Diabetes

Written by Daniel Mark Norris Newton Davis

Originally Posted: 11-30-07

Last Updated: 2-6-09

Many of the symptoms of diabetes are also experienced by people who have had toxic mold exposures. Mere coincidence? I do not believe so. I believe diabetes is a collision of many factors coming from several directions. Toxic molds in the breathing environment of a diabetic can contribute significantly to their condition. How much their everyday exposure affects the person depends on one's genetic makeup, the species of the mold fungi present in their environment, and the concentration level of the mold fungi and the mycotoxins they produce to kill off their microbial competitors.

Carbohydrates-Sugar vs Green Vegetables

Mold fungi are living, adapting organisms. They need moisture and nutrients to grow and survive. When they are living inside you there is only one place for them to get the moisture and nutrients they require, your body. They suck the moisture and nutrients right out of your body, leaving diminished supplies of both available for the requirements of your body. This steals away the moisture and nutrients your body needs, changes it's chemistry makeup and triggers reactions attempting to correct the situation. Diverted moisture leaves your body underhydrated, leading to dry skin, especially on the hands and scalp. Diverted nutrients leaves your body craving to have those nutrients replaced.

The carbohydrates of sugars, fruits and vegetables provide us with energy. Getting energy from sugar gives a person a short lived burst of energy and a craving for more sweets to fill the void. The favorite food of mold is sugar carbohydrates, with their higher glycemic index . Sugar carbohydratesgive mold the nutrients they need to survive and grow inside you. How does this diversion of sugar carbohydrates affect the operational systems of your body? First of all, your body will crave more sugar carbohydrates, to fill the void left by the diversion of resources. Whether we replace those diverted carbohydrates with sugars, fruits or vegetables becomes a very important factor.

The low level of blood sugar would trigger the adrenal glands to produce the glucagon hormone, which triggers the liver to break down glycogen into glucose. This raises the blood sugar level again. I have to wonder if this resupplies the mold with the sugar they like so much, triggering the cycle over and over in a never ending cycle. This can put strain on the pancreas and adrenal glands, which makes it more difficult for our bodies to deal with stress.

When the bacterial/fungal balance is upset in the gastrointestinal digestive system, proper functioning is disrupted, slowing down movement of the nutrients, wastes and toxins through the system, leading to constipation. It interrupts the absorption processes. This gives sugars, yeasts, grains and fruits time to combine and ferment into alcohol inside your body. Gases are produced causing bloating of the abdomen, much like a balloon inflating on top of a jug of home made beer or wine. After my own toxic mold exposure I was fortunate enough to become one of Dr. Marinkovich's patients. I remember one of the questions he asked was whether I had experienced bloating. The only time I have ever been checked by a police officer for DUI was during my toxic mold exposure, when I had not consumed any alcohol. It was the way I was walking which drew his attention. There are documented cases of people appearing drunk, when they have not consumed any alcohol. It begs the question of how accurate the DUI tests are in determining how much alcohol a person has been drinking. How much of the alcohol was produced inside their body? Perhaps it sheds some light on why some people, like myself, are affected quicker by consuming alcohol. So, how much of being overwieght is from waste material backed up in the gastrointestinal system, and how much is gas bloating from fermentation of sugar, yeast combining with grains and fruits to produce alcohol inside the body?

Mold fungi are non-chlorophyll in nature. In other words, they do not like an environment rich in the growth element of chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is the element produced by the sun which makes trees, plants and green vegetables grow. The action of chlorophyll providing a growth element is in direct contradiction to the intended action of mold fungi. Since the beginning of time the action of mold fungi has been to degenerate and break down all biological components to their basic elements, and return them to Mother Earth from whence they came. Chlorophyll, and carbohydrates rich in chlorophyll, make their job much tougher. I find it interesting that sugar is produced by burning the sugar cane, thereby destroying it's growth element of chlorophyll.

So, which carbohydrates a person consumes becomes very crucial to that person's health. Eating foods rich in chlorophyll, such as green vegetables, is understandably better for you. The growth element of chlorophyll provides the cells, tissues and operating systems of the human body with the carbohydrate energy they require in order to grow and stay generative. Whereas, the sugar carbohydrates feed the growth of mold and other fungi, such as yeast, which are degenerative in their actions. In the end we are what we eat. The fuels and liquids we put into the human organism largely determines how well the operating systems perform. I believe it was the Greek philosopher Apocrates who said "Thy Food is thy Medicine and thy Medicine thy Food".

Generative Food vs Degenerative Food

Whether the food we eat is in a generative or degenerative state is largely determined by where it is in the life cycle of that food. A vegetable plant starts from a seed. Through the process of photosynthesis the sun transfers energy into the plant. The vegetable plant is generative as it generates, growing more and more mature. Then it is picked. At some point shortly thereafter it reverses into the degenerative, dying period of it's life. What state that vegetable, or other food, is in when we eat it determines the generative/ degenerative elements we receive into our body from that food. The fresher the vegetable, the more generative elements it provides to give our bodies the energy and fuels it requires to stay generative. There is no point in even discussing the lack of generative elements left in prepared food products, and countered by preservatives.

