Local author’s book features testimonials from people who claim “The Water Cure” has helped them
Touting the ‘cure’
ANDREA BROOKMAN
tlintern@timesleader.com
Author Harriet Clyde Kipps’ recent book, “Triumph Over Pain,” has renewed interest in a water solution that some contend cures common ailments.
Area businessman Bob Butts and Harriet Clyde Kipps with a book Kipps wrote, ‘Triumph Over Pain,’ promoting the ‘water cure.’ Butts and Kipps are both passionate about promoting the healing powers of water.
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Todd Thorne of Pittston says ‘the Water Cure’ helped him.
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Treatment claims
The Water Cure claims that Chronic Dehydration (UCD) contributes to and even produces pain and many degenerative diseases that can be prevented and treated by increasing daily water and salt intake.
Possible treatment for many common ailments is claimed including: arthritis, depression, asthma, heart disease, suicidal tendencies, cancer, headaches, cramps, diabetes, ulcers, addiction, back pain, MS, obesity, amputation, edema, heart burn, premature aging, vision problems, colitis pain, angina pain, high blood pressure, heartburn, high cholesterol, arthritic pain, fibromyalgia, kidney problems, muscular dystrophy, gout, lupus
Water Cure formula
Dr. Fereydoon Batmanghelidj’s recommendations:
• Drink half your body weight in ounces of water daily.
•Add ? tsp of sea salt and let dissolve on tongue.
• Sea salt is suggested due to high mineral content.
• Drink water within 5-6 minutes.
• Retain water for 2-3 hours.
• Never drink more than 33.8 ounces (one liter) in one sitting.
• Avoid all caffeine, alcohol and soda.
• Children 2 and up need 75 percent of their body weight in ounces of water per day.
• Program does not apply to newborns up to 2 years of age
Source: “Triumph Over Pain,” writings by Dr. F. Batmanghelidj
Testimonials
• “My father has had Multiple Sclerosis (MS) for the last ten years and was previously blind in one eye. After ten days of following the Water Cure regimen his vision returned and all other MS symptoms have subsided.”
— Miranda VanLuVanee, Moosic
•“Seven years ago I literally got the shock of my life. The shock was from a malfunctioning machine that jolted me with 480 volts of electricity at 60 amps of current. Eighteen months later I was diagnosed with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and Pure Autonomic Dysfunction. I was put on a regimen of medications numbering 14 pills a day and it wasn’t before long that the diseases took over and I was confined to a wheelchair. One of my friends, Denise Debiasi, from Cee-Kay Auto Store in Pittston saw me going by in my wheelchair and told me of Bob Butts, The Water Cure and how it helped others with R.S.D. Shortly after I started the regimen and was amazed how quickly feeling returned to my legs. I told my doctors about the water cure and was asked to leave their offices and never return if I continued to use a ‘fake treatment.’ I stopped physical therapy and saw more improvements in my body using The Water Cure than I saw with conventional medicine. Something that is virtually free got me up and walking again.”
— Todd Thorne, 47, Pittston
Kipps, of Newport Township, first heard about the possible remedy from Northeastern Pennsylvania businessman Bob Butts, who has devoted his life – and more than $500,000 – in recent years to promote his belief that ingesting sea salt and large amounts of water can ease or cure many afflictions.
Backers have dubbed it the “Water Cure.”
The “cure” involves drinking enough water daily to equal half your body weight in ounces and using 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt for each quart.
Butts, of Elmhurst, learned of the Water Cure in a book, written by the late Dr. Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, called “Your Body’s Many Cries for Water.”
Batmanghelidj, a native of Iran and the founder of the theory, contended that dehydration is the root of many illnesses such as cancer, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, depression, obesity, addiction and others.
Butts since has taken the reins of the Water Cure, by promoting the theory since Batmanghelidj’s death in 2004 at age 73.
“The most critical elements to a powerful immune system are oxygen, water and salt,” Butts said.
Some believe this cure works. Others, however, believe it is a hoax without scientific backing.
Docs not convinced
The established medical community has not embraced Batmanghelidj’s theory, and most physicians do not offer it as treatment for patients.
Dr. Stephanie Cabello from Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township, said that although water is essential to the body, she believes the Water Cure can only work for certain ailments.
“More research needs to be done before the medical community can establish this as a cure to any ailment,” Cabello said.
Kipp’s “Triumph Over Pain” is a tribute to the work of Batmanghelidj, who dedicated the last 20 years of his life promoting public awareness of the “healing powers of water.”
The book provides testimonials from people who swear by the Water Cure and states that Chronic Dehydration (UCD) contributes to and even produces pain and many degenerative diseases that can be prevented and treated by increasing daily water and salt intake.
“Water is good because it makes the kidneys work, but I don’t believe that it can cure illnesses like diabetes,” Cabello said.
Water Cure proponents assert it is a cure for diabetes, a condition in which the pancreas no longer produces enough insulin, so glucose in the blood cannot be absorbed into the cells of the body.
“I don’t see how water alone can take the place of insulin in the body,” Cabello said.
But Kipps is a believer of the cure after trying the regimen on her dog, which had developed a tumor and was declared terminal by a veterinarian.
Gave dog new life
The “Triumph Over Pain” author said that after she started her pet on the Water Cure, the pet’s tumor disappeared and the dog was healthy again within a month of starting the regimen.
Kipps learned about the Water Cure from Butts.
The transformation she saw in her pet was enough to convince the self-published author, and now she too has embraced the work of the late Batmanghelidj.
Since following the Water Cure regimen, Kipps said, she feels she has more energy and fewer aches and pains.
“If you’re losing someone you love or they are very ill, why not try a free solution? You have nothing to lose,” she said.
Kipps first met Butts, owner of Cee-Kay Auto Parts, a regional string of auto parts stores, while reopening a playground in her hometown village of Glen Lyon.
Kipps has written more than 30 books on volunteerism and has since used the proceeds from the sales to fund local projects, such as the playground rehabilitation.
Butts purchased many of her books to help support her vision.
Shortly after meeting her, Butts contacted Kipps to help spread the word about the cause he was passionate about.
Butts has spent more than half a million dollars during his lifetime advertising what he believes is a free cure for nearly every illness.
At his auto parts stores, he provides free information and videotapes.
He also provides additional information on the website www.watercure2.com.
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