RE: Australian vet taps natural powers of 'magic water'

[Guest guest]

Thanks, a, for that article. I've felt that an alkaline diet helped my

symptoms for years. Very cool.

Carol in FL

[ ] Australian vet taps natural powers of 'magic water'

Tuesday, April 9, 2002

AUSTRALIA

Australian vet taps natural powers of 'magic water'

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE in Sydney

A Sydney soft drinks producer has been inundated with demand for his

latest product, a mineral-rich water that doubles the life of cattle and

is claimed to cure ailments including arthritis and osteoporosis.

Developed by former vet Beckett, who has a doctorate in

biochemical pathology, " Unique Water " has just gone on sale after

testing by 100 Australians.

One is respected Sydney journalist Sheehan, who said in the Sydney

Morning Herald at the weekend how it had cured him of a series of

long-term auto-immune diseases.

A letter from Sheehan's doctor said: " He has ankylosing spondylitis

[adhesion and inflammation of the vertebrae], and is now undergoing

investigation for lupus erythematosis [inflammation of connective

tissue]. He suffers constant back and neck pains, florid facial rash,

extreme fatigue and shoulder pains. "

The illness is incurable and requires constant treatment.

But Sheehan said that after taking Beckett's water for two years he was

no longer consuming any drugs, suffered no back or neck pain nor any of

the other symptoms of the diseases.

Several prominent people are said to have undergone similar cures since

starting to drink what they call " magic water " , which is rich in some

minerals and found naturally in some places. None has a financial

interest in the product.

Dr Beckett, who has spent 20 years researching it, has been granted

patents in Australia and in the US. His claimed breakthrough is based on

the proposition that acids formed from carbon dioxide produced by the

body contribute to fatigue and degeneration and are the building blocks

for all inflammatory diseases.

They are key factors in rheumatoid and osteo arthritis, osteoporosis and

some cancers and skin diseases.

The key to Dr Beckett's claimed breakthrough is said to be the anti-acid

magnesium bicarbonate in the water, which travels down to individual

cells where it acts as a protective buffer against excess carbon dioxide

and acid.

He tried to prove his theories by testing the ingredients on sheep for

many years before realising that such water must occur naturally

somewhere.

He found it in the Monaro region of the Snowy Mountains near Canberra in

the Australian Capital Territory, where farmers had known for years

about the longevity there of cattle and sheep.

The government-run Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research

Organisation had been researching for 35 years why some animals lived

twice as long as normal, and most lived at least 30 per cent longer.

Dr Beckett acknowledges his theory will take many years and many

thousands more people to prove. But through a Sydney soft drinks

manufacturer, Bert's Soft Drinks, he has organised commercial sales of

the water.

" It has gone from nowhere to our top-selling product overnight, " Bert's

managing director, Arthur , said.