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Thursday, July 14, 2005 White flour contains diabetes-causing contaminant

alloxan You may want to think twice before eating your next sandwich on white

bread <http://www.newstarget.com/003907.html>. Studies show that alloxan,

the chemical that makes white flour

<http://www.newstarget.com/000976.html>look " clean " and " beautiful, "

destroys the beta cells of the

pancreas <http://www.newstarget.com/008164.html>. That's right; you may be

devastating your pancreas and putting yourself at risk for

diabetes<http://www.newstarget.com/007421.html>,

all for the sake of eating " beautiful " flour. Is it worth it?

 

Scientists have known of the alloxan-diabetes connection for years; in fact,

researchers who are studying diabetes commonly use the chemical to induce

the disorder in lab animals <http://www.newstarget.com/003911.html>. In the

research sense, giving alloxan to an animal is similar to injecting that

animal with a deadly virus, as both alloxan and the virus are being used

specifically to cause illness. Every day, consumers ingest foods made with

alloxan-contaminated flour. Would they just as willingly consume foods

tainted with a deadly virus? Unless they had a death wish, they probably

would not. Unfortunately, most consumers are unaware of alloxan and its

potentially fatal link to diabetes because these facts are not well

publicized by the food industry.

 

How does alloxan cause diabetes? According to Dr. Hari Sharma's *Freedom

from Disease,* the uric acid derivative initiates free radical damage

to DNA<http://www.newstarget.com/008155.html>in the beta cells of the

pancreas, causing the cells to malfunction and die.

When these beta cells fail to operate normally, they no longer produce

enough insulin <http://www.newstarget.com/005228.html>, or in other words,

they cause one variety of adult-onset type 2 diabetes. Alloxan's harmful

effects on the pancreas are so severe that the *Textbook of Natural Medicine

* calls the chemical " a potent beta-cell toxin. " However, even though the

toxic effect of alloxan is common scientific knowledge in the research

community, the FDA <http://www.newstarget.com/003650.html> still allows

companies to use it when processing foods we ingest.

 

The FDA and the white flour industry could counter-argue that, if alloxan

were to cause diabetes, a higher proportion of Americans would be diabetic.

After all, more consumers consume white flour on a regular basis than are

actually diabetic. This point is valid, but it does not disprove the

alloxan-diabetes connection. While alloxan is one cause of adult-onset type

2 diabetes, it is of course not the only cause. As the *Textbook of Natural

Medicine* states, " current theory suggests an hereditary beta-cell

predisposition to injury coupled with some defect in tissue regeneration

capacity " may be a key cause. For alloxan to cause injury to an individual's

beta cells, the individual must have the genetic susceptibility to injury.

This is similar to the connection between high-cholesterol foods and heart

disease. Eating high-cholesterol foods causes heart disease, especially in

people who have family histories of heart disease. The link between alloxan

and diabetes is as clear and solid as the link between cholesterol and heart

disease.

 

If you've been eating white bread for years and you have a family history of

diabetes, all hope is not lost for you. Studies show that you can reverse

the effects of alloxan by supplementing your diet with vitamin

E<http://www.newstarget.com/002352.html>.

According to Dr. Gary Null's *Clinicians Handbook of Natural

Healing,*vitamin E effectively protected lab rats from the harmful

effects of

administered alloxan. Now, you're not a lab rat, but you're a mammal and

vitamin E is definitely worth adding to your daily regimen of nutritional

supplements, especially if you have a history of eating foods made with

white flour and are at high risk for diabetes.

 

Even if you are already diabetic, some simple changes to your diet can help

treat your diabetes. First of all, stop eating foods made with white flour.

