Diabetes

Why do you think alloxan is used to bleach flour? Have you no chlorine?

Please state a peer-reviewed article showing that alloxan causes diabetes in humans or that it is added to flour during processing (yes, I know small amounts of it may be formed by the flour itself).

For the reference

http://www.organicconsumers.org/foodsafety/alloxan061605.cfm

Thanks, but that is not a peer-reviewed article. It has no sources.

Why are we waiting ? It is the time to consider and arranage seminars to investigate

the effect of alloxan-contaminated white flour on pancrease just like global warming .

I know pharmaceutical companies do not like this investigation .

I am no fan of pharmaceutical companies, but why should they care? The trace amount of alloxan in white flour is thought to come from the flour itself rather than from an additive. Why not just use unbleached, whole-grain flour? It certainly tastes better.

If pharmaceutical companies are not interested in the human being's health

then there is no question about their care .Alloxan is very strong oxidizing

agent and its toxicity is serious due to similarity to glucose molecule thus

specifically absorbed by the pancrease's beta-cells which produce insulin

So research about toxic effect to beta-cells is necessary .

The research, so far as I am aware, shows uptake in rodents, not humans. I applaud your concern, but I must ask you:

(1) Do you have any scientific evidence that alloxan is added to white flour?

(2) Do you have any scientific evidence that alloxan is harmful to humans?

This is the responsibility of all research scientists .Before 30 years when I was

school student I did not hear about the diabetes .But today a lot of patients

are seen everywhere .White flour is being used more than 30 years .The change

in the style of life and eating habit may indicate that white flour may be one or

major cause of the diabetes .If scientists could research on the fats related

to heart diseases why they avoid to research on the white flour .It seems the

harmful effect of white flour is very slow just like that of fats on heart .

Many news about scientific research also indicate that sometimes scientists deliberately

misguide the people because of pharmaceutical companies .Vitamin E which can

fight with alloxan now regarded as harmful for human health .What a contradiction !

For the reference

http://www.newstarget.com/vitamin_E.html

I am willing to be convinced about the dangers of alloxan. I have fewer worries than you, perhaps, because I prefer the tase of whole grain, unbleached, bread. Please feel free to forward any scientifically valid evidence you might find.

However,

Many news about scientific research also indicate that sometimes scientists deliberately

misguide the people because of pharmaceutical companies

is baloney! Most scientists would not do such an unethical thing. This is the sort of anti-intellectualism attack on science that is so prevalent today. Sir, either produce some supporting evidence or, as that great sage Archie said, stifle!