Muscle Spasms
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 9:05:52 PM GMT
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From: "Virginia Facer" <bookworm@cmspan.net>
To: conniebutts@comcast.net
Subject: New Subscriber
I sent for Dr. Batmanghelidj's "Your Body's Many Cries for Water" over 10 years
ago after receiving a "bulk mailing: advertisement for it. Most "bulk mailings"
ended up in the trash, but the story of the ulcer cure caught my attention,
since I had been a Navy hospital corpsman and have had a fascination with
medicine since I was a teen.
After reading the book, and putting most of it into practice, I got distracted
and the book ended up on the shelf for several years.
A forum I've participated in for a few years brought up the subject of water and
I dug the book out. I also sent for several of Dr. B's other books and tapes to
expand my medical library. This was before I was to have cataract surgery (Dec
2008). I wanted to see if he Water Cure would help me to have less of the thick
post-nasal drip (brought on by years of being stupid enough to be a smoker,
though now done with those)that made me cough when lying on my back. I was going
to have to be STILL for an hour for the surgery. I'm delighted to report that I
was quite still and calm and the surgery went well. I am also not using my
inhalers for COPD except just before going to bed, and I may stop those soon.
Used to use 2 of them 4 times a day and two others every 12 hours. I was put on
medication for restless leg syndrome and an anti-spasmodic for the muscle spasms
of MS many years ago, as well as an anti-fatigue medication. All of these drugs
have the side-effect of causing drowsiness, so I'm beginning to cut them down,
too. Cannot cut them off "cold turkey" but can gradually cut them back until
they're cut out completely.
I used to get splits in my thumbs (occasionally other fingers) and they HURT!!
Don't get them anymore. My hands no longer look like those of an old crone (dry
and boney)and my skin is no longer flakey.
I used to put the coffee pot on first thing in the morning, but have not had a
cup of coffee for months now with no adverse side-effects and I don't miss it.
Water is my drink of choice and I feel more energized after my first three
glasses of water in the morning.
I've also been passing on he information about the Water Cure to several other
people who listen and they're fascinated by the simplicity of the program.
I'd love to get your newsletter and am so happy you are continuing to promote
Dr. B's simple but totally effective program.
Sincerely,
Virginia Facer
The following was posted on our forum page Rebecca who had
muscle twitches. I am getting muscle twitches all over my body at every single
moment of every single day. It is driving me bonkers! They have been happening
for about 5 months. At night i also get sharp pains and cramps in my feet and
hands. These are also sometimes accompanied by pins and needles or a crawling
feeling over my scalp and body. I am just wondering if this water diet will help
wth my problem and if i need to take any other supplements. I am taking
magnesium.
This response was posted by Stoney in response.
You are low in potassium, potassium is a muscle regulator and when it gets to
low or to high you get muscle spasm and bad cramps. Salt can help but your
problem is potassium and maybe salt too. I work in construction and I sweat so
bad that I have to keep a bottle of water with me at all times. I also have a
bottle of thermol tabs salt tabs for salt depletion. I was talking the salt tabs
and drinking the water but at home at night my muscles would start jumping and
twitching so bad it kept me awake. Don't even try to eat food with potassium in
them because the pollution in the ground causes food to have less minerals
including potassium. I went to see a doctor and told him I wanted my potassium
check he told me my potassium was good. Then one night my muscles was jumping so
bad I decided to go to the hospital, the doctor on duty tested me and found my
potassium was all most depleted. He prescribed a potassium pill and the rest is
history. Potassium, salt, calcium magnesium and zinc, ya DEAD without it or sick
as a dog when its low. God bless.
Date: August 2, 2000
From: Brenda Taft
To: Bob Butts & Connie Giblin
Dear Connie & Paul:
This is my second testimonial. I've already written one on allergies/sinus headaches.
This one is about muscle spasms, at least I think that's what they are (were). About every 2-3 weeks, I would get a tightness, usually starting in my left shoulder. This would creep into my neck and oftentimes cause a headache. This would get worse and worse as the day wore on. Then, the next day, the whole spasm thing would move to the right side of my body. The third day, it would move back to the left and eventually dissipate. I've tried a lot of things to alleviate this when it happened. I tried massage and other body work, homeopathic muscle relaxers, etc. Everything helped a little, but it seemed it just had to run its course and nothing seemed to be able to prevent it from happening again, until the water cure! I just recently noticed that this cycle wasn't happening anymore. Once in a while, I'll start to feel the beginnings of it, but it just goes away. I keep finding more and more things that the water has helped me with as time goes on, and I thought I was already healthy. Maybe you'll see my name again with yet another great water cure story. Thanks so much for your continuous support and putting out the word about water and salt. Sincerely