Guest guest Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 Cancer Loves Sugar JoAnn Guest Oct 02, 2004 19:12 PDT Every doctor learned back in medical school all about Otto Warburg's discovery; a discovery of humongous proportions, because way back in the fifties Otto discovered the main biochemical cause of cancer, or what differentiates a cancer cell from a normal, healthy cell. So big a discovery was this, that Otto Warburg was awarded the Nobel Prize. Cancer has only one prime cause. It is the replacement of normal oxygen respiration of the body's cells by an anaerobic [i.e., oxygen-deficient] cell respiration. -Dr. Otto Warburg But what else does Warburg's discovery tell us. First off, it tells us that cancer " metabolizes " much differently than normal cells. Normal cells need oxygen. Cancer cells despise oxygen. In fact, oxygen therapy is a favorite among many of the alternative clinics we've researched. Another thing this tells us is that cancer " metabolizes " through a process of " fermentation " . If you've ever made wine, you'll know that fermentation requires sugar. The " metabolism " of cancer is approximately 8 times greater than the metabolism of normal cells. Okay, so here is what we can put together knowing the above: The body is constantly overworked trying to feed this cancer. The cancer is constantly on the verge of starvation and thus constantly asking the body to 'feed' it. When the food supply is cut off, the cancer begins to starve unless it can make the body " produce " sugar to feed itself. The wasting syndrome, " cachexia " , is the body producing sugar from *proteins* (you heard it right, not from carbohydrates or fats, but from proteins) in a process called " glycogenesis " . This type of sugar feeds cancer. The body finally dies of starvation, trying to " feed " the cancer. Now, knowing that one's cancer needs sugar, does it make sense to feed it sugar? Does it make sense to have a high carbohydrate, simple sugar diet? The reason Food Therapies even exist today (beyond the fact that they work) is because someone once saw the connection between sugar and cancer. There are many food therapies, but not a single one allows many foods high in simple carbohydrates and not a single one allows simple sugars, BECAUSE SUGAR " FEEDS " CANCER. Why doesn't your physician tell you this? Hard to tell. Maybe your doctor feels it is his job to cure your cancer, not yours. Maybe because your doctor learned about Warburg, but never put the rest together, never placed *nutrition* into the equation. Maybe because your physician didn't study nutrition. As late as 1978, the AMA's official position (stated in courts of law) was that " nutrition " had 'nothing' to do with health or disease. However, those who've paid attention to this " sugar craving " cancer theory have come up with some remarkable therapies for cancer. Laetrile is just one. Hydrazine Sulfate, which stops the process of " glycogenesis " in greater than 50% of all patients with 'cachexia' is another. Today, at the University of Minnesota, they are experimenting with a chemotherapy delivered in a " smart bomb. " Here's the scoop: the drug is wrapped in a coating that stays intact as it travels through the body, that is until it reaches a location of " no oxygen " . When it reaches this " no oxygen " location, the coating falls apart releasing the chemotherapy to destroy the cancer, because the only place in your body where there is " no oxygen " is the cancer site. Then there are the food therapies aimed at starving cancer Knowing what cancer loves, the patient avoids them. Cancers also LOVE cooked foods (this is a relatively recent finding) and cancer LOVES sugar (this goes for tumors as well). There is a saying that sugar is to a tumor as gasoline is to a fire. Well said! If you hate your cancer (tumor), then starve it. - Sugar and Cancer - Originally printed by The Alternative Research Foundation It puzzles me why the simple concept " sugar feeds cancer " can be so dramatically overlooked as part of a comprehensive cancer treatment plan. Of the 4 million cancer patients being treated in America today, hardly any are offered any scientifically guided nutrition therapy beyond being told to " just eat good foods. " There is a complete lack of nuritional advice. I believe many cancer patients would have a major improvement in their outcome if they controlled the supply of cancer's preferred fuel, *glucose*. By slowing the cancer's growth, patients allow their immune systems - - to catch up to the disease. Controlling one's " blood-glucose " levels through diet, supplements, exercise, and meditation can be one of the most crucial components to a cancer recovery program. The sound bite -- sugar feeds cancer -- is simple. The explanation is a little more complex. The 1931 Nobel laureate in medicine, German Otto Warburg, Ph.D., first discovered that cancer cells have a fundamentally different energy metabolism compared to healthy cells. The crux of his Nobel thesis was that malignant tumors frequently exhibit an increase in " anaerobic glycolysis " -- a process whereby " glucose " is used as a " fuel " by cancer cells with " lactic acid " as an anaerobic byproduct -- compared to normal tissues. The large amount of lactic acid produced by this fermentation of glucose from cancer cells is then transported to the liver. This conversion of glucose to lactate generates a lower, more acidic pH in cancerous tissues as well as overall