Hello S.B, and Amadeus!

Chemical reactions can be exothermic or endothermic.

Perhaps "metabolize" might be a better term than "burn".

Enzymes are used by the body to cause a fever. Enzymes are catalysts, as are
vitamins.

The B vitamins are needed for carbohydrate metabolism. That is why sugar is
referred to as  "empty calories" -- it depletes body reserves of B vitamins.
That is also why alcohol -- another "empty calorie" can cause a hangover --
for which B vitamins are used in recovery.

Whole grains have plenty of B vitamins in their outer covering -- which are
removed in the milling process.

Sorry - dont have time to give references except suggest a book "Sugar
Blues" by William Duffy. This author was way ahead of the times. He
popularized the connection between refined carbs and diabetes to the lay
public-- 20 years before the American Diabetic Association began to say
similar things.

Mahesh aka ElectronicBoy





-----Original Message-----
From: Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [P-F] ?burning purposes?


>On Sun, 6 Sep 1998 05:19:03 EDT, S.B. Feldman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>In a message dated 9/5/98 7:06:21 PM EST, [log in to unmask]
>>writes:
>>
>><< B1 is needed for  complex carbohydrate breakdown,
>> and more will be free for burnning purposes.
>>  >>
>>What are the 'burning purposes' referred to here? I do not know of any
>>metabolic pathwaywith this specific goal---heat is a byproduct of many
>>chemical reactions, also heat is generated as a byproduct of muscle
activity,
>>but neither is considered for 'burning purposes'
>
>I don't know a scientific metabolic pathway, sorry. But it
>doesn't has to be specific IMO.
>You mention that heat is a byproduct on almost any chem
>ical reaction,
>On need of increased temperature, the  body will choose an appropiate
answer.
>
>One specific example is increased muscle activity for heating purpose
>- you know what I mean - whats the english word for "zittern"?
>That all needs Vitamin B1, isn't it?
>
>There are various means for the body to increase heat.
>Smaller blood-flow through the skin for example.
>But that alone is not a satisfying reason how you can get *fever*.
>
>If there wasn't a heat-specific machanism, then
>how could one get *fever* ?
>
>Does anybody know how this works??
>
>regards
>
>Amadeus
>