Fereydoon Batmanghelidj

Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, M.D. (1931-2004) was born in Iran. Fereydoon attended Fettes College in Scotland and was a graduate of St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School of London University, where he studied under Sir Alexander Fleming. His research in the field of Gastroenterology, and subsequent books garnered much media coverage.

He wrote Your Body's Many Cries for Water in 1992, the result of the author's research into the effects on the human body, of even moderate dehydration. The primary theory espoused is that thirst is only one of a host of means by which the body expresses need for water. Dr. Batmanghelidj hypothesizes that an array of diseases begin as alternative indications of dehydration. These illnesses include asthma, angina, dyspepsia, and obesity, as well as many others.

In 1979 when the Iranian Revolution broke out, Dr. Batmanghelidj was placed in Evin Prison as a political prisoner for two years and seven months. It was during this time that he uncovered the medicinal potential of water. One night, the doctor had to care for a fellow inmate with debilitating peptic ulcer pain. Because he had no available medications, Dr. Batmanghelidj gave the prisoner two glasses of water. Within eight minutes, the pain had disappeared. The prisoner was then instructed to drink two glasses of water every three hours. He continued pain free for his remaining four months in the prison.

While in prison he conducted extensive research into the therapeutic properties of water in preventing and relieving many excruciating degenerative diseases. On his release from prison in 1982, Dr. Batmanghelidj escaped from Iran and fled to America, where he continued his research into the effects of chronic unintentional dehydration on the human body. His findings were published in the Foundation’s “Journal of Science in Medicine Simplified” in 1991 and 1992.

Dr. F. Batmanghelidj devoted the last 20 years of his life to advancing public awareness regarding the curative abilities of water. He appeared on radio and television programs and lectured internationally. He has left a body of work that includes six books and more than a dozen educational audio and video seminars. The doctor’s prescription is quite simple. If people drank more water they would be a lot healthier.

Dr. Batmanghelidj died of complications from pneumonia on November 15, 2004.