disturbance as a possible cause of disease emergence in the human body. That is how I was taught medicine before I discovered my own ignorance. After reading my book, Dr. Julian
Whitaker in his Octo ber 1994 newsletter, Health  and Healing, that goes to 550,000 people, went public. He stated,"
In medical school I learned that water was unimportant to the body.. Water was inactive, simply along for the ride,"
and so on. I am told that he is advising those who attend his clinic about chronic dehydration. Your attending
physician has the same basis of wrong education about the human body and its cal ls for water. Now that you know
better, tell him where he has gone wrong in your case. Ask him to supervise your condition when you begin to adjust
your daily water intake and your diet. If he or she is unaware of what you are talking about, share the information
you have acquired on the problems associated with long-standing chronic dehydration of the body. Do not give up i f
your request is brushed aside on the grounds that you do not know wh at you are talking about and he or she does. The body is u nder a constant drive to retain salt to keep water inside the system. It will take a gradual increase in
urine to pass the excess salt out. Water will do it if its intake is increased very gradually. When urine formation is
reduced and some edema (swelling) of the legs and eyelids are present, increased water intake should be
proportionate to increased urine production. As th e puffiness of the eyes  and the swell ing of the ankles begin to
show signs of being reduced, then/water intake can be increased. My basic con cern is for the inadvertent collection
of water in the lungs. That is why I insist o n an accurate measurement of fluid intake and urine output if you wish to
test the effect of increasing your daily water intake and reducing your coffee and tea intake. SALT FREE DIET I S UTT ERLY STUPID
Salt is a most essential ingredient of the body. In their order of importance, oxygen, water, salt and potassium rank
as the primary elements for the survival of the human body. Pliny, a round 75 AD, called salt "foremost amon g
human remed ies." He is right. You se e, abo ut 27 perce nt of the salt content of the body is sto red in the bones in the
form of crys tals. It is said that salt crystals are naturally used to make bones hard. Thus salt deficiency in the body
also could be responsible for the development of
osteoporosis. Salt will be taken out of the bones to maintain its vital normal levels in the blood. Low salt intake will contribute to a build-up of acidity in som e cells. High acidity in the cell can damage the DNA
structure and be the initiating mechanism for cancer formation in some cells. Experiments have shown that quite a
number of cancer patients sh ow low sal t levels in their body. My next book, ABC of Cancer and Depression, will
explain in detail about the importance and the primary function of wa ter and salt  in cancer  prevention. Let me repeat: When the body begins to collect salt, it is doing so to keep water in the body. F rom this "edema
fluid," it can filter some of its wat er and "flush" it through the cell membrane into some of the cells. It is the same
principle as the water purification process employed in reverse osmosis plants that manufacture drinking water for
communities without a direct access to fresh water. That is why the rise in blood pressur e to build a filtration force is
necessar y. The precaution to keep in mind is loss of  salt from the bod y when wat er intake is inc reased and  salt intake is not. After a few days of taking six or eight or 10 glasses o f water a day, you should begin to think of adding some salt to
your diet. If you begin to feel muscle cramps at night, remember you are becoming salt-deficient. Cramps in
unexercised muscles most often means salt shortage in the body. Also, dizziness and feeling faint might be
indicators of salt and water shortage in the body. If such occasions arise, you should also begin to increas e your
vitamins and minerals intake—particularly if you are dieting to lose weight or do not eat properly, including
vegetables and fruits for their water-soluble vitamin and mineral content. I have developed a rule of thumb for daily salt intake. For every 10 glasses of water (about two quarts), one should
add to the diet about half of a teaspoon of salt per day. An  average teaspoon can contain six g rams of salt. Half of a
teaspoon is about three grams o f salt. Of course, one should make sure that the kidneys are producing urine.Otherwise the body will swell up. If you sense
your skin and ankles are beginning to swell, do not panic. Reduce salt intake for a few days, but increase your water
intake until the swelling in the legs disappears. You should also increase your movements—e xercise: muscle
activity wil l draw the excess fluid into the blood circulation and some salt is then lost in perspiration and urine. Do
not sit or stand in one, position too long. Carrots (for their beta-carotene content) are an essential dietary requirement. Beta-carotene is a precursor for
vitamin A and absolutely essential for liver metabolism, apart from its need by the eyes. Some orange juice for its
potassium content should also be added to the fluid intake of the body. Please remembe r, more is n ot bett er. Too
much orange juice will cause problems o f its own. If the body is overloaded with potassium, histamine production in
the body will increase. I have helped people get rid of long-standing asthma attacks b y a simple advice. They were
asked to limit their orange juice intake to one, at most, two glasses a  day—of course replacing the rest of the daily
juice intake by water. At this stage in the book, I would like to inform you that a vast majority of very frequently used medications are either
directly or indirectly stro ng antihistamines. The strongest variety are used in the discipline of psychiatry and for
patients with depression. Many of the antidepressant drugs on the market are antihistamines—so  much so that
some gastroenterologists a re using these ; drugs for the treatment of ulcer patients because they are cheaper. There are many of them on the market and, because of competition, their prices are lower  than the traditional Hz
blocking agents that have cornered the market. This information is given to indicate that the pharmaceutical industry appreciates the significance of histamine
activity in the human body. They are not here to inform us of the role of histamine in water regulation of the body;
