[lit-ideas] Re: Too much sugar at Guantanamo
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:01:21 -0400
I don't see where in this site it says that sugar is responsible for
diabetes. The sugar/diabetes connection began as a failure of logic:
there's too much sugar in the bloodstream, therefore, don't eat sugar and
you won't have too much sugar in your blood. It's not that simple. Table
sugar is made up of two sugars (glucose and fructose). Only glucose is
biologically active. For the body to use any sugar (milk sugar (lactose)
fruit sugar (fructose), malt sugar (maltose) or table sugar (sucrose) (I
didn't list all the sugars)), it has to break it/them down and convert them
to glucose by adding and subtracting and rearranging hydrogens and oxygens
and carbons. Diabetes is the inability to get the life-sustaining glucose
(from whatever food the body gets it) from the blood into the cell.
Insulin is the substance that works this magic. Insulin is produced by the
pancreas. When the body is continually assaulted by too much food, the
pancreas works overtime, constantly producing insulin. Eventually the
pancreas gets tired, if you will, and slows down the rate at which it
produces insulin. Also, for some reason, the insulin that is produced
becomes less efficient.
This becomes a pre-diabetic condition known as insulin resistance. Insulin
resistance is caused primarily by too much weight (too much food) and too
little activity. Untreated it will eventually progress into full blown
diabetes, where the sugar builds up in the blood instead of getting into
the cells; untreated, the person eventually dies. (In my opinion diabetes
is like cancer.) If the insulin function isn't working properly, it
doesn't matter if you ate only meat all day long. The body would, at great
biological cost, convert the meat to glucose, and the glucose still would
sit in the blood and pile up. It wouldn't get into the cells and the cells
would essentially starve. BTW, eating meat and protein all day long (like
in Atkins) is a great way to mess up the kidneys and gunk up the system
generally.
Processed sugar (as opposed to sugar in fruit) will raise triglycerides in
people who are sensitive, but so will potato starch, and, ground finely
enough, so will whole wheat flour. It turns out that it's the size of the
particles that the body has to take apart, and the quantity of fiber to
bind up sugars and starches, that determines how quickly blood sugar is
raised.
Sugar is basically an artificial food but so is Nutrasweet and Splenda and
corn syrup. On the other hand, pure uncontaminated life sustaining water
will also kill you if you drink enough of it quickly enough by diluting
electrolytes (electricity carrying minerals in the blood, i.e. sodium and
potassium; also calcium) without which the heart will stop. It's all a
matter of degree.
> [Original Message]
> From: Andreas Ramos <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 6/18/2006 11:42:23 AM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Too much sugar at Guantanamo
>
> It's worse than I thought. Lots of side effects. I'm dumping the sugar
into the toxic waste
> bin.
>
> http://www.i-base.org.uk/guides/side/sugar.html
>
> yrs,
> andreas
> www.andreas.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 8:36 AM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: 3 SUICIDES AT GUANTANAMO
>
>
> >I don't think sugar directly causes diabetes or high blood pressure or
> > other things, except cavities. Those diseases are secondary to the
obesity
> > of the excess calories and the nutrients and micronutrients that sugar
> > takes the place of. Micronutrients fend off a lot of ills, and they
> > absolutely cannot be found in a bottle.
> >
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Andreas Ramos <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Date: 6/17/2006 11:53:26 PM
> >> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: 3 SUICIDES AT GUANTANAMO
> >>
> >> i know there are side effects to aspertame.
> >>
> >> but i think the side effects of sugar are more realistic (not just lab
> > one rat in 10,000)
> >> and actually happen (overweight, high blood pressure, diabetes, and so
> > on.)
> >>
> >> yrs,
> >> andreas
> >> www.andreas.com
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: <JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx>
> >> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 8:36 PM
> >> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: 3 SUICIDES AT GUANTANAMO
> >>
> >>
> >> > You apparently missed my post on the multiple diseases which
aspertame
> >> > causes .... lupus, tumours, etc.
> >> >
> >> > Julie Krueger
> >> >
> >> > ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: 3
SUICIDES
> > AT
> >> > GUANTANAMO Date: 6/17/06 1:33:44 A.M. Central Daylight Time From:
> >> > _andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx) To:
> > _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on:
> >> > Coke Zero uses a mix of aspartame and acesulfame potassium.
> >> >
> >> > Try it. It tastes pretty okay. Zero calories.
> >> >
> >> > yrs,
> >> > andreas
> >> > www.andreas.com
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: <JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx>
> >> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 9:33 PM
> >> > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: 3 SUICIDES AT GUANTANAMO
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> mmmmm....pomegranate juice is wonderful. As is unsweetened and pure
> >> >> cranberry juice (not the silly cranberry cocktails mixed w/ apple
> > juice or
> >> > whatever.)
> >> >> Watch out for diet sodas -- they contain aspartame which is highly
> >> >> dangerous.
> >> >>
> >> >> Julie Krugr
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: 3
> > SUICIDES AT
> >> >> GUANTANAMO Date: 6/13/06 11:27:45 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From:
> >> >> _andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx) To:
> >> > _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on:
> >> >>> Come on, Andreas, tell us what flavonoids you had today.
> >> >>
> >> >> Hmmmm...
> >> >>
> >> >> During the day: Coke Zero. Some sort of new diet coke. Tastes
fairly
> >> > okay.
> >> >> Our office
> >> >> manager bought several cases of this. She thought it'd be better
for
> > us.
> >> >>
> >> >> Lunch: Japanese tea at a sushi place.
> >> >>
> >> >> Dinner: Chinese tea at a Chinese dim sum place.
> >> >>
> >> >> Currently (9p): Pomegranate juice. Bought four bottles at Trader
> > Joes a
> >> > few
> >> >> days ago, along
> >> >> with six bot. of wine. It's pretty sour, but it's delicious.
> >> >>
> >> >> yrs,
> >> >> andreas
> >> >> www.andreas.com
> >> >>
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