Guest guest Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 Excellent read!, I wish I could get all diabetics and non-diabetics to believe it. Take that B6, and even better yet take a B complex vitamin tablet every day from now on. Ascorbic Acid & Sugar > ASCORBIC ACID COMPETES WITH SUGAR IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM > http://www.newswithviews.com/Howenstine/james52.htm > > By Dr. Howenstine, MD. > December 25, 2006 > NewsWithViews.com > > Nearly every animal converts sugar into ascorbic acid (Vitamin C). Human > beings, primates and guinea pigs are the only organisms unable to do this. > The > enzyme L-gulonolactone oxidase that accomplishes this chemical reaction > does > not work in these beings. This forces these beings to obtain ascorbic acid > from food or supplements. Research studies suggest that humans would > produce > about 2 to 4 grams of Vitamin C daily under normal conditions and about 15 > grams daily > [1] > when under stress. > > Insulin moves both glucose and ascorbic acid into cells including > phagocytic > immune cells. The phagocytic cells like leukocytes attack and remove > microbes, > tumor cells and debris from the blood. The level of ascorbic acid in > leukocytes may be 80 times greater than that found in plasma. Glucose and > ascorbic > acid are constantly competing for insulin transport so diets high in sugar > and carbohydrates will decrease the amount of ascorbic acid that enters > cells > and thus create undesirable effects on the immune response. > > There is another form of competition between glucose and ascorbic acid. > Ascorbic acid stimulates the hexose monophosphate (HMP) shunt and glucose > inhibits > it. The HMP is a series of chemical reactions that reduces niacin coenzyme > NADP to NADPH. Phagocytes need NADPH to create superoxide and other > reactive > oxygen species that are used to destroy pathogens. In addition to creating > NADPH ascorbic acid has the ability to deactivate excess quantities of > NADPH > and oxidative substances that could harm normal tissues. > > The hexose monophosphate shunt also produces 5 carbon sugars (ribose and > deoxyribose). These 5 carbon sugars are needed to make DNA and RNA. When > the > immune > system faces microbial invasion it immediately signals for production of > new > immune cells that need these genetic materials DNA and RNA. If the body > has > too much glucose and too little ascorbic acid there will be a lack of > genetic material and inadequate DNA and RNA for creation of needed new > leukocytes. > Clearly high sugar intake will reduce the potential health benefits of > this > pathway. > > The failure to evaluate glucose intake may afford a good explanation for > failure of some earlier research studies about ascorbic acid to show > beneficial > effects. Persons taking Vitamin C with sugary fruit drinks and pastries > will > fail to show any benefit from Vitamin C therapy. > > The addictive property of sugar makes it routine for food manufacturers to > place sugar in nearly all packaged and processed foods. Sugar intake in > U.S. > citizens has gone from a few pounds a year in 1800 to about 155 pounds per > person currently. The excess intake of sugar plays a major role in the > current > diabetic epidemic, obesity, arteriosclerosis and rising cancer incidence. > > A Swedish urologist, Dr. Jan Hammarsten, is an expert in the relationship > between insulin and prostate cancer. > [2] > He relates that there is no evidence that insulin causes prostate cancer. > What insulin does do is act as a stimulus for prostate and probably other > cancers > to grow and become more aggressive. Between the years 1995 and 2003 Dr. > Hammarston's group studied 320 patients with biopsy proven prostate > cancer. > They > also used ultrasound to measure the size of the prostate gland. They did > blood tests for all the components of metabolic syndrome (insulin, > cholesterol, > triglycerides and uric acid). > > Excess insulin caused the cancers to grow more rapidly. The men who died > had > a faster rate of growth of prostate tissue and also had more aggressive > scores > on the cancer biopsy samples. Elevated fasting blood insulin levels were > associated with the lethal cases of prostate cancer. The higher the > insulin > levels > the greater the likelihood of death. The insulin values were more accurate > than microscopic grading of stage of the tumor or PSA values in > identifying > persons at risk of rapid fatal cancer courses. This suggests that revising > diets in cancer patients toward low insulin stimulating foods may be as > worthwhile > as what therapeutic agents are being administered. > > Excessive sugar intake is now regarded as the number one risk factor for > females > [3] > and the number two risk factor for males in the causation of heart > attacks. > Obviously public health efforts to decrease arteriosclerotic heart disease > should focus on this problem. However, the truth about sugar could hurt > food > conglomerate profits so it is not discussed. Pyridoxine B6 100 mg daily > significantly > decreases the incidence of heart attacks probably by the mechanism of it's > infection > [4] > fighting capability. Decrease in gingivitis and bacterial infection in > artery walls can curb the incidence of arteriosclerosis. > > There is evidence that the Vitamin Pyridoxin B6 appears to block the > adverse > effects of excessive intake of glucose in patients with arteriosclerosis > as > use of this vitamin decreased death from heart attacks in population > [5] > studies involving women. > > Supplemental