they are business enterprises i nterested in marketing their products. The next time your physician prescribes a
medication for you, ask if it has any anti-histamine activity. The antihistamine med ications mil strongly affect the
immune systems of the body at the level of the bone marrow. THE HEAL TH CARE SYSTEM AND OUR RESPONSIBI LITIES
If you have suffered because of the application of "medical ignorance" to your body's earlier calls for wat er, it
becomes the responsibility of your attending doctor to supervise your return to health by tailing off the use of
chemicals for the treatment of chronic dehydration in your body. You should make sure your doctor becomes aware
of the information on water metabolism, and your body's o ther call signals for  water, when dehydration begins to
alter the body physiology. Your doctor is responsible to you and, as your physician, he needs to become informed. It
is your responsibility to help your doctor become aware of the paradigm shift. It is now your responsibility to help
change the health care system to work for you and not the commercial and political aims of its administrators. It may become necessary to pass legislation to exclude dehydration as a causative factor in the production of
disease conditions before any pharmaceutical or invasive procedures are undertaken. The evaluation of drugs for
ultimate use in treatment procedures sho uld be carried out only after patients are fully hydrated and several days
have elapsed before starting the test. After all, the water used in taking a pill is immediately more effective in a
dehydrated person than the chemical composition of the pill! I have explained that the "placebo" effect se en in drug
trials is most probably the result of some correction for the unrecognized dehydration as a contributing factor in
disease production. You are now in "the arena." You should use your knowledge for the benefit of mankind and try
to bring about the paradigm shift on water metabolism of the body into the everyday practice of medicine. COST SAVINGS TO THE NATION
The paradigm change in medicine, as it has been exposed, when fully adopted and practiced, will save a large
portion of the vast and unnecessar y health care costs a nd expenditure by society. Hype rtension and its associated cardiovascular disorders are costi ng this nation over 100 billion dollars a year. Back
pain translates into an 80-billion-dollar-a-year loss to society. Rheumatoid joint disease is affecting 20 million elderly
people and is co sting this nation many tens of billions of dollars annually—to  name but a few headings. Of the
approximately 850 billion dollars health care costs i n 1992 alone, about 50 to 60 percent are most probably incurred
as a result of primitive errors about chronic dehydration and the associated signal systems that should be translated
as the main thirst indicators of the body. A simple correction of this long-standing scientific m istake can reverse the budget deficit of this nation. In any event,
the paradigm shift will also produce a much  healthier society. It is estimated t hat the ru naway cost of health care in
this socie ty will reach 1.6 trillion dollars by the year 2000 and will increase to 28 percent of the Gross National
Product by th e year 2010. Even with such  rise in expenditure, no fewer than 50 million people could not afford to pay
the rising costs o f health insurance and will be deprived of adequate coverage. The paradigm shift will reverse  this
"no solution in sight" health care cost sp iraling trend. I invite you to share the information in this book with your relatives and friends. You will be doing them a favor. By
responding positively to this invitation, you will be at the same time helping this nation reduce its health care costs
by at least 60 percent. It is criminal that at the end  of 20th Century, human t hirst for water is stil l being treated wi th
slow poisons. I have a request. If the information in this book helps you, please write me a note about your particular condition and
how increased water intake has helped you. We need to document as much information on chronic dehydration asis possib le. It is a very young science. It needs the input of all who test the information. Your participation will save
others with similar problems from unnecessary suff ering that local dehydration could produce without being so
identified. Like the letters printed in this book, your input can illuminate the path of others in the future. FINALLY
Based on the above physiological approach to disease emergence, it is now p ossible to take a resolute stand to end
major dehydration-produced diseases on earth within two decades. The public must demand the paradigm change
and adopt the new paradigm themselves to free mankind from all the "scientific" misconceptions perpetuated for
profit-motivated business e xpansion within the health care system. My colleagues in the medical profession must
similarly stop treating the signals of dehydration of the body by the indiscrim inate use of pharmaceutical products o r
invasive procedures. In 1990, the president and all the board members of the American Medical Associa tion were sent an invitation by
the Foundation for the Simple in Medicine to share the provided information of the paradigm shift on water
metabolism of the body with their active medical colleagues. Th is letter of invitation was subsequently published in
the 1991 issue of Science In Medicine Simplified. It is also presented in the followin g pages with subsequent
correspondences with AMA. You  are now being informed of som e of the actions taken to bring my findings about
chronic dehydration to you through the members of AMA. This is an invitation that you must forcefully extend to your personal doctor and administrators of the health care
systems in our society. Mor e than enough scientific in formation to demand the necessary change in the present
structure of the health care system is now available. Please do not be indifferent to the pain and suffering of others. Take a resolute stand to stop the present health care sting against those who  do not yet know that chronic
dehydration is the root cause of most degenerative diseases o f the human body. You see, by ch oosing t o keep
silent about the discovery that the human  body has a variety of sophisticated thirst signals, the AMA has converted
its basic ignorance of this fact into a sting operation against the public. Letters published in the following pages
seem to point in that direction.
