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Sugar: Why it is Toxic to the Body

Excerpts from: " Why Sugar is Toxic to the Body "

In 1957, Dr Coda tried to answer the question: When is

a food a food and when is it a poison? His working definition

of " poison " was:

Ÿ " Medically: Any substance applied to the body, ingested or

developed within the body, which causes or may cause disease.

Ÿ Physically: Any substance which inhibits the activity of a

catalyst which is a minor substance, chemical or enzyme that

activates a reaction. " 1

Ÿ The dictionary gives an even broader definition

for " poison " : " to exert a harmful influence on, or to pervert " .

Dr classified refined sugar as a poison because it has been

depleted of its life forces, vitamins and minerals. " What is left

consists of pure, refined carbohydrates. The body cannot utilize this

refined starch and carbohydrate unless the depleted proteins,

vitamins and minerals are present. Nature supplies these elements in

each plant in quantities sufficient to metabolize the carbohydrate in

that particular plant.

Incomplete carbohydrate metabolism results in the formation of 'toxic

metabolite' such as pyruvic acid and abnormal sugars containing five

carbon atoms. Pyruvic acid accumulates in the brain and nervous

system and the abnormal sugars in the red blood cells. These toxic

metabolites interfere with the respiration of the cells. They cannot

get sufficient oxygen to survive and function normally. In time, some

of the cells die. This interferes with the function of every part of

the body and is the beginning of degenerative disease.

Refined sugar is lethal when ingested by humans because it provides

only that which nutritionists describe as " empty " or " naked "

calories. It lacks the natural minerals which are present in the

sugar beet or cane. In addition, sugar is worse than nothing because

it drains and leaches the body of precious vitamins and minerals

through the demand its digestion, detoxification and elimination make

upon one's entire system.

So essential is balance to our bodies that we have many ways to

provide against the sudden shock of a heavy intake of sugar. Minerals

such as sodium (from salt), potassium and magnesium (from

vegetables), and calcium (from the bones) are mobilized and used in

chemical transmutation.

Excess sugar eventually affects every organ in the body. Initially,

it is stored in the liver in the form of glucose (glycogen). Since

the liver's capacity is limited, a daily intake of refined sugar

(above the required amount of natural sugar) soon makes the liver

expand like a balloon. When the liver is filled to its maximum

capacity, the excess glycogen is returned to the blood, which is

taken to every part of the body and stored in the most inactive

areas: the belly, the buttocks, the breasts and the thighs, as body

fat.

The parasympathetic nervous system is affected; and organs governed

by it, such as the small brain, become inactive or paralyzed. (Normal

brain function is rarely thought of as being as biologic as

digestion.)

The circulatory and lymphatic systems are invaded, and the quality of

the red corpuscles starts to change. An overabundance of white cells

occurs, and the creation of tissue becomes slower. Our body's

tolerance and immunizing power becomes more limited.

Excessive sugar has a strong mal-effect on the functioning of the

brain. The key to orderly brain function is glutamic acid, a vital

compound found in many vegetables. The B vitamins play a major role

in dividing glutamic acid into antagonistic-complementary compounds

which produce a " proceed " or " control " response in the brain. B

vitamins are also manufactured by symbiotic bacteria which live in

our intestines. When refined sugar is taken daily, these bacteria

wither and die, and our stock of B vitamins gets very low. Too much

sugar makes one sleepy; our ability to calculate and remember is

lost.

Sugar: Harmful to Humans and Animals

Shipwrecked sailors who ate and drank nothing but sugar and rum for

nine days surely went through some of this trauma; the tales they had

to tell created a big public relations problem for the sugar pushers.

This incident occurred when a vessel carrying a cargo of sugar was

shipwrecked in 1793. The five surviving sailors were finally rescued

after being marooned for nine days. They were in a wasted condition

due to starvation, having consumed nothing but sugar and rum.

The eminent French physiologist F. Magendie was inspired by that

incident to conduct a series of experiments with animals, the results

of which he published in 1816. In the experiments, he fed dogs a diet

of sugar or olive oil and water. All the dogs wasted and died.

The shipwrecked sailors and the French physiologist's experimental

dogs proved the same point. As a steady diet, sugar is worse than

nothing. Plain water can keep you alive for quite some time. Sugar

and water can kill you. Humans [and animals] are " unable to subsist

on a diet of sugar " .4

The dead dogs in Professor Magendie's laboratory alerted the sugar

industry to the hazards of free scientific inquiry. From that day to

this, the sugar industry has invested millions of dollars in behind-

the-scenes, subsidized science. The best scientific names that money

could buy have been hired, in the hope that they could one day come

up with something at least pseudoscientific in the way of glad

tidings about sugar.

It has been proved, however, that (1) sugar is a major factor in

dental decay; (2) sugar in a person's diet does cause overweight; (3)

removal of sugar from diets has cured symptoms of crippling,

worldwide diseases such as diabetes, cancer and heart illnesses.

Sir Frederick Banting, the co-discoverer of insulin, noticed in 1929

in Panama that, among sugar plantation owners who ate large amounts

of their refined stuff, diabetes was common. Among native cane-

cutters, who only got to chew the raw cane, he saw no diabetes.

People have been bamboozled into thinking of their bodies the way

they think of their cheque accounts. If they suspect they have low

blood sugar, they are programmed to snack on vending machine candies

and sodas in order to raise their blood sugar level. Actually, this

is the worst thing to do. The level of glucose in their blood is apt

to be low because they are addicted to sucrose. People who kick

sucrose addiction and stay off sucrose find that the glucose level of

their blood returns to normal and stays there.

Since the late 1960s, millions of Americans have returned to natural

food. A new type of store, the natural food store, has encouraged

many to become dropouts from the supermarket. Natural food can be

instrumental in restoring health. Many people, therefore, have come

to equate the word " natural " with " healthy " . So the sugar pushers

have begun to pervert the word " natural " in order to mislead the

public.

" Made from natural ingredients " , the television sugar-pushers tell us

about product after product. The word " from " is not accented on

television. It should be. Even refined sugar is " made from " natural

ingredients. There is nothing new about that. The natural ingredients

are cane and beets. But that four-letter word " from " hardly suggests

that 90 per cent of the cane and beet have been removed.

Heroin, too, could be advertised as being made from natural

ingredients. The opium poppy is as natural as the sugar beet. It's

what man does with it that tells the story.

Sugar of all kinds, even natural sugars such as those in honey and

fruit (fructose), as well as the refined white stuff (sucrose),

arrests the secretion of gastric juices and have an inhibiting effect

on the stomach's natural ability to move.

The " quick " energy claim the sugar pushers talk about, which drives

reluctant doughboys over the top and drives children up the wall, is

based on the fact that refined sucrose is not digested in the mouth

or the stomach but passes directly to the lower intestines and thence

to the bloodstream. The extra speed with which sucrose enters the

bloodstream does more harm than good.

Extracted from Nexus Magazine, Volume 7, Number 1

(December 1999 - January 2000). PO Box 30, Mapleton Qld 4560

Australia. editor@...

Telephone: +61 (0)7 5442 9280; Fax: +61 (0)7 5442 9381

From our web page at: www.nexusmagazine.com

Anne Kaspar

Health and Wellness Consultant

www.bodybybliss.com