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" James D. Bowen, MD "

Sat, 1 Nov 2003 11:41:50 -0800 (PST)

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Tagatose and Diabetes

 

A sugar called tagatose is one of the next things that

will be appearing on the horizon for products labeled

under the pseudo hygienic appellations of “light”,

“lite”, “low calorie”, “SUGAR FREE”, “SUGARLESS”, “low

fat”, “low sodium,” “etc.” The only true hygienic

starting point, in this day and age of universal

deceit, if you want good foods that are optimum for

you your health, is:” Start with fruit, grains, nuts,

and vegetables simply and wholesomely prepared FROM

SCRATCH at home.

 

When you look tagatose’s opening list of uses, the

deceit is already apparent. Tagatose is a sugar

naturally found in small amounts in milk. The initial

FDA proposal states the use of fungal enzymes in the

preparation of this product, in its manufacture from

lactose. The recent history of FDA regulation is such,

that once an industry gets it nose in the door via the

initial go ahead, it runs wild in its future

applications of that approval in an entirely unbridled

manner. The initial use of stannous fluoride to get

“fluoride” into toothpaste is an example. It was

subsequently replaced with sodium fluoride in

unacceptably high doses, which is just rat poison! It

is also a mitochondrial poison which makes fluoride

just deadly for diabetics! The only true resolution of

this poison’s presence in our future is to take it off

the market, and out of our water supplies, because it

seriously worsens bone and teeth problems instead of

helping them any way. The fungal enzymes proposed for

the manufacture of tagatose , are in their own right,

hazardous to any who may have fungal based

allergies/hypersensitivities, which is almost

everyone! We are not assured that these enzymes are

not from genetically engineered organisms, which they

likely are.

A quick scan of the literature reveals that numerous

processes for using other, genetically engineered

organisms to produce tagatose, are already proposed

and patented!

 

The tagatose molecule is a fructose molecule which has

a hydroxyl group, and a hydrogen atom in reversed

position on the carbon chain at the fourth carbon atom

from the end of the chain. The sought after effect of

this reversal is that the active transport of the

tagatose through the wall of the small intestine is

blocked. However, about twenty percent of the tagatose

is absorbed through the wall of the stomach, which is

a passive absorption. In times of delayed stomach

emptying, such as occurs when stomach emptying is

physiologically delayed by the pyloric valve at the

end of the stomach in response to high blood sugars,

the tagatose will be absorbed through the stomach wall

in increased amounts, making its low calorie effect

for diabetics much less of a reality. Sucrose, regular

old table sugar, (commonly from sugar cane, or sugar

beets), offers greater benefits to diabetics without

the hazards afforded by tagatose, and sucrose is not

passively absorbed through the stomach wall because

it is a disaccharide.

 

One of the benefits for which tagatose is to be

foisted off on diabetics is that it will lower the

“glycemic index” of a given amount of glucose in the

diet. This is because that portion of it which is

absorbed metabolizes very similarly to fructose. A mix

of glucose and fructose causes a lesser elevation of

blood glucose levels than the same amount of glucose

alone. Yes, (AND, This is a point I have been trying

to make, and which I have been trying to get across to

the medical profession for thirty years, AND which

many diabetics have figured out for themselves for

many more years.) the two sugars (glucose, and

fructose) together in diabetics cause lower blood

sugar levels than the same amount of glucose alone!

Yes double the sugar in this manner, and you get far

superior results in the diabetic! Yes, SUGAR, (regular

old table sugar) is good for diabetics. Sucrose is one

molecule of glucose and one molecule of fructose

linked together as a disaccharide, which is not

directly absorbed through the stomach wall, and thus

is subject to pyloric control, which fructose,

glucose, and tagatose are not. Sucrose is thus the

preferred, and superior sugar for diabetics! The

others are not! Sucrose, is of course empty calories,

as are the all the other refined simple sugars, so

both the diabetic, and non diabetic alike should use

all of them judiciously, and only as part of a well

balanced diet.

