Danger of Processed Sugars & Pasteurized Juice

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Processed Sugars & Refined Juices

JoAnn Guest

Jan 09, 2004 18:11 PST

 

Dangers of Processed Sugars

 

http://www.unhinderedliving.com/sugardanger.html

 

 

As I was researching this article, I surfed the web and was

surprised

to find that the majority of the websites that mention sugar say

that

it is fine to eat in moderation.

 

Most of them say that your body turns all food to glucose regardless

of the kind of food eaten, so whether you eat sugar, vegetables, or

steak is irrelevant.

 

I was shocked that the health care professionals who wrote these

pages

could be so short-sighted.

 

 

First of all, it is true that your body converts all foods to

glucose. However, there is an important difference between sugar and

those other foods.....

 

meat, fruits, and vegetables

 

all have 'vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and amino acids'.

 

Sugar has none of those things to 'assist' in its digestion,

assimilation, and absorption.

 

 

As a result, metabolizing 'refined' sugar puts the body at a severe

nutritional disadvantage.

 

 

 

Here are some studies that have been done on sugar and its effects.

 

I don't know how those health care professionals can say that sugar

is ok after reading these studies.

 

This is information that has been around for some time,

too, and

should be well known.

 

 

 

First of all, in 1973 the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

published a study by A. Sanchez et al,

 

" Role of sugars in human neutrophilic phagocytosis " ,

November, 1180-1184,

 

showing that ingesting 100 grams of " simple sugar "

 

lowers *white blood cell* activity for at least five hours.

 

 

He got this result using " processed honey " , " refined table sugar " ,

and " pasteurized orange juice " .

 

 

 

Lowered white blood cell activity means your *immune system* and

it's ability to " fight infection " , is 'impaired'.

 

 

 

The general public believes that the orange juice they buy at the

store is healthy..

 

however, once the fresh squeezed juice has been " pasteurized " ,

 

it no longer has any " live enzymes " ,

 

and the vitamin and mineral content has been 'greatly' reduced.

 

 

 

In essence, the 'processing' of the juice renders it the same as

refined white sugar,

 

because it does not contain the lifegiving substances which help the

natural sugar to be " metabolized " .

 

 

 

Honey would give the same result *unless* it is " raw, UNHEATED

honey " .

 

 

This means that in the processing of the honey, the temperature

cannot exceed 96 degrees fahrenheit,

 

or the live 'enzymes' in the honey will be destroyed as well.

 

 

 

Since most people do not drink fresh squeezed orange juice, or go to

 

the trouble to make sure their honey is unheated during processing,

 

they are feeding their bodies 'pure sugar'

 

without knowing it.

 

 

 

Now think about the amount of sugars that the average person gets in

their daily diet.....it's no wonder that so many people are sick

these days.

 

Their " immune systems " are constantly operating below their optimum

levels.

 

Again, in 1976 a study was published in the journal Dental Survey.

In this study, J.R. Ringsdorf found that drinking 24 ounces of cola

depressed

the 'activity' of a kind of white blood cell called a " neutrophil "

that 'eats' bacteria.

 

He found that this reduction in activity lasted for at least five

hours.

 

Another good study was in 1977 by J. Bernstein et called " Depression

of lymphocyte transformation following oral glucose ingestion " ,

=American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Volume 30, page 613.

 

 

 

In 1991, T.W. Jones et al. published an article called Independent

effects of youth and poor diabetes control on responses to

hypoglycemia in children.

 

It was published in Diabetes, Volume 40, pages 358-63.

 

These researchers found that sugar increases " adrenalin " , a

stimulating

'hormone' secreted by the " adrenal " glands.

 

It was also found that this 'adrenalin' increase was far

more 'pronounced' in children than in adults,

 

which might account for why children often have 'hyperactivity'

problems when their diet contains refined sugars.

 

 

 

When sugar is constantly in the diet, the pancreas must constantly

produce insulin. When sugar is continually overused, the pancreas

 

eventually wears out and is no longer able to clear sugar from the

 

blood, and diabetes is often the result.

 

This tendency toward diabetes rises severely after menopause.

 

 

 

Sugar also increases the 'urinary output' of essential vitamins and

 

minerals.

 

According to L. K. Massey in Acute effects of dietary

 

caffeine and sucrose on urinary mineral excretion in healthy

 

adolescents Nutr. Res 8(9): 1988, calcium

'loss' through the urine 'doubles' when a soft drink containing

sugar is consumed. Cola drinks

containing both caffeine and sugar caused the greatest calcium

and " bone loss " in these subjects.

 

White, refined sugar and 'sucralose' are both bleached

with " Chlorine Bleach " , a substance that many people are sensitive

to.