physical fatigue from lactic acid buildup. Thus, larger tumors tend to exhibit a more " acidic " pH. This inefficient pathway for energy metabolism yields only 2 moles of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) energy per mole of glucose, compared to 38 moles of ATP in the complete aerobic oxidation of glucose. By extracting only about 5 percent (2 vs. 38 moles of ATP) of the available energy in the food supply and the body's calorie stores, the cancer is " wasting " energy, and the patient becomes tired and under-nurished. This vicious cycle increases body wasting. It is one reason why 40 percent of cancer patients die from " malnutrition " , or cachexia. Hence, cancer therapies should encompass regulating blood-glucose levels via diet, supplements, non-oral solutions for cachectic patients who lose their appetite, medication, exercise, gradual weight loss and stress reduction. Sugar in the Body and Diet Sugar is a generic term used to identify simple carbohydrates, which includes monosaccharides such as fructose, glucose and galactose; and disaccharides such as maltose and sucrose (white table sugar). Obviously, today's high-sugar diets are having unhealthy effects as far as blood-glucose is concerned. Excess blood glucose may initiate yeast overgrowth, blood vessel deterioration, heart disease and other health conditions. Understanding and using the glycemic index is an important aspect of diet modification for cancer patients. However, there is also evidence that sugars may feed cancer more efficiently than starches (comprised of long chains of simple sugars), making the index slightly misleading. A study of rats fed diets with equal calories from sugars and starches, for example, found the animals on the high-sugar diet developed more cases of breast cancer. The glycemic index is a useful tool in guiding the cancer patient toward a healthier diet, but it is not infallible. By using the glycemic index alone, one could be led to thinking a cup of white sugar is healthier than a baked potato. This is because the glycemic index rating of a sugary food may be lower than that of a starchy food. To be safe, I recommend less fruit, more vegetables, and no refined sugars in the diet of cancer patients. What the Literature Says A mouse model of human breast cancer demonstrated that tumors are sensitive to blood-glucose levels. Sixty-eight mice were injected with an aggressive strain of breast cancer, then fed diets to induce either high blood-sugar (hyperglycemia), normoglycemia or low blood-sugar (hypoglycemia). There was a dose-dependent response in which the lower the blood glucose, the greater the survival rate. After 70 days, 8 of 24 hyperglycemic mice survived compared to 16 of 24 normoglycemic and 19 of 20 hypoglycemic. This suggests that eliminating simple sugar is key to slowing breast tumor growth. In a human study, 10 healthy people were assessed for fasting blood-glucose levels and the phagocytic index of " neutrophils " , which measures " immune-cell " ability to envelop and destroy invaders such as cancer. Eating 100 g carbohydrates from glucose, sucrose, honey and orange juice all significantly decreased the capacity of " neutrophils " to engulf bacteria. Starch did not have the same effect. A four-year study at the National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection in the Netherlands compared 111 biliary tract cancer patients with 480 controls. Cancer risk associated with the intake of simple sugars, independent of other energy sources, more than doubled for the cancer patients. Furthermore, an epidemiological study in 21 modern countries that keep track of morbidity and mortality (Europe, North America, Japan and others) revealed that sugar intake is a strong risk factor that contributes to higher breast cancer rates, particularly in older women. Limiting sugar consumption may not be the only line of defense. In fact, an interesting botanical extract from the avocado plant (Persea americana) is showing promise as a new cancer adjunct. When a purified avocado extract called mannoheptulose was added to a number of tumor cell lines tested in vitro by researchers in the Department of Biochemistry at Oxford University in Britain, they found it inhibited tumor cell glucose uptake by 25 to 75 percent, and it inhibited the enzyme glucokinase responsible for glycolysis. It also inhibited the growth rate of the cultured tumor cell lines. The same researchers gave lab animals a 1.7 mg/g body weight dose of mannoheptulose for five days; it reduced tumors by 65 to 79 percent. Based on these studies, there is good reason to believe that avocado extract could help cancer patients by limiting glucose to the tumor cells. The medical establishment may be missing the connection between sugar and its role in tumorigenesis. Consider the million-dollar positive emission tomography device, or PET scan, regarded as one of the ultimate cancer- detection tools. PET scans use radioactively labeled glucose to detect sugar-hungry tumor cells. PET scans are used to plot the progress of cancer patients and to assess whether present protocols are effective. In Europe, the " sugar feeds cancer " concept is so well accepted that oncologists, or cancer doctors, use the Systemic Cancer Multistep Therapy (SCMT) protocol. The irrefutable role of glucose in the growth and metastasis of cancer cells can enhance many therapies. Some of these include diets designed with the glycemic index in mind