 

In the dietetic treatment of Diabetes, sugars other

than glucose or carbohydrates that break down into

glucose, which requires insulin to transport it across

cell walls, are often called, “alternate sugars”

because they can get into the cells even though the

insulin is tied up by auto antibodies, or is otherwise

unavailable for this essential transport. This lets

them serve as fuel for the mitochondria to manufacture

ATP. ATP provides energy to the body, and in turn

burns body fats as fuel. “Fats burn in the flame of

Carbohydrates.” This normalization of the metabolism

by “alternate sugars” is very helpful to diabetics.

With the need for sugar’s ATP met, the blood sugar

levels drop because the body is no longer in a

metabolic crisis where it breaks down it proteins to

form more glucose. This unfortunate situation is

called gluconeogenesis.

 

The proposed uses of tagatose are as a beneficial

“alternate sugar” for diabetics because of the above

mentioned improvement in “glycemic index”, and as a

reduced calorie sugar because of its lessened

digestive absorption, and as a flavor enhancer to be

used with other low calorie artificial sweeteners.

Only the absorbed portion of tagatose offers any

benefit to diabetics, which is less than the benefit

of a similar intake of sucrose because tagatose has so

many accompanying problems for the diabetic, and non

diabetic alike. Other, more complex carbohydrates and

sugars such as inulin offer greater benefits because

they can be ingested in their naturally occurring

forms, which are not empty calories, as are all

refined sugars and starches. These alternate, and

unrefined sugars and carbohydrates do not have the

extreme digestive upsets accompanying their use that

those amounts of tagatose, which will realistically be

ingested to gain the sought after goals do.

 

The information available clearly points to sucrose as

superior in all these roles. Even the lowest effective

doses of tagatose metabolically increase the

production of uric acid, and thus produce

hyperuricemia, (elevated levels of uric acid in the

blood stream). Those wishing to sell tagatose to us

blandly assure us its use will not aggravate or

produce gout. I am waiting with great skepticism to

see that become a reality! Moreover, with regards to

this and the other mentioned side effects, they are

basing their benign forecasts on a projected

consumption of 6 grams per person per person per DAY,

while their proposed uses reveal that even minimal

dosages for the proposed uses, will lead to dosing the

user with 75 plus grams per MEAL, for each proposed

USE! Aspartame is a poison which has no legitimate

commercial use, and tagatose is proposed to be used to

make it and other artificial sweetener combinations

more palatable. 6 grams per day would have no such

effect.

 

The only realistic answer to the Aspartame problem is

to get Aspartame off the market, the public back to

the healthy dietary outlook initially proposed, and

mentally freed from all of the dietary “Kicks” which

the foods chemical industry is proposing to push their

unwholesome nostrums. Every proposed use for tagatose

is flawed from its very inception, specifically

damaging, and hazardous, when already well known

scientific bases for relating to diabetes are

scrutinized.

 

Hyperuricemia is an unhealthy, and unacceptable result

from ingesting tagatose: For everyone. It is an

especially hazardous perspective with regards to

diabetes because hyperuricemia is damaging to the

pancreas as well as implicated in creating many other

body organ damages, and Disease states. So why “screw

around” with the many “kicks” the pharmaceuticals and

food chemicals industries would get us off unto to

entice us to use their unwholesome and dangerous

nostrums. When you want sugar, use sugar in

appropriate amounts. This is the healthiest way to

live. The catch phrases previously mentioned, are only

used to get you to take dangerous chemicals, such as

tagatose, and Aspartame into your body, while you are

misled to believe that you are thereby doing something

hygienic, and beneficial, while just the opposite is,

in truth, the case.

 

A clearer understanding of the diabetic condition will

lead to the selection of the correct options for

treating diabetes. Diabetes is not “too much sugar”,

nor a condition best appreciated as “high blood sugar

levels”. The best, safest, and most practical

conception of the diabetic condition is: that it is a

combination of genetic, immune, and mitochondrial

damage which leads to a deficiency of carbohydrate

metabolism, and a deficiency of the mitochondrial

production of ATP (adenosine tri phosphate). This

causes the neuro endocrine system to respond by

elaborating a hormonal response designed to break down

proteins into glucose to satisfy the perceived need

for more sugar. Sugar is used less efficiently in the

diabetic. Some is even wasted in the urine. So

diabetics need relatively more sugar. The sugar

metabolism needs to be augmented by the use of a high

carbohydrate diet. Specific strategies to augment the

sugar metabolism are also necessary.