Even though you already have diabetes, vitamin E supplements can still help

you, as can many common foods. Garlic, for example, does wonders for

diabetes. As Dr. Benjamin Lau states in his book *Garlic for Health,* " When

fed garlic, the rabbits' elevated blood

sugar<http://www.newstarget.com/001532.html>dropped almost as much as

it did when they were given the antidiabetic drug

tolbutamide. Researchers postulated that garlic may improve the insulin

effect. "

 

If you can't handle the taste of natural garlic, you can take it in widely

available supplements. Aloe vera is a traditional diabetic remedy in the

Arabian Peninsula, and its therapeutic characteristics are now gaining

worldwide acceptance in the treatment of diabetes. According to both human

and animal research studies, aloe vera lowers blood

glucose<http://www.newstarget.com/008408.html>levels by an unknown

mechanism. According to the

*Clinicians Handbook of Natural Healing,* this natural hypoglycemic effect

extended over a period of 24 hours. Adding onions to your diet (along with

the garlic) can also significantly reduce your blood

sugar<http://www.newstarget.com/006063.html>level. Additionally, as

Dr. Michael T. Murray writes in

*The Healing Power of Herbs,* studies show that ginseng controls glucose in

both diabetic humans and diabetic laboratory animals.

 

It all comes down to asking if putting yourself at risk for diabetic coma,

blindness, limb amputation and death is worth eating white bread. If you're

willing to risk your quality of life and your life itself, then go ahead and

eat all the foods made with white flour you want. However, if you want to

stop poisoning yourself with alloxan, a known toxic chemical, then make a

few simple dietary changes. Eat groceries (*see related ebook on

groceries*<http://www.truthpublishing.com/grocerywarning.html>)

made with whole-grain wheat flour, not processed white flour.

 

The experts speak on alloxan Animal experiments have shown that animals

which have their Beta cells destroyed by alloxan are able to regenerate Beta

cells after a few months when taking GS, a herb grown in India. The Beta

cell is the cell that produces insulin. Diabetics needing insulin treatment

(Type 1) have been able to decrease their insulin after GS therapy.

*A Physicians Guide To Natural Health Products That Work By James Howenstine

MD, page 112*

 

In the mid-1980s, however (when herbal remedies again were popular), pata de

vaca's continued use as a natural insulin substitute was reiterated in two

Brazilian studies. Both studies reported in vivo hypoglycemic actions in

various animal and human models. Chilean research in 1999 reported the

actions of pata de vaca in diabetic rats. Their study determined that pata

de vaca was found to " elicit remarkable hypoglycemic effects, " and brought

about a " decrease of glycemia in alloxan diabetic rats by 39%. " In 2002, two

in vivo studies on the blood sugar-lowering effects of pata de vaca were

conducted by two separate research groups in

Brazil<http://www.newstarget.com/009012.html>.

The first study reported " a significant blood glucose-lowering effect in

normal and diabetic rats. " …

*The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs by Leslie Taylor, page 382*

 

When beta cells in the pancreas fail to secrete enough insulin, the body

loses its ability to metabolize

carbohydrates<http://www.newstarget.com/006919.html>and to reduce

glucose levels in the bloodstream. Researchers believe that

some people have weak free radical defenses in these beta cells, and that

free radical damage to DNA in beta cells, resulting in dysfunction or cell

death, helps cause maturity-onset diabetes. It is known, for example, that

many chemicals—including alloxan, paraquat, and certain chemotherapeutic

agents—can stimulate excessive production of oxy radicals in the nuclei of

beta cells.

*Freedom From Disease by Hari Sharma MD, page 94*

 

....nearly two decades later, researchers at RNT Medical College in India

induced diabetes in rabbits with intravenous injections of alloxan. When fed

garlic, the rabbits' elevated blood sugar dropped almost as much as it did

when they were given the antidiabetic drug tolbutamide. Researchers

postulated that garlic may improve the insulin effect by either increasing

the pancreatic secretion of insulin or by releasing bound insulin.