to regulate increases in blood glucose, hence selectively starving the cancer cells; low-glucose TPN solutions; avocado extract to inhibit glucose uptake in cancer cells; hydrazine sulfate to inhibit gluconeogenesis in cancer cells; and SCMT. --- Sugar and Immunity --- As some of you may remember, you are generally not succeptable to viral attack or tumor growth if your immune response is kept at high levels (more specifically, the strength and count of your NK cells) However, when exposed to sugars, the immune state is weakened considerably. --- The Leukocytic Index proves the devastating effect of simple sugars on immunity Many people have been asking for a mechanism for the depressed immunity seen in people who eat sugar and other refined carbohydrates. Many are known but the Leukocytic Index is an especially helpful one for many people to begin to take this health risk seriously. More than 20 years ago a large study was published about the effects of refined carbohydrates (of which processed sweets are the worst) on the leukocytic index. Our " white blood cells " are the most important factors in protecting us from invading organisms. The leukocytic index is a measure of how many invading organisms one white blood cell (WBC) can eat in an hour. Therefore an index of 10 means that that one WBC ate 10 organisms in THAT hour. The average LI (leukocytic index) in the USA--and remember, average is not as healthy as one can get--is about 13.9. Within 15 minutes, after an individual eats the amount of refined carbsnormally ingested in the evening meal --about 100 grams, the leukocytic index drops to about 1.4. Depending on the genetic susceptibility to this problem, it might be better or worse--this is just an average. Diabetics ALWAYS have a LI of less than 2. That means the average person loses more than 90% of their immune function within 15 minutes of indulging in this poisonous substance. This deficiency lasts for about 2 hours after the stress occurs. What is routinely given intravenously during surgical procedures? Glucose (sugar) water! When Ringer's Lactate (which has no sugar) is used instead, the incidence of post operative infection is reduced by two thirds. The only reason I can think of for this kind of persistent ignorance is that there is no money in changing the thinking of operative routine. There is a lot more money in treating the *infections* that are created by the Allopathic Monopoly. Since this has been known for more than 20 years, don't you think it is time for this information to get out to the public? -- Post subject: Sugar Isn't as Sweet as It Seems --- A few years ago, there was a lot of publicity about how drug companies were starting to look to the rainforests and traditional medicine men for new breakthrough drugs. Not surprisingly, little has materialized from these efforts. The " breakthrough " products the companies hoped for are not coming fast enough to satisfy profit-hungry shareholders. As a result, pharmaceutical companies are rapidly beefing up their marketing efforts to compensate for their inability to introduce new drugs. And make no mistake; the pharmaceutical giants are some of the most savvy and well-financed marketers on the planet. Their latest efforts are focused on ways to treat blood sugar and diabetes problems. And millions of people in this country are starting to suffer needlessly because of their efforts. I don't want you to fall into this trap. Sugar Isn't as Sweet as It Seems When you consider that the average American intake of added (non-naturally occurring) sugar is 20.5 teaspoons per day, it's obvious that Americans have a serious sweet tooth. That rate of sugar consumption adds up to 68.5 pounds per person, per year, and is suspected to be even higher. (USDA CSFII Survey) If sugar is such a serious health concern, as so many of us have been saying for so long, a rate of consumption like that is nothing short of " slow suicide " For decades " health nuts, " including yours truly, have been warning about the dangers of increased sugars and/or refined carbohydrates in the diet. Let me tell you, it has been a real uphill battle trying to convince the public that consuming too much sugar could eventually lead to diabetes--especially when conventional medicine keeps asserting that sugar is totally " harmless " Even today, as diabetes reaches epidemic proportions in this country, most doctors continue to preach that dietary sugar has no connection to behavior problems, mood swings, depression, or the increased incidence of adult onset diabetes. Our FDA says that the only problem sugar causes is dental cavities. And with the support of the American Dietetic Association, the Sugar Association has stuck to the position that at only 15 calories per teaspoon, sugar is a healthy, low-calorie sweetener that is no different than any other carbohydrate. