Many illnesses which today plague countless millions of people worldwide spring from a simple, unrecognised cause – we don’t drink enough water.This is the breakthrough medical discovery that Iranian-born Dr Batmanghelidj outlines in his extraordinary book. If we drank more water daily, he says, degenerative diseases such as asthma, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, bulimia, Alzheimer's disease and many other afflictions could be prevented and sometimes cured.

Dr. Batmanghelidj first discovered the curative powers of water in a crowded Tehranprison where he was held during the 1979 revolution. The only doctor among 3,000 terrified prisoners, he prescribed, in desperation, a single glass of water for an inmate dying of intense stomach pains. The man recovered within minutes. In that moment, he asserts, ‘a new era in the advancement of medical science was born’.

After his release nearly three years later, he sought asylum in the United Statesto begin leading his own gentle, healthcare revolution from his home in Virginia. Largely ignored by the American Medical Association after presenting his findings to them nearly twenty years ago, he decided to write this book.

Your Body’s Many Cries For Water, recently reprinted for the sixth time by The Tagman Press, has sold nearly half a million copies worldwide – mostly in the United States but also in Iran, India and Europe. Testimonial letters from readers and medical specialists alike included in this British edition clearly confirm the effectiveness of his method.Ultimately, he says, the book ‘should be read as a love story, like a novel, which describes in detail the beautiful and compelling love relationship between water and the human body.’