Grains . . . Cook'em, Cook'em, Cook'em

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Grains . . .
Cook'em Cook'em Cook'em

For almost 100 years Seventh-day Adventist have had the advantage of knowing that grains used For cereal or mush should have several hours cooking. Ministry of Healing in 1905, page 301, told of this important health principle, Those who have accepted this principle as a way of life and cooked their grains a long time have, all unknown to them, received a benefit.

In 1968 Volkheimer reported Finding starch granules in blood, urine, bile, and human milk after the subject had drunk a suspension of water and raw starch.

In recent years the radiologists have been able to tell us of tiny lacunar scars present in the brains of all people over the age of 30. the source of these scars has not been clearly explained by medical science, but there are some who believe these scars to result from the intake of inadequately cooked starch. Again in Medical Hypothesis (1991) 35:85-87, in an article written big B. J. Freedman, of the Longman Group in the United Kingdom, the theory was put forth that these scars may have a relationship to intact starch granules.

It was shown that incompletely hydrolized (cooked) starch could pass through the intestinal wall and enter the general blood circulation. The starch granules remain some what intact getting smaller and smaller if they have not been cooked at boiling temperature long enough in the presence of water. Some of these granules travel into the smallest of the arteries called arterioles, and the tiniest of all blood vessels, the capillaries.

In most organs the circulation Iying next to the blocked capillary or arteriole suffices for continued function. In the brain, however, neurons may be lost as blood vessels are plugged by intact starch granules. Over many decades the neuronal loss could be of importance to the individual, being sufficient to cause reduction in thinking processes.

To test his hypothesis Dr. Freedman examined tissues with a polarizing microscope which clearly distinguishes starch granules from other objects.

In his article, he showed a mechanism for the process of taking in starch granules through the intestinal wall. He fed starch to rats and demonstrated the presence of starch granules between two villi in the small intestine, then between epithelial cells in the area just below the surface of the cells.

The next photograph showed the starch granules in the layer just beneath the surface called the subepithelial layer. The Final photograph showed intact starch granules actually inside a mesenteric vessel.

Other organs believed to be damaged besides the brain are bones (possibly resulting in osteoporosis), adrenals, (possibly resulting In stress or fatigue), muscles, joints, and lymph
nodes.

Almost 20 years ago we ran on experiment at Uchee Pines in which we cooked rolled oats, corn grits, whole grain rice, whole grain wheat, and cracked wheat. We tested each of these grains during boiling at 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 2 hours, 3 hours, and 4 hours. The rolled oats showed complete hydrolysis of the starch (breaking down into fully digestible portions) in 90 minutes. The corn grits required 3 hours for hydrolysis, and the other grains between two and three hours.

While not all people are as susceptible to damage from any one transgression of health laws as others constructed differently might be, none of us is aware of which one of these health laws our transgression might result in serious injury to mind or health. One person may break down in the blood pressure, another in the blood sugar area, another with lupus or Alzheimer's, and yet another with a heart attack, it behooves each of us to use care in all areas of counsel from our all wise creator.

We can be confident in the love or our Creator as we see those things which He has done to make our lives more healthy and happy.

Dr. Agatha Thrash

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