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, decades of research supports the fact that a " sweet tooth " will invariably lead to a lifetime of poor health and a premature death. In fact, even if sugar weren't so harmful on its own merits, people who consume the highest amounts of sugar also tend to take in the lowest amounts of many important nutrients. Vitamins A, C, B12, and folate, as well as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, and iron are typically lacking in the diets of those who eat lots of sugar. These deficiencies arise from the fact that high-sugar diets tend to be higher in calories, but lower in important fruits, vegetables, and meats than healthy diets. (Agricultural Research, June 2000, 17.) The bigger problem, however, is that sugar causes harm at an even more fundamental level. To understand why, you have to understand a little about how your body works. -- The Gears Behind the Clockwork The carbohydrates we eat are converted by the body into a " simple sugar " called glucose. This glucose, or " blood sugar, " enters the bloodstream to be transported throughout the body. Blood sugar is the primary energy source used by the brain, the nervous system, and the muscles. To be utilized, the blood sugar must get from the blood- stream into the nerve and muscle cell Hypoglycemia is a term for low blood sugar. Diabetes is high blood sugar, or hyperglycemia. Hypoglycemia from too much insulin can be a very serious problem with diabetics. Almost 2 percent of diabetics die as a result of hypoglycemia. (Most diabetic drugs tend to plunge those who take them in hypoglycemia) These problems explain why diabetics treated with oral medications such as those I've described generally have a weight gain of anywhere from 6 to 12 pounds or more. And, as I explained earlier, this weight gain and the extra deposits of fat become part of the vicious cycle that causes diabetes to progressively worsen. As I said before, pharmaceutical companies are the best marketers in the world--but don't get caught up in believing that they have the magic bullet for cancer. The French Have Us Confused There's been a lot written about what has been called the " French Paradox. " Researchers have been trying for years to figure out why, despite their diet, the French have significantly less heart problems, cancer and other diseases associated with dietary excess and aging than Americans. The French are healthier and live longer, even though they smoke more than Americans. If you look at the recommended dietary guidelines suggested in this country, the French appear to be doing everything wrong. The truth of the matter, however, is that when you follow the guidelines promoted by our American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, the food industry, and other " authorities " in this country, you're almost certain to suffer and/or die from heart disease, cancer, or diabetes. Part of the French people's protection appears to come from their increased consumption of wine, particularly red wine. Wine, as you know, contains several potent antioxidants that have been shown to protect the heart and blood vessels. But a closer look at the French diet reveals some other very important differences. The French eat fewer snack foods and more vegetables, whole grains, other complex carbohydrates, and fish. They consume only half as much milk as Americans do, and most of that is not pasteurized and homogenized like it is in this country. One of the biggest differences, however, is that the French eat only one eighteenth of the amount of sugar that Americans eat. Additionally, they eat only about half the amount of fruit that we do, which would give them a lower consumption of the fruit sugar fructose. Based on these findings, I can't help but believe that the dramatic difference in sugar consumption is responsible for much of the so- called French Paradox. Several points to remember include: Don't skip meals, especially breakfast. Skipping meals signals your body that you are going into a starvation mode. Your body will automatically reduce your metabolic rate. Avoid artificial sweeteners. The sweet taste in your mouth triggers the release of insulin, even though there might not be any sugar that needs to be dealt with. Candies and gum trigger the same reaction. Avoid soft drinks and all fruit juices, regardless of whether they have been sweetened naturally or with sugar. Drugs Won't Solve the Problem Although the general public will never realize it, the pharmaceutical companies will conduct one of the biggest marketing scams of all time over the next five or ten years. Millions of younger and younger individuals in this country will begin to develop cancer. In fact, thanks to things like soft drinks, or " liquid candy, " it's already happening. The average teenage boy now drinks 3.5 twelve-ounce sodas a day (one out of ten drinks 7 cans a day). Each of these sodas has the equivalent of 10 teaspoons of sugar. Girls in the same age group drink an average of 2.5 cans a day. Overall, each American drinks over 54 gallons of soda per year. And sodas are just one source of sugar. Statistics show that average yearly consumption of total (not just added) sugar in this country is now over 152 pounds per person. Over 16 percent of our calories now come from refined sugar and that doesn't include the sugar which naturally occurs in things like milk, fruit juice, fruit, etc. The handwriting is on the wall. Cancer is going to be a huge problem in the years to come. And by downplaying its seriousness and marketing a magic pill instead of lifestyle changes, the drug companies are going to make billions. Meanwhile, the average person on the street won't have a clue that there was a connection between his morning soda and sweet roll and his cancer or heart attack until it's way too late. The Cure for Slow Suicide Is Fast Change Earlier in this century, most of the deaths from diabetes resulted from comas triggered by elevated blood sugar levels that couldn't be controlled. Today, due to the discovery of