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Yoga and water:

Two thirds of Earth's surface is covered by water.

All life on Earth originated in the oceans.

Body is over 70% just water.

Water is the base of metabolism and regulates all body functions.

And yet about it we know little.

It is common knowledge that, very much like the surface of the earth, our body is made up of approximately two-thirds water. However, it may come as a surprise to you that 90% of your lungs, 80% of your blood, and three-quarters of your muscles and brain are water.

So water is important.

How much water we are supposed to drink?  People who eats vegetarian diet and fruits need less water. Vegetables contain up to 90% water. 

One of the best ways to know if you are drinking enough is to watch your urine. It can't always be crystal clear, but that's what you should see at least a couple of times a day. Drink well in the morning, the body is always dehydrated following night-time.

They  suggest not to drink just any water. Go for the best you can find.

To understand how water affect us we do recomend to read Dr. Masaru Emoto's books and photographs of water crystals as well as Dr. Batmanghelidj's book "Your Body's Many Cries for Water".

Dr. Batmanghelidj, said: "You're not sick; you're thirsty. Don't treat thirst with medication." Dr. B's pioneering work shows that chronic dehydration contributes and even produces pain and many degenerative diseases that can be prevented and treated by increasing good water intake on a regular basis.

If there isn't enough water in the body, certain parts such as the glands or joints become dehydrated. Those areas are then more susceptible to problems.

Medications are simptoms palliatives. They are not designed to cure diseases of the body.  

Water can cure:

 Cure  1: Water prevents and cures heartburn.

Heartburn can be a signal of water shortage in the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract. It is a major thirst signal of the human body. The use of antacids or tablet medications in the treatment of this pain does not correct dehydration, and the body continues to suffer as a result of its water shortage.

Mistake: Not recognizing heartburn as a sign of dehydration and treating it with medications will, in time, produce more inflammation.

Cure  2: Water prevents and cures arthritis.

Rheumatoid joint pain - arthritis - is a signal of water shortage in the painful joint. It can affect the young as well as the old. The use of pain-killers does not cure the problem, but exposes the person to further damage from pain medications. Intake of good water and small amounts of C vitamin can cure this problem.

Cure  3: Water prevents and cures back pain.

Low back pain and ankylosing arthritis of the spine are signs of water shortage in the spinal column and discs - the water cushions that support the weight of the body. These conditions should be treated with increased water intake - not a commercial treatment, but a very effective one.

Mistake: Not recognizing arthritis and low back pain as signs of dehydration in the joint cavities and treating them with pain-killers, manipulation, acupuncture, and eventually surgery will, in time, produce osteoarthritis when the cartilage cells in the joints have eventually all died. It will produce deformity of the spine. It will produce crippling deformities of the limbs. Pain medications have their own life-threatening complications.

Cure  4: Water prevents and cures angina.

Heart pain - angina - is a sign of water shortage in the heart/lung axis. It should be treated with increased water intake until the patient is free of pain and independent of medications. Medical supervision is prudent. However, increased water intake is angina's cure.

Cure  5: Water prevents and cures migraines.

Migraine headache is a sign of water need by the brain and the eyes. It will totally clear up if dehydration is prevented from establishing in the body. The type of dehydration that causes migraine might eventually cause inflammation of the back of the eye and possibly loss of eye sight.

Cure 6: Water prevents and cures colitis.

Colitis pain is a signal of water shortage in the large gut. It is associated with constipation because the large intestine constricts to squeeze the last drop of water from the excrements - thus the lack of water lubrication.

Mistake: Not recognizing colitis pain as a sign of dehydration will cause persistent constipation. Later in life, it will cause fecal impacting: it can cause diverticulitis, hemorrhoids and polyps, and appreciably increases the possibility of developing cancer of the colon and rectum.

Cure  7: Water can prevent and cure asthma.

Asthma, which also affects 14 million children and kills several thousand of them every year, is a complication of dehydration in the body. It is caused by the drought management programs of the body. In asthma free passage of air is obstructed so that water does not leave the body in the form of vapor - the winter steam. Increased water intake will prevent asthma attacks. 

Mistake: Not recognizing asthma as the indicator of dehydration in the body.

Cure  8: Water prevents and cures high blood pressure.

Hypertension is a state of adaptation of the body to a generalized drought, when there is not enough water to fill all the blood vessels that diffuse water into vital cells. As part of the mechanism of reverse osmosis, when water from the blood serum is filtered and injected into important cells through minute holes in their membranes, extra pressure is needed for the "injection process." Just as we inject I.V. "water" in hospitals, so the body injects water into tens of trillions of cells all at the same time. Water and some salt intake will bring blood pressure back to normal!

Mistake: Not recognizing hypertension as one of the major indicators of dehydration in the human body, and treating it with diuretics that further dehydrate the body.

Cure  9: Water prevents and cures early adult-onset diabetes.

Adult-onset diabetes is another adaptive state to severe dehydration of the human body. To have adequate water in circulation and for the brain's priority water needs, the release of insulin is inhibited to prevent insulin from pushing water into all body cells. In diabetes, only some cells get survival rations of water. Water and some salt will reverse adult-onset diabetes in its early stages.

Mistake: Not recognizing adult-onset diabetes as a complication of dehydration will, in time, cause damage to the blood vessels all over the body. It will cause eventual loss of the toes, feet and legs from gangrene. It will cause also eye damage.

Cure  10: Water lowers blood cholesterol.

High cholesterol levels are an indicator of early drought management by the body. Cholesterol is a clay-like material that is poured in the gaps of some cell membranes to safeguard them against losing their vital water.

Dr. F. Batmanghelidj 

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