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We repeat, water itself is beneficial. The wreckage it causes in our bodies comes from the method of drinking it. When water is consumed in our meals and how.
Bad drinking habits, unfortunately, are often passed on to us by our parents. If, as children, we see a pitcher of water on the table at meal-time, we naturally continue this habit through our adult years. This practice can lead to arthritis, and we later wonder if we inherited the disease. No. We inherited the water fad.
Take a test family of four children, all girls. They grow up, get married, and scatter to their new homes in different parts of the country. They take with them their water habits. If their husbands were not accustomed to seeing water on the dinner table, the men will now be introduced to the water craze.
In the average American home the lady of the house may drink water with breakfast. Her husband does not, but he likes vichy water for luncheon at the restaurant near his office. Their young son drinks water for lunch, instead of milk. Their teenage daughter drinks a glass of water every night before going to bed. She has heard that it is good for the complexion. The whole family is wrong. And they are flirting with arthritis, paving the way to become victims of this dread disease.

How much Water do We Need Daily?
Science tells us our bodies require a cubic centimetre of water for every calorie which our foods produce. Therefore, if you eat a 2,100 calorie diet each day, you need approximately 2,100 cubic centimetres of water. This amount, put into the usual receptacle, is equal to eight glasses of water!
No one would be foolish enough to recommend that you “drown” yourself by drinking eight glasses of water every day. Besides, there is no need to, because other foods contain great quantities of water.
Milk, for example, is 87 per cent, water. Coffee has even a higher percentage. So that arthritics will drink less water, we have prepared a special chart. The figures and foods below will prove to you that you are receiving plenty of water at every meal. Read this helpful list, and use it as a guide:
Foods    Percentage of water
Egg    74
Curd cheese    74
Cream cheese    53-3
Cheddar cheese    39
Butter    15-5
Veal    71
Liver    70-9
Chicken    67-1
Round steak    67
Lamb    66
Frankfurts    64-3
Corned beef    57
Ham    53
Pork    50
Oysters    87-1
Codfish    82-6
Salmon    67-4
Tuna    57.7
Sardmes    47
Cucumbers    96-1
Marrow    95
Lettuce    94-8
Tomatoes    94-1
Celery        93.7
Radishes    93-6
Asparagus    93
Spinach    92-7
Cabbage    92-4
Cauliflower    91-7
Broccoli    89-7
Carrots        88-2
Onions        87-5
Potatoes    77-8
Green peas    74-3
Cantaloupe    94
Water melon    92-1
Oranges    87-2
Peaches    86-9
The above listing offers conclusive proof that water can reach our bodies in adequate amounts while we eat. There is never a need to drink eight glasses of water a day on top of all these waterbearing foods. Three glasses—taken well before meals—should be plenty.
Millions of Americans who are now living healthy, normal lives, drink as little as one glass of water daily. They do not become dehydrated, or suffer any ill effects. Remember, too, that saliva, stomach juices, bile, pancreatic, and intestinal juices all have the necessary water to break down your food by natural means. This is accomplished without help from an extra glass of water.
Your body often decides for itself how much water it really needs each day. When it has enough, your system passes off excess liquids. Approximately four and one-half pints of water are eliminated every twenty-four hours. Most of it in the form of urine. Water is also released in your exhaled breath. Or as perspiration through your skin surfaces.
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The second rule of vital nutrition is that your foods should be whole, complete, unrefined, and unadulterated. Whole wheat, brown rice, orange, sugar cane, and potatoes are whole foods. White bread, polished rice, orange juice, white sugar, and instant potatoes are not whole foods. They are refined, concentrated, or are fragments of the foods from which important vital nutritive factors have been removed.

Whole foods are simply foods which still contain all the nutrients which nature has put in them—all the vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates, enzymes, etc. But 80 per cent of the foods consumed by the average American today have been tampered with in one way or another, and most of the nutrients have either been taken out of them or destroyed. White bread, white sugar, breakfast cereals, and processed oils are typical examples of such devitalized nutritionless foods.

Whole foods contain not only complete nutrition but also all the enzymes and other factors necessary for proper digestion and good assimilation of these particular foods. When certain parts are removed, the digestion and assimilation can be incomplete and nutritional deficiences may result.