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        A prudent correction of the initial
metabolic imbalance might boost the expressio ns of normal gender definition and decrease homosexual
tendencies, not to mention preventing AIDS, particularly in those who develop homosexual tendencies in the later
years of life, such as fathers or mothers with kids, who begin to feel homosexual pulls. In women who begin to lose
libido and lose hair with a "male pattern" distribution, the above precautionary measures might arrest such a decline
at its early stages. An easy way to stop muscle breakdown is by an intelligent adjustment of the daily wa ter intake and by eating a
balanced high-protein diet. Take a look at Edward Dippre's letter on page 150. As you can see, water and some salt
intake have reversed muscle breakdown in a dehydration-produced "disease" con dition. Not knowing the cause, the
problem h as been labeled as muscular dystrophy. Enhancing daily exercise  and physical activity at the same time wou ld force the body into a physiological program to
build up its muscle s, instead of breaking them into their amino acid components to feed the rest of the body. You
need to realize the human body is designed to defend itself against all types of infections. It survived fast acting
viruses such as sm allpox, measles, polio, and others during its development. It generally takes the body about nine
days to mount an effective defense against even fast viruses. If the body can  survive fast viruses, surely it is m ore
than capable of defending itself against slowly growing viruses. All that we need to understand is how to  make the body stronger and stop actions that would make it vulnerable. Let us remember, if the camel had a back-breaking point to the weight of the last straw, surely the human body
must also have a physical breaking-point to being life-stylishly overloaded. The question is, do we continue to
measure the straw o r the inherent structural and physiological limitations. Do we pay attention to the limitations of
the body, or do we in carefree abandon blame an ineffective slow virus for  the ills that befall some members of our
society. Edward Dippre 
217 North Street 
West Pittston, Pa. 18643 
March 15,1995
Global Health Solutions 
c/o Dr. Batmanghelidj 
P. O. Box 3 189 
Falls Church, Va. 22043
Dear Dr. Batmanghelidj
Around November 1 my legs were giving out. They became black and blue from my knees to my thighs, and verypainful. I went to the doctor and he told me that my muscle  enzymes were at 660 and normal was 90. Then I wen t to
another doctor and he said that I had muscular dystrophy. I started talking to Dr. Batmanghelidj who told me to start drinking 2 quarts of water daily. I have been, I feel much
better, and all symptoms disappeared in two months. I also use sea salt liberally with all my meals. I went back to the doctor and had additional Woodwork done. The enzyme levels in my m uscles were back to
normal, and the doctor couldn't understand how it was possible. As of this date, March 15,1995,1 am free of all discomfort and symptoms. I also have more energy and better health
than I can remember for a long time. Edward Dippre
THE SI MPLEST OF  TREAT MENTS I N MEDICI NE
"You  cannot by reasoning correct a man of ill opinion which by reasoning he never acquired. " —Bacon
Your body needs an absolute min imum of six to eight 8-ounce glasses o f water a day. Alcohol, coffee, tea, and caffeine-containing beverages don't count as wat er. The best times to drink water (clinically observed in peptic ulcer disease) are: one glass one half hour before taking
food—breakfast, lunch, and dinner—and a similar amount two and one half hours after each meal. This is the very
minimum amount of water your body needs. For the sake of not shortchanging your body, two more glasses of
water should be taken around the heaviest meal or before going to bed. Thirst should be satisfied at all times. With increase in water intake, the thirst mechanism becomes more efficient. Your body m ight then ask you to drink more than the above minimum. Adjusting water intake to mealtimes prevents the blood from becoming concentrated as a result of food intake. When the blood becomes concentrated, it draws water from the cells around it. Water is the cheapest form of medicine to a dehydrated body. As sim ply as deh ydration will in time produce the
major diseases we are confronting now, a well-regulated and constantly alert attention to daily water intake will
prevent the emergence of most of the major diseases we have come to fear in our modem society. William Gray's letter is introduced here as an example of how simply water is a better medication for the treatment
of so many differently labeled complications of chronic dehydration. His letter had to be typed into this segment of
the book because the original could not fit in this page size. As y ou will see, Mr. Gray is a highly intelligent person. His observations provide a great deal of insight into the possible complications of chronic dehydration in the human
body. For this reason I selected this section of the book to present to you his observations. My hope is to impress
upon your mind a simple fact. There is more natural magic in a glass full of water than any medication you are
brainwashed to use for the treatment of the conditions I have explained in this book. And I do not sell water. From:  William E. Gray (Bill)
411 Ayrh ill Avenue
Vienna, VA 2 2180 11-2-94
703-938-6330
To: Dr. Batmanghelidj
2146 Kings Ga rden Way
Falls Church, VA 2 2043
It has been one year since I first read your book, which was g iven to me as a present by Ma rcel Thevoz. Since then
my health has improved significantly. lam now 52 and in excellent health. This wa s not the case before your book
