I was a bit in a hurry when I finished off my last post, and I will continue to discuss a bit more about grains and how lectins works and react in our body. After this post, I will most likely finish off the vegetarianism topic with the final post, probably in a week's time, hopefully I have some free time as I'm very busy since months back.
I plan to blog about grains, whole damn long discussion about grains, and more people need to know how destructive grains are, to human body and health. Most of us thought that grains are good for us, cereals are good and breads are safe to eat. Although I reveal some of the evil side of grains, it is only the tip of the iceberg.
Now, let's continue some of the stuff I left off in my last post, and I would like to discuss a bit more about lectins. The profound destruction that lectins are capable of lies in the autoimmune response they can trigger. The protein sequence in some lectins is almost identical to tissues of human body. Once the lectins passed through the compromised tight junctions and into the bloodstream, they cause tremendous and tragic damage in a process called 'molecular mimicry'.
The immune defense system attacks the foreign proteins, and having learned to identify that sequence as an enemy, ot goes on to attack the similiar sequences in the human body. The lectin in wheat, is made of amino acid sequences that mimic both joint cartilage and the myelin sheaths that cover our nerves. Other lectins are nearly identical to the filtering mechanism of the kidneys, the cells of the pancreas that produce insulin, the retina, and the lining of the intestines. And once turned on, the immune system doesn't turn off.
Lectins confuse the immune system, teaching it that some primary parts of us are 'them'. The lesson learned becomes the terrible suffering of a body attacking itself, the autoimmune diseases such as ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, systematic lupus, diabetes type 1, multiple sclerosis and etc. Also, not to forget about thyroid inflammation to allergies to skin rashes to asthma.
The molecular mimicry of lectins may not be the only catalyst for autoimmune diseases. There may be other causes of autoimmune diseases as well, such as viruses and bacteria, particularly load of foreign substances that triggers an autoimmune cascade.
Now, majority of epidemiologists do not know that a horrible disease such as multiple sclerosis is most prevalent in cultures where wheat and rye are staple foods. In the archaeological record, rheumatoid arthritis, which leaves very grim evidence in skeletal remains, follows wheat and corn around the world.
Has anyone heard of celiac disease? It is absolutely caused by cereal grains, and celiac sufferers are at risk of other autoimmune diseases as well. There are also much much more times to be schizophrenic. Paleopathologists tell us that "autoimmune disorders do not seem to have plagued humans prior to the adoption of an agricultural way of life. Well, that's because it's grain that can turn the body against itself. Agriculture has devoured us as surely as it has devoured the world.
Meat contains protein, minerals, and fats, fats that we need to metabolize those proteins and minerals. In contrast, grains are basically carbohydrates, what protein they do contain is low quality and lacking amino acids, and comes wrapped in indigestible fiber. Grains are essentially sugar with enough opioids to make them addictive.
What can I say? The biological truth will hard to swallow by most people, especially the ones who have been enjoying them almost their whole life for decades. Just think of someone telling you to stop eating your favourite food, would you? The ugly truth, but these are the facts.
The essential amino acids, the so called building blocks of protein. They are essential, because humans can't make them, and we can only eat them. Likewise, they are essential fatty acids, which can only be ingested, not made. How about carbohydrates? There is no such thing as essential carbohydrates. The actual amount of carbohydrates required by humans for health is ZERO.
Every cell in your body can make all the sugar it needs. That included the cells in your brain. Yes, our brain do need glucose, which is precisely why our body can make glucose. What the brain actually needs is a steady supply of glucose, too much or too litle will create a biological emergency that can result in coma and death, as any diabetic will tell you.
A partial list of diseases caused by high insulin levels includes heart disease, elevated triglycerides, high blood pressure, blood clotting problems, colon and other cancers, type 2 diabetes, gout, sleep apnea, obesity, GERD, peptic ulcer disease, PCOS and others. These are serious diseases and we accept them as normal because they are ubiquitious.
We eat the foods our culture provides, we then get sick. But then almost everyone is sick, and who doesn't know someone who has diabetes, heart disease, cancer and arthritis? In this case, very few people question it. Folks, what we are left with, are cravings, both vague and unbearable, that we are taught ourselves to fight. There is a difference between after eating a meal, you feel full and nourished. One can eat McDonalds and feel full, and the other person can dine organically grown whole foods skillfully cooked and feel nourished, and not left like a piece of brick stuck in your gut undigested for hours with bloating in your lower abdominal and dealing with flatulence.
Let's just say, it is the quality of the ingredients, REAL FOOD. Real protein, real fats from animals. Listen to your body, a listening that must make your body known to you, less mysterious and more beloved. the listening is hard, and you will have to past through the craving that those foods produce, the addictions to intense sweeteners, the biological emergencies of blood sugar swings.
Now, whats the difference between complex carbohydrates and sugar? Does anyone know? Whether complex of simple carbs, all carbohydrates are sugars. The only difference is whether they are individual sugar molecules or a string of sugar molecules. Glucose is the simplest sugar, made of single molecule. Sucrose, the table sugar, is made of two molecules, hence, a disaccharide. Sugars with more molecules are called polysaccharides. These includes grains, beans and potatoes. Why don't these differences matter? It is because our digestive system can't digest the long chains. So our bodies break them down into simple sugars.
So, whether it is a fat free bagel, a quarter cup of sugar from sugar bowl, a canned of soft drink, a baked potato or even a handful of jelly beans, by the time your intestinal tract gets finished snipping the links of those starch and sugar chains, it's all been reduced to....SUGAR, specifically to glucose. In the end, metabolically there is no difference between eating a baked potato or a can of soft drink.