Increases in mold fungi leads to accumulation

The human body has difficulty cleansing the mold spores and their mycotoxins from the mucous membranes throughout the body. One of the actions of mucous, whether it is on a rock in the ocean or, in the human body, is to absorb and encase harmful microbes, as a protection mechanism. In the case of a rock in the ocean the whole layer of mucous can be shed when it becomes too full of microbes. It is more difficult in the human body with all it's interconnected operating systems. The mucous membranes throughout the body collect, absorb and encase harmful microbes like toxic mold fungi. Under relatively normal environmental conditions the incoming flow rate of mold fungi and their mycotoxins can be handled and cleansed from the human body in an expedicious manner, without complications. But, if the incoming flow rate exceeds the abilities of the human body's cleaning systems to cleanse the body of those invading microbes, the accumulations of mold fungi and their mycotoxins start creating problems.

Effects on the Liver

The liver goes into overtime, attempting to cleanse the degenerative invaders before they get the upper hand. But, over working the liver can go only go on for so long, before it becomes overwhelmed and starts to break down. The effects of alcohol on the liver is a good example. Remember that alcohol is a molded product. They age, ferment grains and fruits into alcohol. Essentially, when you drink alcohol you are drinking a product of mold. Understandably so, the effects of alcohol on the human body share many of the same health symptoms as those of a person who has had a toxic mold exposure.

One of the mycotoxins produced by mold in food products is called aflatoxin, which can cause liver cancer. In it's 11th Report on Carcinogens the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences-National Institute of Health listed both Alcoholic Beverage Consumption and Aflatoxin as 'Known to be Human Carcinogens'. And in studies funded by NIEHS-NIH John Hopkins and Oregon State University proved that chlorophylls and chlorophyllin can reduce the absorption of the aflatoxins into the body by 55%, and a reduce liver cancer in the targeted populations by 55%.

Interruption of Circulatory System

One of the major repercussions of mold fungi invading the human body is the formation of immune complexes as a response from the immune system. The immune system combines it's antibodies with the large mold antigen to form immune complexes, also known as an antigen-antibody complex. These complexes travel through the blood stream searching for invading mold fungi to destroy. The problem is they are so large that they often get lodged in, and block, the smaller capillaries. The capillaries are noodle-like passageways through which blood and nutrients pass in order to get to where they are going.

The blood capillaries are used to get the oxygenated blood from the arteries to all the cells and tissues, in order for them to live. When they block these smaller blood capillaries it interrupts the flow rate of the oxygenated blood required by the cells and tissues. Many of these smaller blood capillaries are located around the joints and in the brain. Interrupting oxygenated blood from properly circulating to these areas can have significant impact.

Blood pressure can build up behind the obstructions as the heart keeps on pumping. The pain of arthritis manifests with the pressure of blood building up behind the obstructions, and reduction of life giving blood getting to the joints. Inadequate flow rates of oxygenated blood can cause numbness of joints, fingers, toes, arms and legs, just as if you prevented circulation with a tourniquet. Proper circulation of oxygenated blood to the control center of the brain can contibute to headaches like migraines, alzheimers, memory problems, balance problems, lightheadedness and many other problems.

Human Body Generates More Fat to Store More Toxins

The human body is an amazingly adaptive living organism. It's ability to adapt has enabled survival of the human species for thousands of years. If a person is around loud noises the ear will produce more wax to cushion the sound. The ear will also increase wax production to accomodate increases in the volume of dust, bacteria and mold spores making it's way into the ear canal. The human body stores toxins in fat tissue. I believe this is to contain it and minimize damage to organs, cells and tissues. The more toxins a person has making their way into the person's body, the more fat their body will produce to try to contain those toxins.If one goes on a diet which does not include a detoxification program, they are destined to have their body grow the fat back in order to contain the toxins still in their body.

Many of the molds found concentrated in homes produce mycotoxins and volatile organic compounds, (VOCs). Some of these same toxic molds found in homes are used to concentrate and weaponize into the most powerful biological weapons on Earth. They are used because of their ability to damage the brain and central nervous system in a person within hours, when concentrated and weaponized. In their natural state they are capable of having the same effect on a person, only over a usually much longer period of time. When concentrated inside the breathing environment of a home, workplace or school the timetable is accellerated accordingly.

A person who is accumulating levels of mold and their mycotoxins beyond their body's ability to clean them from their system, will find themselves feeling bloated and probably adding fat to their body. They will also lose strength in their muscles. If they also feed the mold by eating carbohydrates from sugar products the whole situation becomes a no-win vicious cycle. The strength of the mold fungi and their mycotoxins increases. More fat is produced. And more immune complexes interrupt proper circulation of oxygenated blood, leading to numbness in joints and limbs, and many other problems.

Linus Pauling Institute: Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load

Nucleus Medical Art: Digestive System