and Marcel's kin dness inspired me to make water an integral part of my life. To most people J was su ccessful and in excellent health - normal weight, unusual strength and endurance, above
average at sports, with an excellent diet (a lot of fresh vegetables and whole grains and very little mea t, animal
products o r processed food). Yet my list of complaints stre tches over the last fifty ye ars and includes: duodenal
ulcer (age 19), indigestion, colon and elimination problems (age 19 to 51), food allergies (age 12 to 17), chronic
sinus infection (age 5 to 51), chronic and acute back problems (age 13 through age 51), emotional illness and
mental confusion (age 6 to age 51). These problems were even more bewildering and confusing because lam intelligent, educated and motivated to find
solutions to problems. I have been searching for answe rs to these problems for 35 years. I have looked for answers
in: diet, diet supplementation, exercise, yoga, med itation, Traditional Religion, spiritual practices, Acup uncture,
traditional medicine, Chiropractic, Massage, Raki,  Polarity Ba lancing, 12 Step programs, and self impr ovement
books and courses, such as Est and the Hoffman Quadrinity Process. I had of course read many times about the importance of drinking plenty of water. I even investe d in reverse
osmosis water filter 6 years ago hoping that the improved taste of the water would motivate me to drink more water. In spite of this I never gave water therapy a fair chance. Until I read your book, other beverages always looked
better to me, particularly tea and coffee. At the time I read your book I had a chronic nerve injury in my upper back that intermittently prevented me from
playing golf or racket ball for a period of two years. M y arm strength was 1/3 of what it had been only 2 years
previously. I was at a low point in my life physically and men tally. I have never been drunk in my life or smoked more than 5 cigarettes in a day. At the time I was not smoking or
drinking alcohol. Yet I found myself obsessed with thoughts of caffeine, smoking and drinking. Although I have been
a frequent visitor at Chiropractic, Oste opathic and Massage therapists, I had not needed to visit medical doctor for
years. In my desperation I went to an MD who prescribed an anti-stress m edication, a pain reliever, and a muscle
relaxant. I took the prescrib ed doses and fell into a semi coma for 16 hours, and discontinued the med ication. A few
weeks later Marcel came to my home for dinner and gave me your book. Within one week of adding 2-3 quarts of water to my diet noticed I that:
• The pain from the nerve i njury went away  and I was able to beg in exercisin g. •I had m uch less indiges tion and gas. •My urges  and compulsive beh avior lessened  substanti ally or vanishe d. I no longe r had t o fight the ur ge to smoke,
drink, stuff myself or use excessive caffeine. • My energy levels improved. • My thinking and work improved. Please feel free to use me as a reference. I am happy to talk to anyone about water at any time. William E. Gray
Ordinary tap water, unless there is proof of its being contaminated with chemicals and heavy m etals such as lead, is
a good source of sup ply. Ta p water has the protection of chl orine as a bacteria-killing agent. The "bottled water" in
supermarkets is said to be sterilized by the addition of ozone at the time of bottling. Ozo ne, or "super oxygen,"
seems to have a bacteria-killing property. If used in time, bottled water can serve as an alternative source of supply. If you are not sure of your wat er source not being contaminated or containing impurities not safe to drink, save
yourself from this anxiety by installing a small filtration unit on your kitchen faucet. There are very effective carbon or
ceramic filter units that can save you from the hassle of buying water from the stores and having to carry its
containers day in and day out. Eventually, the "point of use" filtration of water will become standard practice in advanced societies that have a
tendency to pollute their drinking water. With the present decline in the fortunes of the municipalities, delivering
quality drinking water in their pipe systems will at one point become too expensive and impossible. It wou ld not be
practical to deliver high quality water to also use for washing and gardening. However, when one develops a taste for other than tap water, if one runs out of supply in the house, the body will be
forced to go without water just because of the difference in taste—a self-imposed preference. Usu ally, the "bad
taste" is a ttributed to dissolved chlorine in the water. Most sales agents who wish to sell water purifiers make issue
of the fact that tap water contains ch lorine. They also point to calcium dissolved in the water, often called "hard
water. " If we fill an open-top jug with water and let it stand in the refrigerator or on the kitchen counter, the chlorine that is
dissolved in the water will evaporate and the smell of it will go too. The water will become "sweet" and very easily
palatable. This is h ow all restaurants serve water—out of a well-iced jug that was filled some time before its use. As
for the calcium in the water, unless the water is truly and heavily calcium-l aden, its use  is perf ectly safe. Not only is i t
safe, it is a cheap source for calcium needs of the body. The calcium is already dissolved in the water and one does
not need to go to the pharmacy to buy calcium tablets to take as a preventive measure against the osteoporosis we
see in the elderly. How and when do you think osteoporosis begins. Actually, many years before it is recognized. When hydroelectric
energy stores become depleted on and off, energy stored in the bondage of calcium to calcium in the cells and