Only whole foods can supply optimum nutrition for optimum health.

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Many gastrointestinal diseases respond promptly and extremely well to CMO. Crohn’s disease, colitis, diverticulitis, irritable bowel, etc, all involve chronic inflammatory processes that are readily influenced by CMO. However, some problems, like ulcers, need special attention. And for these gastrointestinal diseases we do, when necessary, make exceptions to the “empty stomach” rule. If CMO is not well tolerated because of digestive difficulties, it’s better to take it along with a little light food.

Crohn’s disease (also known as transmural colitis or granulomatous colitis) has in practically all cases responded fully to CMO. Just what causes the inflammation of the large and/or small intestine remains a medical mystery. Apart from certain foods, stress is considered to be a major trigger factor. There are probably also genetic factors involved.

Though its symptoms are frequently treatable, many do not respond well. There seems to be no permanent solution to this recurring chronic problem available through conventional medicines. CMO, on the other hand, has almost always been able to provide permanent relief with just one set of capsules for a multitude of patients. Nevertheless, a few patients have needed to continue taking a couple of capsules now and then when they feel a flare-up may be coming on.

The most frequent symptoms are abdominal cramping and pain, excessive intestinal gas, diarrhea, and occasional fever. These are often brought on by food irritations. Severe cases can result in perforation of the colon and rectal problems or bleeding. CMO usually brings relief within a week. It has been as successful with severe cases as with mild ones, although it may take more than one bottle. If complete relief is not obtained, just keep a bottle of CMO handy and take two or three capsules the moment you detect any signs of a flare-up.

Ulcerative colitis can be very serious and require hospitalization for severe episodes. The most telltale sign of this disease is frequent bloody diarrhea or bloody mucosal discharge. Pain, cramping, and tenderness usually occurs in the left colon. Weight loss and anaemia are frequent complications. Fever may indicate infection.

Because of its effects against the autoimmune inflammatory process, CMO (taken with a bit of food) has often been quite effective against this ailment. When cortisone has been prescribed it should not be discontinued until the ailment has been resolved. You should definitely seek medical supervision for this problem.

Diverticulitis patients usually suffer from the same lower left abdomen tenderness, intestinal pain and cramping, constipation or diarrhea, and autoimmune inflammation that appears with ulcerative colitis. Diverticulitis appears more often with advancing age. Perforation of the colon may also occur in severe cases.

Treatment with CMO usually brings good results, often all by itself without other therapy. Nevertheless, it would probably be best to continue any conventional therapy with medical supervision until the problem is completely resolved.

Irritable bowel syndrome is the catch-all label put on any number of common bowel disorders of unknown cause. CMO has been very effective in eliminating most of these complaints.

Sjogren’s syndrome, when it appears, usually does so in patients suffering with arthritis and related conditions like fibromyalgia, scleroderma, lupus, etc. The most common symptoms are dryness of the eyes and mouth. The nose, throat, larynx, bronchi, skin, and vagina may also be affected. Errant autoimmune attacks occur against the tear, salivary, and thyroid glands — and sometimes even RNA. Serious problems with scratchy eyes, speaking, and swallowing food often develop.

The best conventional medicine has to offer for Sjogren’s sufferers is an artificial tear formula, mouth moisteners, skin creams, and vaginal lubricants. Our reports indicate that CMO has been very successful in conquering this ailment.

Behcet’s Syndrome is a chronic inflammatory disease that may be dormant for years and years, or may produce many serious complications. Painful ulcers of the mouth, penis, scrotum, vulva, and vagina are common. The eyes may also be affected. Hazy vision or blindness may result. Steroids are about the only treatments that are employed conventionally.

This disease is quite rare in the US and we have feedback regarding only two cases. CMO was quite successful with one and the other was helped somewhat. In both cases steroids were not discontinued while taking CMO, but so far the one who responded well no longer needs them.

Reiter’s syndrome is a complicated disease with autoimmune components more commonly found in young males rather than mature men. It is often triggered by sexual intercourse, chlamydial infection, and/or bacterial diarrhea. Frequently a combination of clinical manifestations appear: arthritis, urethritis, conjunctivitis, uveitis, and mucosal tissue infections or disturbances. Successful treatment usually requires the use of conventional therapy along with CMO, although use of steroids should be minimal.

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