Water is the staff of life. We've all heard this many times before but do we drink enough water to avoid dehydration and are we drinking it in the right way? Could it possibly help to heal us of nagging pain and disease?
Dr. F. Batmanghelidj came across the concept of the "The Water Cure" while a prisoner of war during the Iranian Revolution in 1979. He helped to treat prisoners with chronic dehydration cases such as peptic ulcer pain. The cool part is that he only had water to give them while imprisoned---no medications. He put them on a "water cure" routine and as you can probably guess, it cured them of the pain.
He helped to save many lives during his own lifetime with the discovery of the "magical" powers of water.
According to Dr. Batmanghelidj, we should drink half of our body weight in ounces. For example, if you weigh 150 pounds, you should drink approximately 75 ounces which is a little over 9 cups per day.
So how can we maximize our intake of water? Dr. Batmanghelidj explained on his website the secret:
"It is very important you balance your sodium intake with your water consumption. Take 1/4 teaspoon of salt per quart of water - every 4-5 glasses of water. Be sure to get sea salt. The best is Celtic sea salt or Himalayan sea salt, both of which are readily available at any health food store.
You should always drink water prior to eating, and after eating, to support the digestive process. The stomach depends on water to help digest food, and lack of water makes it harder for nutrients to be broken down and used as energy. The liver, which dictates where all nutrients go, also needs water to help convert stored fat into usable energy."
Dr. Batmanghelidj's site is very thorough and an interesting read. He lists several health problems that plague our society such as autoimmune diseases, arthritis, back pain, pain in general and migraines among other health challenges that are signs of chronic dehydration.
He goes on to say:
"Persistent dehydration inside some vital cells, in its extreme stages, will result in a number of disruptive conditions that have been labeled as different diseases - depending on the specialty of the "medical specialist" who first labels the problem.
...In short, when dehydration produces health problems, instead of correcting the dehydration and its metabolic complications, people are given toxic medications."
So let's not let dehydration get the best of us. All it takes is a slight change in routine to consume good quality salt before drinking water. If you're already on this kick, comment and let us know how it's working for you.
Carol Wachinak healed herself of a chronic disease when doctors could not help her. She came across the concept of drinking seedmilk (more on that later). Well what does this have to do with drinking water? She describes that before drinking the seedmilk, she does salt and water first. This helps to allow the cells to receive the hydration. If we don't use salt in conjunction with drinking water only our tissues are hydrated. In order to heal on a cellular level we must take the salt.
Personally, I feel that having salt before water is very hydrating. I just take a pinch of salt and let it dissolve on my tongue and then drink a cup of water.
So as we move into summer where dehydration can set in so quickly yes, hydrate your tissues but also hydrate your cells by consuming salt first.
-Have Fun with Fashion and a Healthy Life!
References:
http://www.watercure.com/index.html
http://www.watercure.com/wow_autoimmune.html
In this interview, Carol Wachinak speaks about the concept of seedmilk as well as the purpose of consuming salt before drinking water:
http://seedmilkcom.wordpress.com/
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