eventually in the bones is used. When one molecule of calcium becomes sep arated from another molecule of
calcium, one unit of ATP is also released. ATP i s one unit of excha ngeable energy. Th e loose calcium is now
available to be shed. When water and calcium are taken in their natural forms, the emergency need for the release
of energy sto red in calcium bondage is decreased. This is why b ones are a great source of reserved energy. The
body is able to tap into this reservoir of energy. In any case, even heavily dissolved calcium in the water will most probably be without adverse effects. I t seems the
body possesses a most delicate need-regulated mechanism of absorption of elements from the gastrointestinal
tract. Most probably, not all the calcium dissolved in even very hard water enters the system. A recent study (in
another country and in a region with only very hard water available for consumption) has shown the calcium-laden
water consumed did not produce any adverse effects on the people who did not avoid drinking the water. In this approach to disease prevention, one will not need to stick to a strict diet manipulation to control this or that
clinical condition as long as water intake precedes food intake. Howev er, one word of advice is to limit fatty and fried
foods. Fats get converted to fatty acids and circulate in the blood. Fatty acids will  replace tryptophan that is attached
to the albumin to be stored and protected while being circulated around in the blood. The liver will attack and destroy
freed tryptophan if its free form in circu lation is more than 20 percent of its total content. In due time, excess fattyfood will deplete the tryptophan reserves of the body. This is o ne of the most important reasons why fatty foods are
not good for health. At the same time, not all fatty acids are bad for the body. In fact there are at least two essential fatty acids that the
body needs all the time and cannot manufactu re. They are: Alphalinoleic Acid, LNA, known as Om ega 3 oil, and
Linoleic Acid, LA, known as Om ega 6 oil. These fatty acids are needed for the manufactu re of cell membranes',
hormones and nerve coverings in the body. Although other fats that enter the body are used for their energy
content, O-3 and O-6 are saved and only used for the manufacture of hormones and in the structure of all of the
membranes inside and covering the cell. In treatment of the diseases that are produced by the damage to the nerve
covering (page 63), the regular intake of these essen tial fatty acids is a must. The richest so urce of O-3 is flax seed, from which flax oil is extracted and sold on the market. Flax oil also contains
some O-6 in its composition. The richest sources of O-6 are safflower and sunflower  oils. Flax oil is already on the
market. Udo's Choice will come to the American market soon. Dr. Udo Erasmus, the author of the book, Fats That
Heal Fats That Kill and based on many years of research, has developed a special mix of the essential oils the body
needs for its different manufacturing programs. Ud o's Choice contains: flax oil, sunflower oil, sesame oil, rice germ
oil, wheat germ oil, oat germ oil, lecithin, vitamin E, and some special triglycerides. Six to  eight grams (a spoonful) of
this mix daily should provide all the essential fatty acids that the body needs. For more information on oils, read his
book. Loss of hair, sterility, weakness, impaired vision, growth retardation, eczema, liver damage, kidney damage, and
other degenerative conditions may also be associated with essential fatty acid deficiency in the body. EASE OF  SLEEPI NG: 
Are you having difficulty in sleeping at night. Try drinking a glass of water and then putting a pinch of salt on your
tongue. My personal experience, and observation in others, have shown that one begins falling asleep within a few
minutes. In my estimation, this combination alters the rate of electrical discharge in the brain and induces sleep. Remember not to touch the palate with the salt. It may cause irritation. A cup  of yogurt at night before going to sleep
will also help. It works as if you have taken a sleeping pill. PREVENT F AINTING:  
If you are suscep tible to feeling faint after a shower, begin to recognize that the water reserves of your body are not
enough to reach your brain when the blood vessels in the skin open up because of the heat from the hot shower. Always drink water before going under the shower. Drink more water and increase your salt intake if you feel faint
when you stand up. PREVENT A HEART AT TACK: 
A friend of mine is now in hospital, having had a heart attack fol lowed by heart arrest. He had collapsed in his office
and had to be resuscitated to begin breathing again. He now has neurological com plications because no oxygen
had reached his brain whe n his heart stopped beating. It is now cle ar from the family that for a number of days prior
to his attack, he had niggly che st pains that projected into his left arm. He paid no attention to it thinking it would go
away by itself. His m istake has landed him and now his family into great emotional and post-stroke nursing
problems. If he had learned that anginal pain that projects i nto the arm is a late complication of chronic dehydration, and if he
had started increasing his daily water intake, he most probably would not have suffered from such catastrophic and
irreversible damage. Please, for the sake of those who love and care for you, remember to increase your daily water
intake if you are experiencing anginal pain. You should also begin to exercise —walk, walk, walk. COL OR OF URINE:  
The normal color of urine should not be dark. It should ideally be almost colorless to  light yellow. I f it begins to
