White flour contains diabetes-causing contaminant alloxan

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White flour contains diabetes-causing contaminant alloxan

JoAnn Guest

Aug 03, 2006 10:17 PDT

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White flour contains diabetes-causing contaminant alloxan

Posted Thursday, June 02, 2005 by Dani Veracity, Key concepts:

alloxan,

diabetes and white flour.

 

 

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

alloxan to 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 alloxan to 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.

 

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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. Gary Null's Clinicians Handbook of

Natural

Healing, vitamin E effectively protected lab rats from the harmful

effects of administered alloxan. Now, 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.

Even 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. Even though 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. Benjamin 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.

Michael T. Murray writes in The Healing Power of Herbs, studies show

that ginseng controls glucose in both diabetic humans and diabetic

laboratory animals.

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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.

A Physicians Guide To Natural Health Products That Work By James

Howenstine MD, page 112

In the mid-1980s, however (when herbal remedies again were popular),

pata de vaca's continued use as a natural insulin substitute was

reiterated in two Brazilian studies. Both studies reported in vivo

hypoglycemic actions in various animal and human models. Chilean

research in 1999 reported the actions of pata de vaca in diabetic

rats.

Their study determined that pata de vaca was found to " elicit

remarkable

hypoglycemic effects, " and brought about a " decrease of glycemia in

alloxan diabetic rats by 39%. " In 2002, two in vivo studies on the

blood

sugar-lowering effects of pata de vaca were conducted by two

separate

research groups in Brazil. The first study reported " a significant

blood

glucose-lowering effect in normal and diabetic rats. " …

The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs by Leslie Taylor, page 382

 

When beta cells in the pancreas fail to secrete enough insulin, the

body

loses its ability to metabolize carbohydrates and to reduce glucose

levels in the bloodstream. Researchers believe that some people have

weak free radical defenses in these beta cells, and that free

radical

damage to DNA in beta cells, resulting in dysfunction or cell death,

helps cause maturity-onset diabetes. It is known, for example, that

many

chemicals—including alloxan, paraquat, and certain chemotherapeutic

agents—can stimulate excessive production of oxy radicals in the

nuclei

of beta cells.

Freedom From Disease by Hari Sharma MD, page 94

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....nearly two decades later, researchers at RNT Medical College in

India

induced diabetes in rabbits with intravenous injections of alloxan.

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 by

either increasing the pancreatic secretion of insulin or by

releasing

bound insulin.

Garlic for Health by Benjamin Lau MD PhD, page 22

Commercial yeasted breads, even the whole-grain varieties, often

have

other problems. They typically contain flour bleach, which forms

alloxan, a compound known to cause diabetes in animals by destroying

the

beta cells of the pancreas (Clinical Nutrition Newsletter, Dec.

1982). …

 

Healing With Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford, page 452

 

Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus is generally recognized to be

due to

an insulin deficiency.1 Although the exact cause is unknown, current

theory suggests an hereditary beta-cell predisposition to injury

coupled

with some defect in tissue regeneration capacity. Causes of injury

are

most likely hydroxyl and other free radicals, viral infection, and

autoimmune reactions. alloxan, the uric acid derivative used to

induce

experimental diabetes in animals, is a potent beta-cell toxin,

causing

destruction via hydroxyl radical formation.

Textbook of Natural Medicine Volumes 1-2 by Joseph E Pizzorno and

Michael T Murray, page 1197

 

In this study, mice received intraperitoneally melatonin in doses

ranging from 100 to 450 mg/kg. Results showed that such treatment

proved

plasma glucose increase due to alloxan-induced pancreatic toxicity.

The Clinicians Handbook Of Natural Healing by Gary Null PhD, page 88

 

Bleached white flour. Not only have the bran and germ been stripped

away, but bleached flour also contains a substance from the flour

bleach

(alloxan) which causes diabetes in animals. Unbleached white flour

should also be avoided since it is stripped of essential nutrients.

The Enzyme Cure by Lita Lee with Lisa Turner & Burton Goldberg, page

123

 

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 by

either increasing the pancreatic secretion of insulin or by

releasing

bound insulin.

Garlic for Health by Benjamin Lau MD PhD, page 22

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Aloe vera also exhibits a hypoglycemic effect in both normal and

alloxan-induced diabetic mice. A small human study shows benefit in

diabetics. Five patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes

ingested

half a teaspoonful of aloe 4 times daily for 14 weeks. Fasting blood

sugar in every patient fell from a mean of 273 to 151 mg/dl with no

change in body weight. The authors concluded that aloe lowers blood

glucose levels by an unknown mechanism….

Textbook of Natural Medicine Volumes 1-2 by Joseph E Pizzorno and

Michael T Murray, page 587

Results of this study showed that rats given vitamin E before being

administered either streptozotocin or alloxan provided protection

against the diabetogenic effects of each. It was also observed that

rats

with a depleted antioxidant state due to a vitamin E and

selenium-deficient diet showed increased diabetogenic susceptibility

to

normally nondiabetogenic doses of streptozotocin.

The Clinicians Handbook Of Natural Healing by Gary Null PhD, page 312

 

Noting that the dried sap of the aloe plant to be a traditional

diabetic

remedy in the Arabian peninusla, this study examined its ability to

reduce blood glucose levels in 5 non-insulin-dependent diabetics and

in

Swiss albino mice made diabetic with alloxan. Results showed that

the

intake of 1/2 teaspoon of aloes daily for 4-14 weeks signficantly

reduced the fasting serum glucose level fell in all patients.

Fasting

plasma glucose was significantly reduced in diabetic mice by

glibenclamide and aloes after 3 days.

The Clinicians Handbook Of Natural Healing by Gary Null PhD, page 369

 

This study examined the effects of exudate of Aloe barbadensis

leaves

(oral administration of 500 mg/kg) and its bitter principle (ip

administration of 5 mg/kg) on plasma glucose levels of alloxan-

diabetic

mice. Results showed that the hypoglycemic effect of a single oral

dose

of aloes on serum glucose level was insignificant in while that of

the

bitter principle was highly significant and extended over a period

of 24

hours.

The Clinicians Handbook Of Natural Healing by Gary Null PhD, page 369

 

Ginseng exerts numerous pharmacological effects in humans and

laboratory

animals, including … improved glucose control in humans and diabetic

(alloxan-induced) rats; ….

The Healing Power of Herbs by Michael T Murray ND, page 269

 

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