Detoxification food processing

Xu, H. J., C. L. Hansen, and G. S. Choudhury. 1987. Using dairy byproduct for mercury detoxification. Presented at Food Processing Waste Conference, Atlanta, Ga. 

What can be done in a domestic situation can usually be done more efficiently on an industrial scale. Furthermore, the food processor can use various techniques which are not available domestically, such as continuous methods of processing, sorting and classification, and can accurately control temperature, humidity, pH and time. The theme of detoxification by processing can best be illustrated by reference to two specific examples. 

Several examples of detoxification in food processing have been cited, but even well recognised toxic factors in accepted foods cannot always be eliminated from the product as eaten. Examples are the favism factors (pyrimidine bases) that are a normal component of broad beans and the thioglucosides inevitably found in the Brassicaceae. 

Chemical detoxification processes or decontamination will include degradation, destmction and/or inactivation of the mycotoxin. In any such process the reduction of the mycotoxin to safe levels should not result in toxic degradation products or reduce the palatability or nutritional properties of the commodities. Aflatoxin has been the subject of most studies and only a relatively small number of these offers any hope of success. There is as yet no FDA or EC fully approved method for aflatoxin detoxification in human foods. Current methods in advanced stages of approval use ammonia in the gaseous form or as an ammonium hydroxide solution at various temperatures, pressure, moisture contents and reaction time to degrade aflatoxins in various animal feedstuffs. There have been extensive studies using two processes, viz ... 

Be careful using food supplements prescribed by a therapist who is not sufficiently knowledgeable about MCS and the problems engendered by an impaired detoxification process due to damaged detoxification paths in the liver, which often occurs with MCS patients (see entry 27). In consultation with your therapist, start by taking smaller than normal doses and slowly build up to a higher dose, to avoid a pile-up and poisonous reactions. The best way to take supplements is to get treated by an environmental health specialist. 

People with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity become ill as soon as they are exposed to specific chemicals (smoke, perfume, cleaning products, et cetera). This is often caused by a problem in their detoxification system (sometimes caused by DNA defects) and/or for example short and long time chemical (over) exposure (think of the many firefighters who got ill after September 11 or of soldiers with Gulf War syndrome). Reiki cannot solve this problem, but it can support both the physical and mental processes and the energy deficiency that often occurs in this syndrome. A combination of remedies is best to try and improve the condition avoid the chemical stimuli, eat biological food, use food supplements to support detoxification, exercise, meditate and use Reiki (see www.the-abc-of-mcs.com for more information about this disease). 

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