become dark yellow, or even orange in color, you are becoming dehydrated. It means the kidneys are working hard
to get rid of toxins in the body in very con centrated urine. That is why urine becomes darker in color. Dark color
urine is a good sign of dehydration. HOPES FOR CURING ALREADY  ESTA BLISHED DISEASE
What we discussed above was d irected at disease prevention. A scie ntific a nd researche d opinion, based on clinical
observations, and a list of diseases that seem to arise from the establishm ent of chr onic dehydration were shared
with you. The aim was to arm you for future prevention of disease. However, you might already be suffering from the
adverse effects of dehydration and wish to reverse the tide of events that have already taken place. Let us hope you
have not reached an irreversible situation and some reversal of the disease process can be hoped for. Of course,
nothing can be promised. All we can do is hope a correction pattern could establish. Do not forget that at each phase of life, our body is the product of a time-operated series of chemical interactions. Armed with correct knowledge, it might be possible to reverse some reactions, but not all. First and foremost, do not
imagine you could reverse the situation if you now "drown" y ourself in water. Not so. Th e  cells of the bod y are like
sponges; it takes som e time before they become better hydrated. Also do not forget that som e of them make theirmembranes less permissive of water diffusion—in or out. The first place that will show sig ns of being "over-wat ered"
will be the lungs if your kidneys do not filter the excess water. If your kidneys are not damaged as a result of the
long-standing and expanding dehydration that the loss of thirst se nsation will automatically force on the body, then
you can feel safe and drink the specified amount. If your kidneys have also suffered from having to concentrate and pass the "toxic"  chemicals that keep building up
within the body in long-endured and increasing dehydration, then you have to be very cautious. By now, you  must
also be under medication and professional supervision. You cannot just cut you r medication and begin drinking
water in place of these "chemical manipulators of the body chemistry. " You should for a few days assess exactly the
quantity of water you normally drink and the amount of urine you pass. Now begin adding one or two glasses o f
water a day to the amount you usually drink. Also measure the quantity of urine you pass. If the amount of urine you
pass begins to increase, then you can also increase the water you take. If you are on diuretics, remember that water
is the best natural diuretic if th e kidneys function normally. In my opinion, it is ignorance-based "science" to
prescrib e the intake of diuretics in place of increasing water intake if the kidneys of a patient are capable of
producing urine. The vogue in medical practice has become the spontaneous and indiscriminate use of diuretics, calcium blockers,
beta blockers, and anti-cholesterol medications in the type of patients exemplified by Mr. Fox. Why. Simply
because the "science of medicine" has expanded on a hopelessly erroneous paradigm. The very foundation of
"knowledge" on which medical practice of today is staking its cre dibility and license to practice is in error and
ignorant of water metabolism disturbance as a possible cause of disease emergence in the human body. That is how I was taught medicine before I discovered my own ignorance. After reading my book, Dr. Julian
Whitaker in his Octo ber 1994 newsletter, Health  and Healing, that goes to 550,000 people, went public. He stated,"
In medical school I learned that water was unimportant to the body. Water was inactive, simply along for the ride,"
and so on. I am told that he is advising those who attend his clinic about chronic dehydration. Your attending
physician has the same basis of wrong education about the human body and its cal ls for water. Now that you know
better, tell him where he has gone wrong in your case. Ask him to supervise your condition when you begin to adjust
your daily water intake and your diet. If he or she is unaware of what you are talking about, share the information
you have acquired on the problems associated with long-standing chronic dehydration of the body. Do not give up i f
your request is brushed aside on the grounds that you do not know wh at you are talking about and he or she does. The body is u nder a constant drive to retain salt to keep water inside the system. It will take a gradual increase in
urine to pass the excess salt out. Water will do it if its intake is increased very gradually. When urine formation is
reduced and some edema (swelling) of the legs and eyelids are present, increased water intake should be
proportionate to increased urine production. As th e puffiness of the eyes  and the swell ing of the ankles begin to
show signs of being reduced, then/water intake can be increased. My basic con cern is for the inadvertent collection
of water in the lungs. That is why I insist o n an accurate measurement of fluid intake and urine output if you wish to
test the effect of increasing your daily water intake and reducing your coffee and tea intake. SALT FREE DIET I S UTT ERLY STUPID
Salt is a most essential ingredient of the body. In their order of importance, oxygen, water, salt and potassium rank
as the primary elements for the survival of the human body. Pliny, a round 75 AD, called salt "foremost amon g
human remed ies. " He is right. You se e, abo ut 27 perce nt of the salt content of the body is sto red in the bones in the
form of crys tals. It is said that salt crystals are naturally used to make bones hard. Thus salt deficiency in the body
