Xanthine Oxidase and Its Role in Heart Disease

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Xanthine Oxidase and Its Role in Heart Disease

JoAnn Guest

Sep 15, 2004 19:11 PDT

 

Xanthine Oxidase and Its Role in Heart Disease

 

When the eminent physician Dr. Paul Dudley White graduated from

medical school in 1911, he had never heard of or encountered

coronary thrombosis.

Today, however, it is one of the chief threats to our health. Many

studies show evidence that cholesterol is the major contributor.

Autopsy studies show that in American soldiers from Vietnam, 75% had

evidence of atherosclerosis and high cholesterol buildup. The

average age was 22 years old.

 

It was natural to assume that since cholesterol was almost always

present, it must be the leading cause of atherosclerosis. This

assumption has continued to today. Many diets today are prescribed

by physicians or by diet specialists that completely eliminate

cholesterol.

 

 

Cholesterol is manufactured in our bodies. It is so important to the

integrity of the body that all cells contain it. It is found in high

concentrations in the brain. In addition to its role in the

conduction of nerve impulses, cholesterol has an important

structural role as well. Cholesterol synthesizes male and female

hormones. Without cholesterol, Vitamin D, which is required for

calcium absorption, would not be synthesized.

 

Bile originates from cholesterol and is essential for proper fat

digestion. With all this evidence indicating the physiological

importance of cholesterol, why would the body keep producing it

throughout our evolution if it was eventually going to destroy us?

 

It would seem that the human system takes adequate care of itself.

Perhaps, we are not taking care of the system.

 

 

The answer to the discrepancy between needing cholesterol for

survival and finding it in heart disease victims comes from Dr. Kurt

A. Oster, cardiologist.

 

After suffering from two heart attacks, he was inspired to research

how the atherosclerotic process worked.

 

He discovered that the enzyme Xanthine Oxidase (Xo), which is

present in cow's milk (as well as the milk of sheep and goats), can

be very destructive to heart and arterial tissue.

 

In raw milk, both the fat and Xo are digested in the stomach and

small intestines. They are either used or excreted.

 

Xo is found in the liver of many organisms, where it breaks down

compounds into uric acid waste products.

 

Humans have a natural reservoir of Xo in the liver, but it is

naturally blocked from entering the bloodstream.

 

 

All is well until homogenized milk is introduced in 1932. Under

pressure of 2500 pounds per square inch, at a speed of 600 feet per

second, milk is passed through pipes and fine filters.

 

This breaks up the fat particles and puts them in suspension like a

foggy mist. The homogenized process encapsulates Xo into tiny fatty

substances called liposomes.

 

This protects Xo from stomach acids and allows it to pass through

the intestinal walls into the circulatory system.

 

 

Xo destroys plasmalogen, which makes up 30% of the membrane system

in human heart muscle cells. Xo and plasmalogen cannot co-exist in

one location.

 

The liver, therefore, has no plasmalogen.

 

In autopsies of people who died from heart and circulatory disease,

plasmalogen was completely missing.

 

Xo was in its place.

 

Arterial inner linings were completely eaten away.

 

The resulting lesions became hardened by the deposition of minerals.

 

Fatty streaks and cholesterol had surrounded the newly-formed plaque

by this time.

 

 

The appearance of cholesterol created widespread speculation that it

was the cause of heart disease and not the result. The Xo process is

slow and effectively destructive.

 

Most 10 year-old children who have consumed homogenized milk have

some form of atherosclerosis.

 

In the case of American soldiers autopsied after combat fatalities,

some had arteries as brittle as clay pipes.

 

There is a very high correlation between countries that drink

homogenized milk and atherosclerosis.

 

In countries where milk is boiled before drinking, the incidence of

heart disease is low because Xo is destroyed in the boiling process.

 

 

It has become trendy for health-conscious people to consume skim or

low fat milk, but that only slows down the Xo process slightly.

 

Besides that, low fat milk products will cause someone to gain

weight. Farmers feed their pigs skim milk to fatten them up before

the slaughter.

 

If you look at commercially prepared homogenized milk in

supermarkets, most brands state that Vitamin D has been added.

