Water a cure for disease?

According to alternative health physician Dr. F. Batmaghelidj, not drinking enough water may be hurting your health. He believes water many be a natural cure for ailments such as arthritis, asthma, autoimmune diseases, back pain, diabetes, high  cholesterol and migraines, among other diseases. Arthritis, for example, could be caused by chronic dehydration leading to a shortage of water in the joints.

An exerpt from Dr. Batmaghelidj’s website, Water Cure:

I discovered that histamine is a vital chemical messenger in the brain. Histamine has a most important function not written about in medical textbooks. It is in charge of water intake and drought management in the body. It is less active when the body is fully hydrated, and becomes increasingly active when the body becomes dehydrated. This was the connection I was looking for. In short, histamine produces pain when an area in the body is suffering from drought!

More information, including a series of books on the connection between water and proper health, can be found at Water Cure.