Here is a quick lesson that can change life and health once you understand it. I stress understanding so you can make good decisions.
For our purposes I am just going to use the word sugar instead of glucose. (It will not be one hundred percent accurate, but it will be easier to understand. And for our purpose it will not make a difference.)
Sugar and Vitamin C are almost identical. They use the same little receptors on cells. They actually fight with one another to enter a cell. What this means for you is if you have a lot of sugar vitamin C cannot get into the cell because the receptors are full of sugar.
(Interesting note is that insulin resistance means that cell receptors are resistant to not only sugar but also vitamin C. It sounds like this could cause a lot of problems long term.)
Your immune system needs vitamin C to work properly. Let me put it into perspective. A blood sugar level of 120 reduces a major part of your immune system (phagocitic activity) by 75%. ONE saltine cracker will raise your blood sugar to 100. What do you think eating a piece of bread or a bowl of pasta will do? Now what if you had a bowl of cereal for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch, and pasta or pizza for dinner? Your immune system is not going to be doing well.
If someone eats this way for a year or twenty years it is probably going to lead to some chronic problems.
I must add this too because I know a lot of people will ask what am I supposed to eat if I don’t have all of those grains? Try eating some vegetables instead.
A lot of people load up on vitamin C when they are sick. I believe that most people are not sick because they have too little vitamin C, but because they are so TOXIC with sugar Vit. C cannot do its job.
The big take away from this is sugar is going to affect the immune system because it does not let your body utilize vitamin C. And your body needs vitamin C to work properly. Instead of taking a Whopping 3 grams of vitamin C intravenously, as Linus Pauling did, try to reduce sugar so Vitamin C can do its job! With this info you won’t need to stack up on vitamin C when you are sick because you won’t get sick nearly as much! Viola you just changed your life by not getting sick as much and preventing some chronic diseases. Your great grand kids will thank you for being able to play with them when you are older. Have a happy day!!
(Linus Pauling won Two Nobel prizes and did a lot of controversial research with Vitamin C.)
