On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 15:53:18 -0400, Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>That's certainly an interesting hypothesis.  Are any published
>studies mentioned in the book?  I'd be very interested to read
>more about this.

It's from a F.Batmanghelidj, a Persian Dr. who had some publications in
english too. Like "self treatment with water"...
No studies are mentioned, just "a lot" of single cases of "various ages".

I seemed a bit over-optimistic due to the *very* simple treatment of just
drinking more water for such very heavy diseases.

However recently I got to know a molecular biologist, and he mentioned that
a real hinderance in the citric acid cycle would often be the lack of simply
water. So that caught my attention. There's some details of some hormone
systems included  in the book as well.

>If true, it's a good example of how some
>seemingly irrelevant details can change everything.

Yes, if it is the case that there is often a water deficit.. that would
really be the case.
And I consider it possible.

The book already managed to get me thinking about thirst experiences, and I
realize that sometimes ordinary thirst is substituted (for myself) by
other feelings, like that of hunger.
I started to listen a bit better to my own thirst.

And yes, drinking together with meals wouldn't be such a good idea.
If drinking more than just a little -- the time before a meal looks right.

I just wanted to mention it because the curing method is so simple and I
can't test the cholesterol effect myself - my cholesterol is in range.
I would be easy to give it a try.

Regards,

Amadeus