Vitamin B6 also increases the possibility of avoiding cancer. > [6] > Therefore all persons may benefit from taking 100 mg of B6 Pyridoxine > daily. > > What happens to patients who lower their insulin values? Dr. Dean Ornish > uses a plant based diet. The cancer markers for the men on this diet > decreased > [7] > over a one year followup whereas the control patients on a standard diet > saw their tumor markers get worse. This suggests that individuals on a low > fat > low carbohydrate diet will do well in avoiding and defeating cancer by > keeping their insulin values low. This diet is exactly the same as the > diet > used > in the initial stage of therapy for Type 2 diabetes. > [8] > > Dr. Rowen advises getting an 8 hour fasting insulin test annually > which is a good idea because it identifies persons at risk of becoming > diabetics > when elevated values are discovered. This test may be even more important > for patients with malignancies because elevated insulin results select out > the > cancer patients at risk of early death because of rapid uncontrolled > spread > of cancer. Persons with or concerned about cancer will probably fare > better > if they go on a low fat, low carbohydrate diet. The fasting insulin value > needs to be below 5 mU/L. > [9] > The nearer this value is to zero the better. On a vegetarian low fat low > carbohydrate diet Dr. Rowen has been able to reduce his fasting insulin > blood > level to zero. Decreasing fat intake in the diet permits smaller > quantities > of insulin to control blood sugar values than when fat intake is > uncontrolled. > When there is no carbohydrate excess in the diet and the carbohydrates > being > eaten are low glycemic (do not cause prompt large increases in insulin > output) > the pancreas produces less or no insulin. High glycemic carbohydrates > include potatoes, corn, rice, bananas and pasta. > > images/Article-Support-NWV > > To the best of my knowledge no other cancers have yet been studied to see > if > this relationship between high carbohydrate diet with corresponding high > insulin > levels causes increasing cancer deaths holds up for other cancers as well. > My guess is this is likely to turn out to be just as dangerous for these > cancers > as it is for prostate cancer. > > images/Free-Alerts > > The fasting insulin blood test is probably the most important blood test > that is rarely utilized by U.S. health care providers. Insist on obtaining > this > test at least once a year. Early discovery of high insulin values enables > the pre Type 2 diabetic to institute restriction of sugar and fat which > will > reverse the impending diabetic state in 90 % of persons. This will permit > these individuals to avoid the ravages of long term hyperinsulinemia > (premature > aging and death). > > Footnotes: > > #_ftnref1 > 1, Ottoboni F. Ottoboni A. Ascorbic acid and the immune system. The > Journal > of Orthomolecular Medicine 2005;20(3):179-183 > #_ftnref2 > 2, Hyperinsulinemia: a prospective Risk Factor for Lethal Clinical > Prostate > Cancer Eur J. Cancer, 2005 Dec; 41(18):2887-95 EPub 2005,October 20.44412 > (5/2006); > #_ftnref3 > 3, Grant WB Reassessing the role of sugar in the etiology of heart > disease. > J Orthomolecular Med 1998;13(2): 95-104 > #_ftnref4 > 4, LS et al Vitamin B6 and immune competence Nutrition Reviews 1993;51, > 8:217-25 > #_ftnref5 > 5, Rimm EB et al Folate and vitamin B6 from diet and supplements in > relation > to the risk of coronary heart disease among women Journal American Medical > Assoc 1998; 279:5:359-364 > #_ftnref6 > 6, Maksymowych AB et all Efficacy of Pyridoxal treatment in controlling > the > growth of melanomas in cell cultures and an animal pilot study. Anticancer > Research > 1993; 13: 1925-1938 > #_ftnref7 > 7, Ornish, Dean et al J. Urol.. 2005; 174(3) 1065-9 > #_ftnref8 > 8, Howenstine, A. A Physicians Guide To Natural Health Products That > Work 2002 pg. 100-04 Penhurst Books Miami, Fl. > #_ftnref9 > 9, > Global/story > Rowen, M.D. Second Opinion Vol XVI No. 11 November pg 1-3. > > © 2006 Dr. Howenstine - All Rights Reserved > > Sign Up For Free E-Mail Alerts > > E-Mails are used strictly for NWVs alerts, not for sale > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Dr. A. Howenstine is a board certified specialist in internal > medicine > who cared for office and hospital patients for 34 years. Four years of > research > into natural health convinced him that natural products are safer, more > effective and generally less expensive than pharmaceutical drugs. This > research > culminated in writing the book A Physician's Guide To Natural Health > Products That Work (328 pages) $17.95. > > This book and recommended products can be obtained from > www.naturalheathteam.com > and by phoning 1-. Dr. Howenstine can be reached at > dr.jimhow@... and by writing Dr. Howenstine C/O Remarsa USA SB > 37, P.O. Box > 25292, Miami, Fl. 33102-5292. > > E-Mail: > dr.jimhow@... > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Home > > Glucose and ascorbic acid are constantly competing for insulin transport > so > diets high in sugar and carbohydrates will decrease the amount of ascorbic > acid that enters cells and thus create undesirable effects on the immune > response. > > images/Seeds-of-Deception120 > > images/sweet_misery_120 > > images/dv_cd_banner_5_120x225 > > images/death-by-modern-medicine120 > > images/Future%20of%20food120A > > images/Eldorado%20Gold%20NWV%20banner%20468x60 > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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