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Summary: He's a quack
Review: The man doesn't believe that AIDS is "caused by a virus." It says so right there in this book. He also hasn't published any real studies about his "water cure." If the effects were as dramatic as he says, the medical world would be all over it, just like they always tell everybody to exercise and eat well.I have no doubt that chronic dehydration is bad for you, and I'm sure that drinking only water and rarely caffeinated drinks or alcohol is better for you, but this guy is just ridiculous.
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Summary: Dr. Batmanghelidj's motivation
Review: I bought this book from here on Amazon.ca where I buy almost all my books as I really enjoy this customer friendly site.
I am writing this review because the Author seems to sell this book with negitivity toward the medical profession of which is quite deserved. It is strange then to find this Author has written sevearl books to enhance your health as he cares so much more about than your health than your family physican. I question this as with all his books he changes a few sentences for the main points are the same. Drink water and don't be afraid of salt.
If that is the message of this book then way is Dr. Batmanghelidj so intent on making huge profits of the ill and those suffering from pain? Can he be satisfied with a DECENT profit? He is making huge amounts of money, much more than the locale GP. All he needed to do would be to write one book instead of taking advantage of the suffering public. I must say I lost respect for him. His pockets must be fairly deep.
Does drinking more water help with painful medical conditions? The answer is yes, it does. At least in my case I am happy with the outcome. Our first nine months are those which find us completely incased in water. So it is a simple conclusion really that we are all very dehydrated as children and adults.
I thank the good doctor for making the message available to us but as I said I think he is a little too interested in money has has no room to belittle the medical community while he has several titles to books that are 98% the same message. Only thing is you have to buy each book that offers a protential of offering new or more help.
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Summary: Great Book, Great Advice
Review: I read this book when it first came out in the UK, put the advice into practice, and immediately noticed a significant improvement in my general state of health, especially a decrease in headaches and back pain. Perhaps not so surprising, really, since Dr Batmanghelidj is a fully qualified doctor of medicine who came to the UK from Iran and worked at a major London hospital for some time.
I would also like to point out that this book is particularly important for people who have conditions where flushing the system is a major consideration - and this is indeed understood by the medical profession at large.
A friend of mine was recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes (an illness which already affects millions of people world-wide and which is said to be nearing "epidemic" proportions). One of the first things his doctor asked was how much water he drank per day. When he said 1-1.5 litres the doctor told him he should AT LEAST double his intake (2-3 litres per day).
Does water matter? You bet it does!
Has Dr Batmanghelidj done us one mighty big favour by publicising its importance? Seems to me that's exactly what this book has done.
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Summary: He's a quack
Review: Without condescending to read it, I had pooh-poohed the idea of this book for years. "Who needs to be told to drink water?" I thought. "Everyone already knows that." Then one afternoon, by accident, I saw it on a reshelving cart at a bookstore, and flipped through it. My new reaction was, "Oh, my God!" There I stood, as a Ph.D. scientist, looking at the book I'd made fun of, and I felt like a fool as I read key sections in several chapters. I bought two copies (one to underline, with marginal notes; the other to lend out), and read through it in one sitting, after which I looked up Dr. Batmanghelidj in Virginia and phoned him for an extended conversation. I found him very congenial, unpretentious and blazingly competent. Since that day several years ago I have recommended this book to hundreds of people, and I've provided free copies to many doctors, dentists and youth counselors. Cocky, presumptuous health practitioners, even more arrogant than I had earlier been about this subject, find this book easy to dismiss if they haven't read it, and I identify with their foregone-conclusion mentality, having been there myself prior to understanding this book. To the rest of you, whether you believe you're knowledgeable about health issues or not, I can only plead with you to read this book and take it seriously. In my case, I had been repeatedly plagued by headaches and lower-back pain before reading it, but not once since applying its recommendations. The orthopedic section alone is worth the price of the book. If you know anyone with asthma, it would be tragic not to buy a copy of this for them. In short, though I have read literally hundreds of books on health and nutrition, I consider this book to be, without doubt, one of the very few most important and immediately practical ever written.
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Summary: A skeptic converts
Review: I have to admit that when I started to read this I thought the guy was a crackpot. For starters his claims seem outrageous: that water can treat and possibly cure most medical problems including heart disease, MS, hiatal hernia, obesity, headaches, backache, some cancers, etc. etc. Plus his book is filed with numerous photocopies of testimonial letters from patients claiming to have been cured by his water prescriptions. There were enough letters (circa 1993 and apparently all of his patients used typewriters which certainly dates the work) that instead of them being a comfort, they seemed to hint at an insecurity... "I know you think I'm crazy but look at all these people who believe in me." It made the presentation look less than professional. It lacked confidence. However, he backs up his claims with some fairly detailed explanations of how the body works and the number of ways water comes into play. It certainly appears to have solid scientific foundation. And even though I can't shake off the idea that he's a bit of an eccentric, the message is potentially too important to discard offhand. I think if you ignore this information, you do so at your peril. You certainly cannot be harmed by his suggestions - you can only gain. In a way this info is so basic that I would recommend reading this before picking up any other book about your health ... particularly those in the diet category. Read Batmanghelidj before Atkins for sure. The one major downside is that he doesn't really spell out a regime for how much water you should consume or when. From the testimonial letters you can roughly estimate the requirement but he should definitely consider bringing this info out in future editions of this book. For being such an outspoken pioneer this work deserves 5 stars.
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