BODY WISDOM AND WHY BAD FOOD TASTES GOOD
cells, low white blood cell count, and so forth), immediately go
off moldy food suspects.
“Zear” is the mycotoxin that prevents you from detoxifying
benzene. Every AIDS sufferer I see has a crippled ability to de-
toxify benzene; they also have zear!
The main zear sources I have found so far are popcorn, corn
chips, and brown rice. But it was absent in fresh corn, canned
corn, corn tortillas, and white rice, making me wonder how it
gets in our processed corn products.
Sterigmatocystin......................................................................
Sterigmatocystin
(“sterig”) is plentiful in
pasta. Emphasize baked
pasta dishes, not boiled.
This raises the temperature
much higher than boiling.
Better yet, make your own
pasta with a pasta maker.
U.S. bread flour is quite
free of mold; the mold in
our pastas must come from
using inferior quality flour.
Always add vitamin C to
pasta before or after cook-
ing.
Ergot..........................................................................................
A food mold that causes strange feelings and behavior is er-
got. Although laws regulate the amount of ergot allowed in
Fig. 50 All U.S. brands of pasta I
tested had mold, including health
food brands like the one shown
here (left). No Mexican brands of
pasta, like the one pictured
(right), had any molds.