Ellie:
> >There is another kind of diabetes that many of us have without knowing
it. It's called pituitary or adrenal diabetes and has it's origin in the
brain. When the hypothalamus is clogged up (a toxicosis which happens
from continually suppressing negative emotions) there is a periodic ove
and underexcitation of the pituitary and adrenal gland.
Duringdetoxification crises there is excess release of growth hormone
and
adrenal cortical hormones, which increase blood sugar and causes the
pancreas to release insulin. This can cause a hypoglycemic reaction
after eating sugar. Excess or refined sugar can trigger a detoxification
crisis in the brain and result in hypoglycemia. The symptoms of
tremulousness, etc, that people blame on low sugar are not caused by
thelow blood sugar, but are excitatory symptoms due to hyperactivity of
the>sympathetic nervous system during the detox. This kind of diabetes
is>curable with therapy and self-help measures to release and
redirectnegative emotions. For a number of years, in my case, my fasting
glucose was around 120 and I had a severe hypoglycemic reaction after
eating sugar. Now my fasting glucose is 80, and I have no hypoglycemic
reaction after eating sugar, even though I still have a damgaged
pancreas, from pancreatitis I had years ago, which makes my blood sugar
rise to ove 200 if I eat a lot of honey on an empty stomach.
> >
> Patrick:

> This is great information. I'll certainly look into it. Where did you find
> this? Can you suggest any books?

This insight isn't in the books yet. It came from a paper I am
publishing in the journal Medical Hypotheses about toxicosis in the
brain, called The Toxic Mind: The Biology of Mental Illness and
Violence. The paper is not about diabetes or food but about how the
suppression of negative emotions eventually causes symptoms of nervous
and mental disease, including the food and other addictions. I am
anxious to share it on food lists, because no diet can bring optimal
health if the central nervous system is clogged up. The hypothalamus is
largely responsible for controlling the daily job of detoxification. If
it is clogged up there will be periodic over- and underexcitation of the
pituitary and the autonomic nervous systems. Many more physical ills
than we realize are psychosomatic. It's a long paper I can send anyone
as an attachment (about 55K) but it's not about food--lots of
biochemistry mixed with psychiatry. I am a retired neruophysiologist and
was in research in biological psychiatry and catecholamine metabolism. I
have correlated that with psychology and the theory of toxicosis as the
source of ills.

For copyright reasons I cannot post it on this list, but there
eventually will be a layperson's version on the Primal Psychotherapy
Page at:

http://www.net-connect.net/~jspeyrer/

My best, Ellie