White flour contains diabetes-causing contaminant alloxan

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Sunday, June 19, 2005

White flour contains diabetes-causing contaminant alloxan

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

Studies show that alloxan, the chemical that makes white flour look " clean "

and " beautiful, " destroys the beta cells of the pancreas. That's right; you

may be devastating your pancreas and putting yourself at risk for diabetes,

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. 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 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, 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 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. According

to Dr. 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. Lau states in his book Garlic for Health, " 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. "

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 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 level. Additionally, as Dr. 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)

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 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. The first study

reported " a significant blood glucose-lowering effect in normal and diabetic

rats. " .

The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs by , page 382

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

loses its ability to metabolize carbohydrates 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 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 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, 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 ph E Pizzorno and 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 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 Lee with & 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 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 ph E Pizzorno and 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 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 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 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 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 T Murray ND, page 269

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