 

Chlorine, when it combines with organic compounds, converts

to 'Dioxin', a " lethal " chemical.

 

No one should ever consume any substances that have been exposed

to 'chlorine' or chlorine bleach,

 

nor use paper products that have been bleached.

 

 

 

Some of the other effects of sugar on the body are:

 

*Increases overgrowth of candida yeast organism

*Increases chronic fatigue

*Can trigger binge eating in those with bulima

*Increases PMS symptoms

*Increases hyperactivity in about 50% of children

*Increases tooth decay

*Increases anxiety and irritability

*Can increase or intensify symptoms of anxiety and panic in

susceptible women

*Can make it difficult to lose weight because of constantly high

insulin levels, which causes the body to store excess carbs

as fat.

 

Sugar is easily replaced in the diet by an herb called stevia.

 

The whole herb or the liquid or powdered extract can be used. This

herb is 200 times more sweet than sugar, but it has NO CALORIES, and

does NOT raise blood sugar.

 

It was introduced to Europe by the Spanish

Conquistidors in the 16th century, and was used extensively in

Europe

for decades with no known side effects, before it was outlawed by

the EU. It has been used for hundreds of years in Brazil. It is a

truly

natural dietary supplement. It can be used in hot or cold foods, and

can be cooked with. It has no aftertaste, and is non-carcinogenic.

 

It is a lifesaver for diabetics, for it helps regulate blood sugar.

 

I hope you will choose to increase your family's level of health by

not using sugar, and not supporting the sugar industry by buying

sugar or products containing sugar.

 

 

 

Note: Some useful information regarding processed fruits juices and

the way they are made....additives, etc.

 

 

Processed fruit juice:

 

One of the most interesting examples of an animal by-product showing

up in an unassuming food is

 

'cochineal extract' in fruit juice.

 

 

 

'Cochineal extract', or carmine, is a red 'dye' that is used in

everything

 

from candy to juice to lipstick and is 'made' from the female

cochineal *beetles* that feed on red cactus berries.

 

While the males usually escape the fate of becoming red dye because

they have wings and can make an easy exit, the females are not so

lucky.

 

Born without wings, they are easily collected when the cactus is

scraped clean. After they are collected, the female beetles meet

their death in boiling water,

and their corpses are laid out in the sun to dry before they are

crushed into a powder,

 

which is subsequently used for dying purposes.

 

 

 

It takes nearly 70,000 of these little bugs to make one-pound of

'cochineal', but the average human only consumes one to two drops of

it in a given year.

 

 

 

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, in its

" Guide to Food Additives " ,

 

makes the following recommendation in regards to cochineal

extract:

 

" These colorings have caused allergic reactions that range from

hives

to life-threatening 'anaphylactic' shock.

 

It is not known how many people suffer from this allergy.

 

 

 

 

The Food and Drug Administration should ban 'cochineal extract' and

 

carmine or, at the very least,

 

require that they be identified clearly on food labels so that

people could avoid them...

 

A label statement should also disclose that carmine is extracted

from

dried insects so that vegetarians

and others who want to avoid animal products could do so. "

 

 

Sounds like a righteous crusade, but it may be an unnecessary one.

When

I went to the local grocery,

 

I found that such juices as Tropicana Orange-Strawberry with Calcium

 

contain cochineal extract and clearly list it as an ingredient on

the label.

 

 

Shouldn't this be sufficient?

 

While the label doesn't specifically note that it is derived from

 

beetles, vegans are likely educated enough to know the origin of

this additive.

 

As for the idea of banning it simply because there have been cases

of

allergic reactions: if we use this logic, we should ban peanuts as

well.

 

At some point, we need to stop blaming the food producers and take

some

personal responsibility.

 

Instead of demanding the ban of cochineal extract's use,

 

if I were a vegan, I would make an effort to know the substance's

 

origin and choose not to drink the juice.

 

 

 

Surely that would be morally superior to imposing my dietary

 

restrictions on the entire populace through a ban.

 

 

 

And instead of suing McDonald's for fry injustice, I would never

have

frequented the establishment to begin with.

 

Some lifestyle choices demand a thorough knowledge of food and big

dose of personal responsibility for one's consumption choices. And

if

there's any doubt, don't eat out.

 

Karen L. Schneider is a research intern at the American Council on

Science and Health.

 

 

 

http://healthfactsandfears.com/high_priorities/safe/2002/bugs071202.h

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Homogenization

 

Large fat molecules cannot get through the intestinal wall into the

bloodstream. The cream no longer rises... because homogenization

breaks

up those large molecules into small ones that DO get into the

bloodstream!

 

This becomes an expressway for any fat-borne toxins (lead, dioxin's,

etc.) into your (otherwise) most protected organs.

 

 

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