White flour poisonous

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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

alloxanto 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 alloxanto

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.

White flour contains diabetes-causing contaminant alloxan.

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.

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. 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.

If 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 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.

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