article outlining how quickly just a lttle bit of refined sugar dramatically reduces our immunes systems ablility to destroy bacteria.

Date:   3/2/2005 2:40:29 PM ( 19 y ago)

Sugar - A Cause
Of Immune Deficiency


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Of all the factors in our modern world
that are working against our immune defenses,
sugar must surely be the worst.
This totally unnatural product
(I choose not to call it a food)
causes more illness - and certainly more colds and flu
- than perhaps any other product
that civilization punishes itself with.
When you see a child with a runny nose - think sugar
- when you see someone sneezing - think sugar.
When you hear someone coughing - think sugar.
When you see someone laid up in bed with a red nose
- think sugar.
It may not be the primary cause in every case,
but I would bet that sugar is a primary cause
in most cases.



Some years ago researchers carried out a series of studies
that examined how sugar consumption
weakens the ability of white blood cells
to destroy bacteria (germs).
The results of this study showed
that if a person eats no sugar for 12 hours,
each white blood cell could destroy an average
of 14 bacteria.

When 24 teaspoons of sugar were consumed
(the amount in a medium piece of cheesecake
or a milk shake),
the white blood cells were so compromised
that they could only destroy an averag
of one bacterium each.

Study the following chart carefully
and then, whenever you sneeze, or cough,
or have a runny nose,
think back on your recent sugar consumption.

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How Refined White Sugar Weakens
Our White Blood Cell's Ability To Destroy Bacteria


Teaspoons of Sugar 0
Number of Bacteria Destroyed This Amount of Sugar= 14.0


Teaspoons of Sugar 6
Number of Bacteria Destroyed
This Amount of Sugar= 10.0 1 = Scoop of Ice Cream

Teaspoons of Sugar 12
Number of Bacteria Destroyed
This Amount of Sugar = 5.5 1 = Soft Drink


Teaspoons of Sugar 18
Number of Bacteria Destroyed
This Amount of Sugar = 2.0 = Less Than Half a Malted Drink



Teaspoons of Sugar 24
Number of Bacteria Destroyed
This Amount of Sugar = 1.0 1 = Sweet Cheesecake Slice




(Kijak. E.; Foust G; Steinman R.R.;
Relationship of Blood Sugar Level
and Leukocytic Phagacytosis;
Southern California Dental Association 1964;
32(9):349-351)

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Little wonder, therefore,
that enlightened researchers
are saying what they are saying
about the dangers of refined white sugar
- and of this denatured product's ability
to compromise the immune system . . .



`If only a fraction of what is already known
about the effects of sugar were to be revealed
in relation to any other food additive,
this material would promptly be banned.'

(Dr J. Yudkin., Sweet and Dangerous,
New York: Bantam, 1972, p.5)

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`White sugar is the curse of the civilized world.'

(Dr. Michael Sharon, Complete Nutrition, p.29)

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`Refined sugar, divorced from its associates,
is one of the tragedies of our civilized diet.
This is the result of scientific tampering
with one of Nature's products.'
`Sugar is mineral hungry -
it robs the system of its vital organic salts,
thereby causing, or laying the foundation for,
many serious and distressing diseases.
Reliable tests show that the discontinuance
of the use of sugar reduces
the frequency of adenoiditis and tonsillitis
amongst children almost one hundred percent.

Honey [raw or natural] is an excellent substitute;
in fact, it is the natural sweet.

Refined sugar [white and brown] is unnatural;
it is artificial and wholly harmful in whatever way
it is taken.

Honey supplies heat and energy;
its use should be encouraged to satisfy
a natural desire for sweet things.


Fruits and vegetables contain all the sugar,
in its very best form, that the system requires.'


(George Teasdale, Nature Heals!, pp.16, 61)

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Those who follow the Nature's Way program
will be amazed at the improvement in their vitality.
By following the program,
your immune defenses will be reinforced
and colds and flu will soon become ailments of the past.


the feature entitled Overcome Colds And Flu Forever.
The Natural Health Foundation
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