host posted on July 31, 2009 15:08
By Doug Kaufmann
The Urban Dictionary defines the word “bêtes” as what you call a person with diabetes without having to say the whole word. My grandmother and an uncle both died of bêtes and they were not alone. As a matter of fact, according to The International Diabetes Federation, every 10 seconds, diabetes and the related disorders of this disease, kills another person…every ten seconds!
The statistics are staggering. Diabetes currently affects 246 million people worldwide (costs about $232 billion) and is expected to affect 380 million people by 2025 (costs expected to be about $303 billion). I could continue, but you get the point! It is my hope that after reading this issue, you will better understand your role in preventing this dreaded disease.
Some of you know that, in the 1970’s, I first learned that scientists already knew how to give rodents diabetes. Why they never suspected the exact cause in humans is beyond me-but that’s a whole TV show. All that is required to induce this very serious disease (of unknown origin) in rats is a tiny repetitive dose of a fungal poisonous by-product called Streptozotocin. By better understanding where this Streptozotocin comes from, however, you might begin to figure out what our scientists have yet to, making you a borderline genius since you didn’t take any taxpayer funds nor did you accept pharmaceutical gifts while learning this.
Dirt, as I’m certain you know, is loaded with bacteria and fungus. A wonderful book called FUNGUS FIGHTERS, expounds upon Drs. Hazen and Browns' 1950 discovery of the drug Nystatin. After years of searching, it was finally discovered…yes in dirt. Many drugs are derived from dirt. There is a joke in here somewhere, but I’ll maintain professionalism while educating you. One common species of soil bacteria are the ubiquitous Streptomyces species.
Bafilomycin A1 and related macrolide antibiotics (like Penicillin) and Streptozotocin are produced by Streptomyces. A research synopsis published on Springerlink.com, teaches us that Streptomyces not only produces soil bacteria and fungi, but also has an affinity for foods-foods that we diabetic prone Americans commonly eat.
“These species (streptomyces) can infest vegetables, particularly potatoes and beets. Hence, dietary exposure to these macrolides could damage pancreatic islets (cells) and thus cause diabetes in genetically susceptible subjects. In repeated sub-toxic doses, the beta-cell specific toxin, streptozotocin induces autoimmune diabetes in certain inbred strains of rodents, showing that toxic damage can cause release and/or modification of beta-cell constituents and elicitation of autoimmunity.”
Couple this amazing statement with the knowledge that fungal mycotoxins are scientifically documented to induce DNA damage, and you almost have this disease figured out! But what about their reference to “genetically susceptible subjects” and “certain inbred strains of rodents” being vulnerable to injury from streptozotocin? Remember this because these three words define autoimmune disease. MYCOTOXINS ARE GENOTOXIC! Yes, many scientific documents prove that streptozotocin is genotoxic as well. “ Any layperson might logically deduce that the very reason these rodents (or we humans for that matter) are “genetically susceptible” in the first place…is, rather ironically, because of exposure to mycotoxins! First they break DNA strands then they cause “mysterious” diseases.
I don’t know if all diabetes is due to eating beet sugar or potatoes. I still think grains may be more responsible than vegetables because vegetables have potent antifungal and antimycotic properties and, to the best of my knowledge, grains do not.
The prevailing attitude among many scientists and physicians today seems to be, “diet is nothing-eat whatever you want.” Yet study after study proves that, indeed, you absolutely are what you eat. We were closer to being right in medicine in 400 BC (Hippocrates) than we are in the 21st Century. Take control of your health by managing your diet! The results are rarely seen immediately, but you’re now a genius, so take a few months to ponder all of this while reading about the importance of getting regular blood sugar tests. Until next time….Blessings!