*Garlic for Health by Benjamin Lau MD PhD, page 22*

 

Commercial yeasted breads, even the whole-grain varieties, often have other

problems. They typically contain flour bleach, which forms alloxan, a

compound known to cause diabetes in animals by destroying the beta cells of

the pancreas (Clinical Nutrition Newsletter, Dec. 1982). …

*Healing With Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford, page 452*

 

Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus is generally recognized to be due to an

insulin deficiency.1 Although the exact cause is unknown, current theory

suggests an hereditary beta-cell predisposition to injury coupled with some

defect in tissue regeneration capacity. Causes of injury are most likely

hydroxyl and other free radicals <http://www.newstarget.com/007537.html>,

viral infection, and autoimmune reactions. alloxan, the uric acid derivative

used to induce experimental diabetes in animals, is a potent beta-cell

toxin, causing destruction via hydroxyl radical formation.

*Textbook of Natural Medicine Volumes 1-2 by Joseph E Pizzorno and Michael T

Murray, page 1197*

 

In this study, mice received intraperitoneally melatonin in doses ranging

from 100 to 450 mg/kg. Results showed that such treatment proved plasma

glucose increase due to alloxan-induced pancreatic toxicity.

*The Clinicians Handbook Of Natural Healing by Gary Null PhD, page 88*

 

Bleached white flour. Not only have the bran and germ been stripped away,

but bleached flour also contains a substance from the flour bleach (alloxan)

which causes diabetes in animals. Unbleached white flour should also be

avoided since it is stripped of essential nutrients.

*The Enzyme Cure by Lita Lee with Lisa Turner & Burton Goldberg, page 123*

 

When fed garlic, the rabbits' elevated blood sugar dropped almost as much as

it did when they were given the antidiabetic drug tolbutamide. Researchers

postulated that garlic may improve the insulin effect by either increasing

the pancreatic secretion of insulin or by releasing bound insulin.

*Garlic for Health by Benjamin Lau MD PhD, page 22*

 

Aloe vera also exhibits a hypoglycemic effect in both normal and

alloxan-induced diabetic mice. A small human study shows benefit in

diabetics. Five patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes ingested half a

teaspoonful of aloe 4 times daily for 14 weeks. Fasting blood sugar in every

patient fell from a mean of 273 to 151 mg/dl with no change in body weight.

The authors concluded that aloe lowers blood glucose levels by an unknown

mechanism….

*Textbook of Natural Medicine Volumes 1-2 by Joseph E Pizzorno and Michael T

Murray, page 587*

 

Results of this study showed that rats given vitamin E before being

administered either streptozotocin or alloxan provided protection against

the diabetogenic effects of each. It was also observed that rats with a

depleted antioxidant <http://www.newstarget.com/007593.html> state due to a

vitamin E and selenium-deficient diet showed increased diabetogenic

susceptibility to normally nondiabetogenic doses of streptozotocin.

*The Clinicians Handbook Of Natural Healing by Gary Null PhD, page 312*

 

Noting that the dried sap of the aloe plant to be a traditional diabetic

remedy in the Arabian peninusla, this study examined its ability to reduce

blood glucose levels in 5 non-insulin-dependent diabetics and in Swiss

albino mice made diabetic with alloxan. Results showed that the intake of

1/2 teaspoon of aloes daily for 4-14 weeks signficantly reduced the fasting

serum glucose level fell in all patients. Fasting plasma glucose was

significantly reduced in diabetic mice by glibenclamide and aloes after 3

days.

*The Clinicians Handbook Of Natural Healing by Gary Null PhD, page 369*

 

This study examined the effects of exudate of Aloe barbadensis leaves (oral

administration of 500 mg/kg) and its bitter principle (ip administration of

5 mg/kg) on plasma glucose levels of alloxan-diabetic mice. Results showed

that the hypoglycemic effect of a single oral dose of aloes on serum glucose

level was insignificant in while that of the bitter principle was highly

significant and extended over a period of 24 hours.

*The Clinicians Handbook Of Natural Healing by Gary Null PhD, page 369*

 

Ginseng exerts numerous pharmacological effects in humans and laboratory

animals, including … improved glucose control in humans and diabetic

(alloxan-induced) rats; ….

*The Healing Power of Herbs by Michael T Murray ND, page 269*

 

 

 

*Overview:*

 

- White flour contains diabetes-causing contaminant alloxan

 

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