also could be responsible for the development of
osteoporosis. Salt will be taken out of the bones to maintain its vital normal levels in the blood. Low salt intake will contribute to a build-up of acidity in som e cells. High acidity in the cell can damage the DNA
structure and be the initiating mechanism for cancer formation in some cells. Experiments have shown that quite a
number of cancer patients sh ow low sal t levels in their body. My next book, ABC of Cancer and Depression, will
explain in detail about the importance and the primary function of wa ter and salt  in cancer  prevention. Let me repeat: When the body begins to collect salt, it is doing so to keep water in the body. F rom this "edema
fluid," it can filter some of its wat er and "flush" it through the cell membrane into some of the cells. It is the same
principle as the water purification process employed in reverse osmosis plants that manufacture drinking water for
communities without a direct access to fresh water. That is why the rise in blood pressur e to build a filtration force is
necessar y. The precaution to keep in mind is loss of  salt from the bod y when wat er intake is inc reased and  salt intake is not. After a few days of taking six or eight or 10 glasses o f water a day, you should begin to think of adding some salt to
your diet. If you begin to feel muscle cramps at night, remember you are becoming salt-deficient. Cramps in
unexercised muscles most often means salt shortage in the body. Also, dizziness and feeling faint might be
indicators of salt and water shortage in the body. If such occasions arise, you should also begin to increas e your
vitamins and minerals intake—particularly if you are dieting to lose weight or do not eat properly, including
vegetables and fruits for their water-soluble vitamin and mineral content. I have developed a rule of thumb for daily salt intake. For every 10 glasses of water (about two quarts), one should
add to the diet about half of a teaspoon of salt per day. An  average teaspoon can contain six g rams of salt. Half of a
teaspoon is about three grams o f salt. Of course, one should make sure that the kidneys are producing urine. Otherwise the body will swell up. If you sense
your skin and ankles are beginning to swell, do not panic. Reduce salt intake for a few days, but increase your water
intake until the swelling in the legs disappears. You should also increase your movements—e xercise: muscle
activity wil l draw the excess fluid into the blood circulation and some salt is then lost in perspiration and urine. Do
not sit or stand in one, position too long. Carrots (for their beta-carotene content) are an essential dietary requirement. Beta-carotene is a precursor for
vitamin A and absolutely essential for liver metabolism, apart from its need by the eyes. Some orange juice for its
potassium content should also be added to the fluid intake of the body. Please remembe r, more is n ot bett er. Too
much orange juice will cause problems o f its own. If the body is overloaded with potassium, histamine production in
the body will increase. I have helped people get rid of long-standing asthma attacks b y a simple advice. They were
asked to limit their orange juice intake to one, at most, two glasses a  day—of course replacing the rest of the daily
juice intake by water. At this stage in the book, I would like to inform you that a vast majority of very frequently used medications are either
directly or indirectly stro ng antihistamines. The strongest variety are used in the discipline of psychiatry and for
patients with depression. Many of the antidepressant drugs on the market are antihistamines—so  much so that
some gastroenterologists a re using these ; drugs for the treatment of ulcer patients because they are cheaper. There are many of them on the market and, because of competition, their prices are lower  than the traditional Hz
blocking agents that have cornered the market. This information is given to indicate that the pharmaceutical industry appreciates the significance of histamine
activity in the human body. They are not here to inform us of the role of histamine in water regulation of the body;
they are business enterprises i nterested in marketing their products. The next time your physician prescribes a
medication for you, ask if it has any anti-histamine activity. The antihistamine med ications mil strongly affect the
immune systems of the body at the level of the bone marrow. THE HEAL TH CARE SYSTEM AND OUR RESPONSIBI LITIES
If you have suffered because of the application of "medical ignorance" to your body's earlier calls for wat er, it
becomes the responsibility of your attending doctor to supervise your return to health by tailing off the use of
chemicals for the treatment of chronic dehydration in your body. You should make sure your doctor becomes aware
of the information on water metabolism, and your body's o ther call signals for  water, when dehydration begins to
alter the body physiology. Your doctor is responsible to you and, as your physician, he needs to become informed. It
is your responsibility to help your doctor become aware of the paradigm shift. It is now your responsibility to help
change the health care system to work for you and not the commercial and political aims of its administrators. It may become necessary to pass legislation to exclude dehydration as a causative factor in the production of
disease conditions before any pharmaceutical or invasive procedures are undertaken. The evaluation of drugs for
ultimate use in treatment procedures sho uld be carried out only after patients are fully hydrated and several days
have elapsed before starting the test. After all, the water used in taking a pill is immediately more effective in a
