Re: Re: Corn (was Early Morning Waking)

[Guest guest]

My understanding, too. Bringing the corn name for all grains over (which I

didn't know) to replace maize adds to the confusion as New World indigenous

grains, corn, quinoa and amaranth are different in one respect. They're all

gluten free. One of the main purposes of hybridizing grains is to increase

the starch content so they will keep for a longer period of winter storage.

Glycemic index would go up and gluten too. Pre Columbus maize seed was not

hybridized. , think you mentioned the Pima, U.S. Pima have extremely

high diabetes in relation to the Mexico Pima. This article is a different

perspective than most Do High Glycemic Foods Cause Obesity and Diabetes?

http://www.foodandhealth.com/cpecourses/giobesity.php The Mexico Pima still

eat corn tortillas made from their indigenous seed. U.S. Pima eat mostly

government surplus SAD food. Highly suspect gluten intolerance to be a major

issue as all gluten grains were brought to the New World. Article uses

potato another indigenous food for the example.

Wanita

> Uh, corn as in maize is a " new world " crop. (Corn, potatoes, peppers,

> tomatoes, and chocolate were unknown in Europe before Columbus) But the

> " word " corn was used in the old world to refer to any grain.

>

> Carol K

>

> >Message: 4

> > Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 12:55:24 -0600

> > From: " " <mhysmith@...>

> >Subject: RE: Re: Early Morning Waking

> >

> >Tracking back, diabetes was first identified around the time of the

> >introduction of maize (corn) into the human diet. Galen actually named

it

> >who would be the one I would pursue reading if interested in old cultures

> >and their health problems as he wrote " the book " that was used as law in

> >medicine for about 1000 years. He taught Hippocrates. If I remember

> >correctly, Egytians were into maize.

> >

> >Does that mean corn causes diabetes? Not exactly - corn causes high

> >glucose/insulin levels because of the type of carbs (i.e. sugars). The

> >Irish's high rates of diabetes are linked to their preference for

potatoes

> >which cause the same high glucose/high insulin levels. Modern bread

because

> >of its refining processes, also causes the same high production of

insulin.

> >Insulin is about glucose - insulin problems are about glucose which is

all

> >about sugar which is all about carbohydrates. But as has pointed

out,

> >not all carbs are exactly equal (in the form of simple sugars) and affect

> >insulin exactly the same.

> >

> >The epidemic of diabetes is because the American diet has taken the worst

> >all the way around - refined sugar, potatoes, and corn. Yea,

Macs.

> >

> >High carb and high fat consumption at the same time sends triglyceride

> >levels off the charts. That is sufficiently documented which is why I

> >question the suggestions of combining the two on the reasoning that

insulin

> >production will be minimized.

>