On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:10:14 -0700, David Karas <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Amadeus Schmidt wrote:
>Cooking anything drives off the natural water. I eat my animal products raw
>so am getting most of my water that way and do not have to consume a lot of
>extra water.

Considered that even meat consists of 70 percent  water - that's quite a
lot. But how much liters of water would you eat in this way?

Well it could be quite a lot, but for the usual (common western) eater of
denser stuff it would be a very small amount.

>I do drink water if thirsty.

Batmanghelidj's point is that the water drinking reflex (thirst) is
deteriorated - or gone away in many.
The human body has some very good systems to cope with a lack of water
(priority for the brain, everything other sits in the 2nd or 3rd row).

Elevated blood pressure is one of the strategies.
Producing more cholesterol for the cell membranes is another,
Batmanghelidj writes.

Amadeus