dehydrated person than the chemical composition of the pill. I have explained that the "placebo" effect se en in drug
trials is most probably the result of some correction for the unrecognized dehydration as a contributing factor in
disease production. You are now in "the arena. " You should use your knowledge for the benefit of mankind and try
to bring about the paradigm shift on water metabolism of the body into the everyday practice of medicine. COST SAVINGS TO THE NATION
The paradigm change in medicine, as it has been exposed, when fully adopted and practiced, will save a large
portion of the vast and unnecessar y health care costs a nd expenditure by society. Hype rtension and its associated cardiovascular disorders are costi ng this nation over 100 billion dollars a year. Back
pain translates into an 80-billion-dollar-a-year loss to society. Rheumatoid joint disease is affecting 20 million elderly
people and is co sting this nation many tens of billions of dollars annually—to  name but a few headings. Of the
approximately 850 billion dollars health care costs i n 1992 alone, about 50 to 60 percent are most probably incurred
as a result of primitive errors about chronic dehydration and the associated signal systems that should be translated
as the main thirst indicators of the body. A simple correction of this long-standing scientific m istake can reverse the budget deficit of this nation. In any event,
the paradigm shift will also produce a much  healthier society. It is estimated t hat the ru naway cost of health care in
this socie ty will reach 1. 6 trillion dollars by the year 2000 and will increase to 28 percent of the Gross National
Product by th e year 2010. Even with such  rise in expenditure, no fewer than 50 million people could not afford to pay
the rising costs o f health insurance and will be deprived of adequate coverage. The paradigm shift will reverse  this
"no solution in sight" health care cost sp iraling trend. I invite you to share the information in this book with your relatives and friends. You will be doing them a favor. By
responding positively to this invitation, you will be at the same time helping this nation reduce its health care costs
by at least 60 percent. It is criminal that at the end  of 20th Century, human t hirst for water is stil l being treated wi th
slow poisons. I have a request. If the information in this book helps you, please write me a note about your particular condition and
how increased water intake has helped you. We need to document as much information on chronic dehydration asis possib le. It is a very young science. It needs the input of all who test the information. Your participation will save
others with similar problems from unnecessary suff ering that local dehydration could produce without being so
identified. Like the letters printed in this book, your input can illuminate the path of others in the future. FINALLY
Based on the above physiological approach to disease emergence, it is now p ossible to take a resolute stand to end
major dehydration-produced diseases on earth within two decades. The public must demand the paradigm change
and adopt the new paradigm themselves to free mankind from all the "scientific" misconceptions perpetuated for
profit-motivated business e xpansion within the health care system. My colleagues in the medical profession must
similarly stop treating the signals of dehydration of the body by the indiscrim inate use of pharmaceutical products o r
invasive procedures. In 1990, the president and all the board members of the American Medical Associa tion were sent an invitation by
the Foundation for the Simple in Medicine to share the provided information of the paradigm shift on water
metabolism of the body with their active medical colleagues. Th is letter of invitation was subsequently published in
the 1991 issue of Science In Medicine Simplified. It is also presented in the followin g pages with subsequent
correspondences with AMA. You  are now being informed of som e of the actions taken to bring my findings about
chronic dehydration to you through the members of AMA. This is an invitation that you must forcefully extend to your personal doctor and administrators of the health care
systems in our society. Mor e than enough scientific in formation to demand the necessary change in the present
structure of the health care system is now available. Please do not be indifferent to the pain and suffering of others. Take a resolute stand to stop the present health care sting against those who  do not yet know that chronic
dehydration is the root cause of most degenerative diseases o f the human body. You see, by ch oosing t o keep
silent about the discovery that the human  body has a variety of sophisticated thirst signals, the AMA has converted
its basic ignorance of this fact into a sting operation against the public. Letters published in the following pages
seem to point in that direction. Section summary: 

This passage discusses various aspects related to hydration maintenance throughout lifespan. While discussing potential ways

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6-8 glasses of water a day
What is the recommended daily water intake?
William Gray
Who wrote the letter that is mentioned in the text as an example of how water can be used as a treatment for certain conditions?
Gradually, and by observing the body's response to the increased water intake
What is the recommended way to increase salt intake when increasing water intake?
Using a small filtration unit on the kitchen faucet
What is the recommended way to filter water for drinking?
Not specified in the text, but it is mentioned that flax oil and sunflower oil are good sources
What is the recommended daily intake of essential fatty acids?