 

1. Insulin and/ or other medications such as

sulfonylureas must be used to augment the sugar

metabolism. The true goal being to produce normal

mitochondrial production of ATP from carbohydrate

metabolism.

2. The dietary use of carbohydrate sources which

provide sugars such as fructose, and inulin which do

not require insulin to carry them into the cell is

helpful.

3. Sucrose which provides an optimum mixture:1:1 of

glucose and fructose is helpful.

4. Inulin, (not be confused with insulin), is a

polysaccharide chain of fructose molecules with

sucrose molecules on the ends of the chains, which the

body breaks down to provide this optimum mix of

glucose and fructose. Inulin is obtained from the

roots of artichokes, burdock, butterbur, carline and

other thistles, chicory, comfrey, dandelion,

echinacea, elecampane, and salsifies. The plants and

flowers of artichokes also contain inulin.

5. Some species of cactus pads provide mucilage rich

in sugars which the Indians stated “cured Diabetes”.

These, and other complex carbohydrates, generally

called “alternate sugars” are known to be helpful to

diabetics because they provide carbohydrate metabolism

but do not require insulin, Or: have a low glycemic

index. Once this area of dietetic hygiene becomes more

widely understood, and appreciated it should offer a

greater knowledge of these, their sources, and their

beneficial results for diabetics.

6. Avoid anything that starves you of carbohydrates or

blocks their absorption, and/or metabolism. That just

makes the carbohydrate metabolism poorer, and the

carbohydrate starvation worse, which damages your

health and quality of life in many ways.

7. Avoid all low calorie and low carbohydrate

sweeteners. Almost all are dangerous or worse, and you

in fact need a diet rich in wholesome unrefined

carbohydrates.

8. Avoid newer antidiabetic agents. The sulphonylureas

have been known for over forty years to help the

mitochondrial component of the diabetic deficiency.

This is of enormous importance, and makes combined

therapy with SUs and Insulin far superior to insulin

alone.

9. Eat the same well-balanced high unrefined

carbohydrate diet that any person should to have

optimum health. Supplement it by using plants high in

“alternate sugars”.

10. Use supplements that help the diabetic condition.

Chromium picinolate, As FDA approved, is a deadly

excito toxin that will worsen your condition. Niacin

bound chromium, or chromium nicotinate is very

beneficial, and not dangerous. You will have to try

the various supplements out on the market until you

find the right ones for you.

11. Set very realistic goals for blood sugar control

i.e: fasting BS of 120, a 2hr pp of 140. The mild

elevations of blood sugar serve as a metabolic buffer,

and keep you away from hypoglycemia.

12. Avoid Preservatives: Benzoates and Sorbates are

the worst! Sorbitol is NOT an Alternate Sugar of

benefit. Sorbitol is so toxic that it breaks down the

blood cells if it is put into a tube of blood! If

“sorb” is any part of a food ingredient, don’t use it.

I.e. Polysorbate, sorbital, Sorbate, sorbic etc., etc.

Read carefully. You will find these in many foods.

Choose another brand without them.

 

 

 

The newer anti diabetic agents do not have the

advantages offered by the sulphonylureas. Their only

advantage is to the pharmaceutical manufacturers who

sell them at high prices.

Metformin, (Glucophage), is a toxic metabolic blocker

of glucose. It will only make you and your condition

worse. Some of the newer meds on the market

incorporate it, and some also have ASPARTAME added to

their capsules as fillers. Rosiglitazone and its

analogs will only bring on the autoimmune destruction

of your pancreas, and the rest of you as well.

 

There are three sulphonylureas that I prefer:

Tolazamide, glipizide, and glyburide, in that order.

The sulphonylureas, by helping to both put glucose

into the cell, and help improve mitochondrial function

are a blessing you should not miss, even if you need

insulin. One practical aspect of this blessing is that

keeping the ATP up in this manner allows your blood

glucose to dip much lower without hypoglycemia

symptoms. Tolazamide is by far the weakest of these in

terms of blood sugar lowering, but by far the

strongest in terms of mitochondrial facilitation. (It

is also far out of patent and very cheap too!) I find,

for example, that when I have tolazamide on board, my

blood sugars may drop to 40 before I feel symptoms of

hypoglycemia. This is because, that even at these low

blood sugar levels, it pumps the mitochondria right on

along to make the ATP in sufficient quantity to meet

the brain’s needs! I obviously don’t recommend trying

to get blood sugars even down to twice that level on

purpose! For wider and more in depth details check out

www.bowendrjim.com, www.dorway.com, and

www.holisticmed.com.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Dr Jim Bowen

 

 

Splenda is not splendid!

