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The water cure

It's free, it covers 70% of the Earth's surface, and it's a remedy for all living things. So why do physicians rarely promote the curative properties of water?

Every plant needs it to survive. Every living thing on Earth requires water - even the cacti of the Sahara Desert. We are no different. Mike Adams, of News Target, was one of the last people to interview the late Dr. Batmanghelidj. The things he learned about "The Healing Power of Water" left him in awe. The conversation revealed which ailments and "diseases" are actually caused by dehydration, why the general population is chronically dehydrated and henceforth labeled diseased, what ingredients deplete the body's water reserves, why thirst is not a reliable indicator of dehydration, the dynamics of cholesterol and how water keeps it in balance, how dehydration impairs mental functioning and potentially causes depression, in addition to recognizing signs that your body is starting to dehydrate.

It's a world of answers to an often overlooked question. The premise of the interview is this one thing: the human body manifests dehydration by producing pain, and pain is a sign of water shortage in the body, and water shortage is actually the background to most of the health problems in our society. If the aforementioned interests you in the least - I strongly encourage you to follow the river of curiosity to its source. Who knows? Maybe we're all dying of thirst.

Once upon a time, all diabetes was treated without insulin

Prior to the advent of insulin, in the 1920's, diabetes was treated with a low-carbohydrate diet. These diets were aimed at controlling sugar in the urine, a stark contrast to the current ADA suggested diet of low-fat and high-carbohydrate. In fact the diet recommended by Dr. Elliot Joslin consisted of approximately 20% protein, 75% fat and 5% from carbohydrates.

Well in the early century - this diet seemed to hold most diabetics on course just fine without the magic pills available today. It is also remarkable that the secondary complications and epidemic growth of diabetes was not a hot topic, either. Researchers decided to give Dr. Joslin's diet another go in a modern environment. The results of this low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet (LCKD) improved glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes such that diabetes medications were discontinued or reduced in most participants - 17 out of 21 completing the study. The original study had 28 participants, with 8 dropouts. The LCKD can be very effective at lowering blood glucose. Participants also experienced reductions in body weight, waist circumference, and body fat.

It's funny how this study, conducted in 2005, produced results seen almost 100 years prior. LCKD appears to be a reasonable cure for type 2 diabetes. If most diabetes was adequately treated back in days of 1923 without the assistance of pills and insulin - why is it such a mess nowadays? Where did we go wrong?

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