insulin, deaths from diabetic coma are more rare. Today death from diabetes is usually more subtle. Uncontrolled blood sugar levels interfere with fat metabolism. As blood sugar levels rise unabated, the body converts these sugars into fatty compounds called triglycerides. riglycerides slow the blood flow in the smaller arteries and arterioles by making the blood thicker and stickier. As the oxygen-carrying blood fails to reach various parts of the body in time, the damage begins to mount. The areas supplied by the smallest blood vessels begin to suffer first. The vision deteriorates. Strokes occur. Kidneys begin to fail. Cardiovascular disease becomes evident. Numbness, tingling and pain begins to occur in the lower extremities followed by the necessary amputation of the toes, feet or lower limbs. To prevent or treat disease, you have to make some changes in both your diet and lifestyle. The half-dozen or so I've spelled out in this issue will do the trick--if you start them soon enough. If the nutrition " authorities " adopted these simple guidelines today, diabetes could be prevented, reversed, and/or eliminated. Best of all, it doesn't require some rare, outrageously expensive magic bullet or treatment program. Lifestyle and diet changes are a cure we can all afford --- Sugar Dangers --- 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, table sugar, and processed 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 thesedays. 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 al. called Depression of lymphocyte transformation following oral glucose ingestion, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 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. Sugar 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 subjects. White, refined sugar is also 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. 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 notusing sugar, and not supporting the sugar industry by buying sugar or products containing sugar. Stevia.net All About The Herb That Is Sweeter Than Sugar http://www.unhinderedliving.com/sugardanger.html --- Note: This is a short document describing the major negative side-effects of simple/refined sugar consumption. I do think it's important to reinforce the point. Pay careful attention to the mechanism whereby excess glucose/glycogenis converted into fatty acids to keep blood PH *normal*. One fact that was left out was that the sugars are converted into acetates, and then appended to the end of other fatty acids, making them longer and longer chains. This increases those fatty acids metabolically to a level where they cannot be used by the body as energy and must be converted into other molecules (like *cholesterol* and triglycerides). That's why I always warn people about sugar consumption and lactose from any type of dairy in the diet. It's just not a good idea. Just consider the increase in fructose (from High Fructose Corn Syrup) and dairy in the diet in recent years, and it's easy to see why things like colon cancer, crohn's disease (High fructose corn syrup is malabsorbed in the intestine), heart disease, etc. are on the rise. --- " Complex " sugar or " polysaccharides " are found in grains, beans, and vegetables and include cellulose. In the normal digestive process, " complex " sugars are decomposed gradually and at a nearly even rate by various enzymes in the mouth, stomach, pancreas, and intestines. " Complex " sugars enter the bloodstream slowly after being broken down into smaller saccharide units. During the process, the pH of the blood remains slightly 'alkaline'. In contrast, single and double sugars (together known as 'simple' sugars) are metabolized quickly, causing the blood to become overly 'acidic'. To compensate for this extreme *yin* condition, the pancreas secretes a *yang* hormone, (*insulin*), which allows excess sugar in the blood to be removed and enter the cells of the body. This produces a rapid *burst* of energy as the 'glucose' (the end product of all sugar metabolism) is oxidized and carbon dioxide and water are given off as wastes. Diabetes, for example, is a disease characterized by the failure of the pancreas to produce enough insulin to " neutralize " excess blood sugar following years of extreme dietary sugar consumption. Much of the sugar that enters the bloodstream is originally stored in the liver in the form of glycogen until needed, when it is again changed into glucose. When the amount of glycogen exceeds the liver's storage capacity of about 50 grams, it is " released " into the 'bloodstream' in the form of " fatty acid " . This fatty acid is stored first in the more inactive places of the body, such as the buttocks, thighs, and midsection. Then, if dairy sugar, and other simple sugars continue to be eaten, fatty acid becomes attracted to more yang organs such as the heart, liver, and kidneys, which gradually become 'encased' in a layer of *fat* and *mucus*. This accumulation can also penetrate the inner tissues, weakening the normal functioning of the organs causing their eventual " blockage " as in the case of *atherosclerosis*'. The " buildup " of fat can also lead to various forms of cancer, including tumors of the breast, colon, and reproductive organs. _________________ JoAnn Guest mrsjoguest DietaryTipsForHBP www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/Genes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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