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A doctor claims that water can cure many ailments.
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Harpeau



Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Coquitlam, BC

PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:14 am    Post subject: A doctor claims that water can cure many ailments. Reply with quote

An interview about the importance of drinking lots of water. I thought that it was very interesting.

http://www.naturalnews.com/Report_water_cure_0.html
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Too much water can also kill you. Few people, aside from the elderly, don't get enough water. In fact, most of the water we need we get from food. Unless you're eating kibble, most of your food has a lot of water content.

There's a simple test to determine if you're getting enough water in your diet. If your pee is always a deep yellow, you're not getting enough water. If it's very clear, you're probably drinking more water than your body needs and it's simply excreting the rest.

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Because everyone assumes that AIDS is actually a viral disease, which is a fraudulent statement by those people who presented it, because the human body is the product of many, many years of having fought various viral diseases, and has survived.


Odd because a nobel prize was just awarded for the isolation of HIV. The author is a quack if he's advancing this line. A dangerous quack.
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seoulteacher



Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:00 am    Post subject: Re: A doctor claims that water can cure many ailments. Reply with quote

Harpeau, his hypothesis that water is somewhat of a cure all sounds a bit radical. However, his advice reminds me: there are some simple things I need to do more of to become healthier.

These basic steps - which I long avoided - include:

i) drink 8 or more glasses of water/day (tho` that amt has been questioned);

ii) walk at least 30-40 minutes/day;

iii) get to bed at a regular time every night, and get 7-8 hrs sleep/night; and,

iv) eliminate salt (sodium) and sugar from processed foods that I buy and from my cooking.

I gave up smoking 22 months ago, and also started paying attention to the walking and no-salt aspects. Now on to the others!

NB: All said and done, I am intrigued by his take on water, and certainly will see what else I find on the web to support his claim. I am increasingly of the opinion that we need to keep our diet and lifestyles as simple and natural as possible: becoming a vegan? Walk everywhere? No more pop or juices, with water instead? Quite possibly the way to go...
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some waygug-in



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well I suppose that would depend upon where you got the water and whether or not the water would be safe to drink.

http://www.hundredyearlie.com/

Randall Fitzgerald talks about all the synthetic chemicals that are contaminating both municipal tap water and many types of bottled water.

You can hear an interview with him on the agent ladybug site.

http://www.hugequestions.com/Ladybug/

Randall Fitzgerald, 3 July 2007

He talks about the effect of toxic chemicals on human health, such as pesticides and industrial chemicals. His web site is www.hundredyearlie.com
mp3 audio: One part


There are many other interesting interviews on that site that may help people understand what's going on in the world today.
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mindmetoo



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:28 am    Post subject: Re: A doctor claims that water can cure many ailments. Reply with quote

seoulteacher wrote:
i) drink 8 or more glasses of water/day (tho` that amt has been questioned);


That's something of an urban legend. You don't need to drink 8 glasses of water a day.

Snopes has a good over view:

http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp


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NB: All said and done, I am intrigued by his take on water, and certainly will see what else I find on the web to support his claim.


pubmed.com. The google of all biomedical research. I'm betting very little of what he's selling (he is selling something) is backed by medical research.

This kind of crap reminds me of the vitamin c crowd who believes mega doses can cure you of anything. They take a little basic science and make large unwarranted leaps. In unhealthy individuals, adequate hydration is important. In healthy people who are getting adequate hydration (basically most of us), you'll just piss most of the extra water away.


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mindmetoo



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

some waygug-in wrote:
He talks about the effect of toxic chemicals on human health, such as pesticides and industrial chemicals. His web site is www.hundredyearlie.com


From his site:

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What scared me most was the jolting discovery that our governments, our food and medicine manufacturers, even medical science itself cannot reliably tell us anymore what is safe. Nor can these institutions protect us from those dangers that have already been identified.


That people live to age 80, don't die of diseases that used to be found in our food and water, tell me government and science can largely protect us. Nothing is perfect and he wants you to buy his book to find that out. Oh dear.
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Harpeau



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Again, I would re-iterate that this is a very interesting interview. I myself don't agree with everything that he states, but I believe in freedom of expression. I don't believe in silencing people's opinions. Prove them wrong. I do believe that there are many people that are dehydrated and drinking lots of water can be very helpful to one's health. It's an interesting article.
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mindmetoo



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Harpeau wrote:
Again, I would re-iterate that this is a very interesting interview. I myself don't agree with everything that he states, but I believe in freedom of expression. I don't believe in silencing people's opinions. Prove them wrong. I do believe that there are many people that are dehydrated and drinking lots of water can be very helpful to one's health. It's an interesting article.


Well, it's his job to demonstrate his claims via science, not for me to prove his claims wrong.
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Gopher



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I saw something a while back on water's oxygen content having a long-term corrosive effect on our brains or something like that. I think "too much water" is definitely a possibility, too.

Two or three -- maybe, on a heavy day, as many as five -- bottled waters per typical day for me.
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Harpeau



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have some major differences with Eric Hufschmid. His denying the Holocaust very idiotic. Rolling Eyes
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Harpeau



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is an interesting interview with Randall Fitzgerald. I guess you make a good point about drinking water. How can we filter synthetic chemicals out of our water, I wonder?

Anyway, here's the interview:

http://www.naturalnews.com/019434.html
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bacasper



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gopher wrote:
I saw something a while back on water's oxygen content having a long-term corrosive effect on our brains or something li'k that.

I'd sure like to see that reference.
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Jandar



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hyperoxia.

http://ajplung.physiology.org/cgi/pdf_extract/294/1/L15

No mention of water though.
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EzeWong



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I beleive it has to do with the amount AND time of water we drink in correlation to the foods we eat and the activity.

In a mathematical expression it would be something like:

Amount of water we drink = x(food) + y(exercise)

There should not be a standard rule. But I do believe people are dehydrated beyond what they actually believe. I know myself if I don't drink water within a 6 hour period I get zits and my body feels strange. But that's because I'm very aware of my body.

I have yellow and clear urine like most other people but color should be no indicator if I'm getting enough water enough. There are potentially other poisons contained in my urine that aren't visible.

I drink 2-3 liters a day, which I find not enough for me, but then I eat and exercise my balls off.

I think we have to experiment with ourselves and let doctors theorize what they want.
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Troll_Bait



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mindmetoo wrote:
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Because everyone assumes that AIDS is actually a viral disease, which is a fraudulent statement by those people who presented it, because the human body is the product of many, many years of having fought various viral diseases, and has survived.


Odd because a nobel prize was just awarded for the isolation of HIV. The author is a quack if he's advancing this line. A dangerous quack.


Thanks for pointing that out. That site looked interesting, but now, everything there is suspect.

Gopher wrote:
I saw something a while back on water's oxygen content having a long-term corrosive effect on our brains or something like that.


Perhaps you are thinking about free radicals?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_radicals#Free_radicals_in_biology


EzeWong wrote:
Amount of water we drink = x(food) + y(exercise)


Also the season. I need a lot more water during the summer.
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