 

In a simple word you would just as soon have DDT in

your food as Splenda, because sucralose is a

chlorocarbon. The chlorocarbons have long been famous

for causing organ, genetic, and reproductive damage.

It should be no surprise, therefore, that the testing

of sucralose, even at less than the level demanded by

FDA rules, reveals that it has been shown to cause up

to 40%shrinkage of the thymus: A gland that is the

very foundation of our immune system. It also causes

swelling of the liver and kidneys, and CALCIFICATION

of the kidney.

 

Lying and deceit on the artificial sweetener issue has

been the FDA’s Modus Operandi ever since Donald

Rummsfeld broke everything decent in the US government

to put Aspartame on the market as a “contract on

humanity”. It has no commercial purpose other than a

contract on humanity. Either they have done but little

testing of sucralose, or they are so afraid of what

the public would think of sucralose, and the

government if the public but knew what was going on,

that they will not tell us! BECAUSE: we have been told

nothing about the extensive studies which would have

to have been done if very reasonable, and

scientifically sound FDA rules had been followed.

 

Such study results as have been made known, catches

the company in great big whopper lies! When questioned

about the Thymus shrinkage which would disqualify

sucralose forever, by the FDA’s own rules, the company

merely said. “Well the rats wouldn’t eat the food with

sucralose in it, so the thymus lost weight from

starvation.” The FDA allowed that explanation even

though it was an admission that the rats hadn’t

ingested the required amount of sucralose, but had

demonstrated immense damage anyway! In fact, if

research animals won’t voluntarily eat the required

dose of experimental substance it can be given by

gastric gavage, which is a common and well-known

research method. Moreover, the rats so fed were only

7-20% underweight Vs the average for the control

group. Rats who are severely starved to create a 30%

weight loss, only shrink their thymus by an average of

7%. The net conclusion from all this is, that both the

thymus shrinkage and the growth retardation caused by

sucralose were enough to in each case disqualify

sucralose from the marketplace.

 

All of these KNOWN findings only pointed out that the

testing was so flawed that it could never be used as a

basis for approval on one hand, and that the effects

which were detected anyway were so severe that

sucralose should never be allowed into the human body.

It should be classified right along with DDT, and

dioxin as illegal to even release into the environment

much less put into your body!

 

The company blandly and heinously denied that

sucralose is a chlorocarbon. They stated that it was

merely a salt, like sodium chloride! That whopper

wouldn’t even get past a sophomore chemistry student.

Facts, and concern for human welfare are obviously

irrelevant in our Bush dominated government, and the

Rummsfeld dominated media.

What their incredulously lying statements about what

sucralose is, did bring to mind though, is that it

flies in the face of what its known breakdown product

, 1, 6, dichloro . fructose, is: Another highly toxic

chlorocarbon. They admittedly did not do toxicity

studies on it, as FDA rules require, or perhaps the

findings were so dangerous that they felt it better to

confess to the “minor omission”, of not even complying

with the law and doing the required studies!

They further tried to side step the toxicity issue by

saying “Sucralose is not even absorbed from the

digestive tract anyway, because it is after all, a

chlorocarbon.”:

Another bold faced lie. Chlorocarbons are

significantly absorbed from the digestive tract and

sucralose is no exception! It is significantly

absorbed from the GI tract. Of course, at that point

their lies had compounded and contradicted themselves.

 

What you need to know about sucralose is that it is of

a class of compounds which places it amongst some of

the most dangerous chemicals on earth. The known

studies, and science verify this fact. Lies and

dissimulations, which have been totally, and

inexcusably left unchecked by the FDA, point to gross

governmental/corporate corruption, and massive cover

up and peril. They say “Oh, It’s just made from sugar,

what could be more natural and harmless.”

 

Sincerely, Dr Jim Bowen

 

 

 

 

 

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