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White Flour Contains Diabetes-
Causing Contaminant Alloxin

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.

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.

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
(see related notebook on groceries) made with whole-grain wheat flour,
not processed white flour

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

...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

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
significantly 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 if 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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