Anyhow, please go read my sugar posts which I blogged months ago if you are seriously interested about what sugar can do to our body. I will finish off the final post for this topic hopefully this week. Stay tuned.
I plan to blog about grains, whole damn long discussion about grains, and more people need to know how destructive grains are, to human body and health. Most of us thought that grains are good for us, cereals are good and breads are safe to eat. Although I reveal some of the evil side of grains, it is only the tip of the iceberg.
Now, let's continue some of the stuff I left off in my last post, and I would like to discuss a bit more about lectins. The profound destruction that lectins are capable of lies in the autoimmune response they can trigger. The protein sequence in some lectins is almost identical to tissues of human body. Once the lectins passed through the compromised tight junctions and into the bloodstream, they cause tremendous and tragic damage in a process called 'molecular mimicry'.
The immune defense system attacks the foreign proteins, and having learned to identify that sequence as an enemy, ot goes on to attack the similiar sequences in the human body. The lectin in wheat, is made of amino acid sequences that mimic both joint cartilage and the myelin sheaths that cover our nerves. Other lectins are nearly identical to the filtering mechanism of the kidneys, the cells of the pancreas that produce insulin, the retina, and the lining of the intestines. And once turned on, the immune system doesn't turn off.
Lectins confuse the immune system, teaching it that some primary parts of us are 'them'. The lesson learned becomes the terrible suffering of a body attacking itself, the autoimmune diseases such as ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, systematic lupus, diabetes type 1, multiple sclerosis and etc. Also, not to forget about thyroid inflammation to allergies to skin rashes to asthma.
The molecular mimicry of lectins may not be the only catalyst for autoimmune diseases. There may be other causes of autoimmune diseases as well, such as viruses and bacteria, particularly load of foreign substances that triggers an autoimmune cascade.
Now, majority of epidemiologists do not know that a horrible disease such as multiple sclerosis is most prevalent in cultures where wheat and rye are staple foods. In the archaeological record, rheumatoid arthritis, which leaves very grim evidence in skeletal remains, follows wheat and corn around the world.
Has anyone heard of celiac disease? It is absolutely caused by cereal grains, and celiac sufferers are at risk of other autoimmune diseases as well. There are also much much more times to be schizophrenic. Paleopathologists tell us that "autoimmune disorders do not seem to have plagued humans prior to the adoption of an agricultural way of life. Well, that's because it's grain that can turn the body against itself. Agriculture has devoured us as surely as it has devoured the world.
Meat contains protein, minerals, and fats, fats that we need to metabolize those proteins and minerals. In contrast, grains are basically carbohydrates, what protein they do contain is low quality and lacking amino acids, and comes wrapped in indigestible fiber. Grains are essentially sugar with enough opioids to make them addictive.
What can I say? The biological truth will hard to swallow by most people, especially the ones who have been enjoying them almost their whole life for decades. Just think of someone telling you to stop eating your favourite food, would you? The ugly truth, but these are the facts.
The essential amino acids, the so called building blocks of protein. They are essential, because humans can't make them, and we can only eat them. Likewise, they are essential fatty acids, which can only be ingested, not made. How about carbohydrates? There is no such thing as essential carbohydrates. The actual amount of carbohydrates required by humans for health is ZERO.
Every cell in your body can make all the sugar it needs. That included the cells in your brain. Yes, our brain do need glucose, which is precisely why our body can make glucose. What the brain actually needs is a steady supply of glucose, too much or too litle will create a biological emergency that can result in coma and death, as any diabetic will tell you.
A partial list of diseases caused by high insulin levels includes heart disease, elevated triglycerides, high blood pressure, blood clotting problems, colon and other cancers, type 2 diabetes, gout, sleep apnea, obesity, GERD, peptic ulcer disease, PCOS and others. These are serious diseases and we accept them as normal because they are ubiquitious.
We eat the foods our culture provides, we then get sick. But then almost everyone is sick, and who doesn't know someone who has diabetes, heart disease, cancer and arthritis? In this case, very few people question it. Folks, what we are left with, are cravings, both vague and unbearable, that we are taught ourselves to fight. There is a difference between after eating a meal, you feel full and nourished. One can eat McDonalds and feel full, and the other person can dine organically grown whole foods skillfully cooked and feel nourished, and not left like a piece of brick stuck in your gut undigested for hours with bloating in your lower abdominal and dealing with flatulence.
Let's just say, it is the quality of the ingredients, REAL FOOD. Real protein, real fats from animals. Listen to your body, a listening that must make your body known to you, less mysterious and more beloved. the listening is hard, and you will have to past through the craving that those foods produce, the addictions to intense sweeteners, the biological emergencies of blood sugar swings.
Now, whats the difference between complex carbohydrates and sugar? Does anyone know? Whether complex of simple carbs, all carbohydrates are sugars. The only difference is whether they are individual sugar molecules or a string of sugar molecules. Glucose is the simplest sugar, made of single molecule. Sucrose, the table sugar, is made of two molecules, hence, a disaccharide. Sugars with more molecules are called polysaccharides. These includes grains, beans and potatoes. Why don't these differences matter? It is because our digestive system can't digest the long chains. So our bodies break them down into simple sugars.
So, whether it is a fat free bagel, a quarter cup of sugar from sugar bowl, a canned of soft drink, a baked potato or even a handful of jelly beans, by the time your intestinal tract gets finished snipping the links of those starch and sugar chains, it's all been reduced to....SUGAR, specifically to glucose. In the end, metabolically there is no difference between eating a baked potato or a can of soft drink.
Anyhow, please go read my sugar posts which I blogged months ago if you are seriously interested about what sugar can do to our body. I will finish off the final post for this topic hopefully this week. Stay tuned.
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