Joanne ThomasonI sent Dr. Torres message regarding a vaccine for diabetes to a f friend who speaks spanish and was able to read his links. I also asked him the question regarding fructose. His responses follow. He is very knowledgable abourt nutrition. Joanne
Dear Joanne Since diabetes type II is not insulin-dependent (that is, the person's pancreas produces insulin normally), but insulin-resistant (that is, the insulin does not produce the expected results), it is clearly a bodily dysfunction that can be restored with proper care. I know that aerobic exercise, weight loss and proper food will do the trick. Other things might work too. Now, the way Alex Torres introduced his "vaccine" is quite suspicious. Firstly with some irresponsible declaration about eating habits (in his previous message); secondly, with so many useless references to the doctor who invented the vaccine. It does not add value to know that he taught "Che" Guevara or that his father's bone are in the "Rotunda". The immunization process he mentions is very well known. It has been used to treat a bunch of diseases, from acne and pustule to cancer and several other degenerative diseases. The results have always been more or less inconclusive. Now, I want to be very careful about this because altough I find everything here very suspect, I still think it might be worthwhile to do some additional research. It is a well-known fact that the tradional labs do not support medical research that leads to cheaper treatments, especially of those diseases that force the patient to take medicine for the rest of theirs lives. This represents trillions of dollars a year and no lab wants to lose this. Also, researches conducted outside the US are not readily accepted by American authorities. I read one of the articles mentioned by Alex Torres. Unfortunately, it is not a good document. It is emotional. It mentions 600 patients cured of several diseases, especially diabetes. But the way they "prove" the cure it by quoting the patients themselves. No blind test, no double blind, no lab tests are referred to. It still may work, but the articles are not acceptable. So, I am NOT saying this auto-vaccine can not work or will not work. What I am saying is that it requires further investigation before someone decides to take the risk of having manipulated blood re-injected in his/her body. Since the blood is his/her own, risk is minimum, but still exists. Especially because flasks can be intermixed, etc. Also, good eating habits plus exercise will not only control diabetes but also bring other benefits. So, the most conservative and the safest decision is try this first. The general tone of Alex' messages coincides with the tone I found in the articles and papers he mentions: the cure does exist, but Mexican authorities are not interested in acknowledging it; American authorities will not recognize his merits; ... Nothing he says is necessarly wrong, but suspicious. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In my opinion people should not eat any form of "purified" or "refined" sugar. This includes fructose. In fact, sucrose, saccharose, glucose, maltose and the several other "ose" are all "empty" calorie. What this means is very serious. Let's say you eat 100g of any of these sugars. You'll get 400 calories, but no vitamins, no minerals, no proteins, no fat. You still need such nutrients, so you'll have to eat additional food to get those elements. What is worse: your body can not process sugar without consuming enzymes, vitamins and minerals, so you'll have to eat MORE in order to compensate for the nutrients the empty calorie food used up. So, you have two good reasons NOT to eat any form of sugar: a) excess calories; b) nutrients depletion. Now, fructose, in a sense is better than all the other sugars, the reason being it has a low glycemic index, which means it does not play havoc with your insulin/glucagon production, as the other sugars do. So, from the point of view of insulin resistance, fructose is better. >From the point of view of nutrition, it is the same. There is another little factor in favor of fructose: since is it 1.5 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar), you would take less to have the same effect, so you tend to end up with a little less empty calories. Now, there is a situation where you should NOT be affraid of fructose: when you eat fresh fruits, like apples. In this case you'll be ingesting little fructose (maybe 15 g) and it will be accompanied by very important vitamins, minerals, fiber, enzymes, pectin, etc. So, go for it! Again, once fructose is synthesized or "extracted" from the fruits it is not good anymore. Now, if you MUST have something sweet, among the bad stuff, fructose is the least dangerous. Joanne Thomason sami...@earthlink.net This is my Beautiful Sami Jo Click on me to send my mommy mail :-)
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