 

Unfortunately, Vitamin D enhances Xo activity.

 

Xo is not the only source of atherosclerosis, but it is a major

contributor.

 

For someone looking to improve their diet in a truly healthful

manner, they would be wise to avoid all dairy products, except for

those that are raw or cultured without homogenization, like organic

yogurt.

 

http://www.fetalogos.com/articles.htm#xanthine

written by Rodney Julian

 

Published January 1988

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I was just about to increase my intake of Vitamin D to 3000mg, and now I

read that it enhances the action of an enzyme that's harmful to the heart.

What was not clear in Dr. White's investigations, is whether Vit. D, is a

problem when there is no XO in your body, in other words, if I don't drink

milk? I've been reading about the immense benefits in supplementing with D,

up to 4000mg, for people over 40. JoAnn, do you know if Vit. D can be

supplemented safely, if I " don't' drink milk?

JP

 

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" JoAnn Guest " <angelprincessjo

 

Wednesday, September 15, 2004 7:12 PM

Xanthine Oxidase and Its Role in Heart

Disease

 

 

> Xanthine Oxidase and Its Role in Heart Disease

> JoAnn Guest

> Sep 15, 2004 19:11 PDT

>

> Xanthine Oxidase and Its Role in Heart Disease

>

> When the eminent physician Dr. Paul Dudley White graduated from

> medical school in 1911, he had never heard of or encountered

> coronary thrombosis.

> Today, however, it is one of the chief threats to our health. Many

> studies show evidence that cholesterol is the major contributor.

> Autopsy studies show that in American soldiers from Vietnam, 75% had

> evidence of atherosclerosis and high cholesterol buildup. The

> average age was 22 years old.

>

> It was natural to assume that since cholesterol was almost always

> present, it must be the leading cause of atherosclerosis. This

> assumption has continued to today. Many diets today are prescribed

> by physicians or by diet specialists that completely eliminate

> cholesterol.

>

>

> Cholesterol is manufactured in our bodies. It is so important to the

> integrity of the body that all cells contain it. It is found in high

> concentrations in the brain. In addition to its role in the

> conduction of nerve impulses, cholesterol has an important

> structural role as well. Cholesterol synthesizes male and female

> hormones. Without cholesterol, Vitamin D, which is required for

> calcium absorption, would not be synthesized.

>

> Bile originates from cholesterol and is essential for proper fat

> digestion. With all this evidence indicating the physiological

> importance of cholesterol, why would the body keep producing it

> throughout our evolution if it was eventually going to destroy us?

>

> It would seem that the human system takes adequate care of itself.

> Perhaps, we are not taking care of the system.

>

>

> The answer to the discrepancy between needing cholesterol for

> survival and finding it in heart disease victims comes from Dr. Kurt

> A. Oster, cardiologist.

>

> After suffering from two heart attacks, he was inspired to research

> how the atherosclerotic process worked.

>

> He discovered that the enzyme Xanthine Oxidase (Xo), which is

> present in cow's milk (as well as the milk of sheep and goats), can

> be very destructive to heart and arterial tissue.

>

> In raw milk, both the fat and Xo are digested in the stomach and

> small intestines. They are either used or excreted.

>

> Xo is found in the liver of many organisms, where it breaks down

> compounds into uric acid waste products.

>

> Humans have a natural reservoir of Xo in the liver, but it is

> naturally blocked from entering the bloodstream.

>

>

> All is well until homogenized milk is introduced in 1932. Under

> pressure of 2500 pounds per square inch, at a speed of 600 feet per

> second, milk is passed through pipes and fine filters.

>

> This breaks up the fat particles and puts them in suspension like a

> foggy mist. The homogenized process encapsulates Xo into tiny fatty

> substances called liposomes.

>

> This protects Xo from stomach acids and allows it to pass through

> the intestinal walls into the circulatory system.

>

>

> Xo destroys plasmalogen, which makes up 30% of the membrane system

> in human heart muscle cells. Xo and plasmalogen cannot co-exist in

> one location.

>

> The liver, therefore, has no plasmalogen.

>

> In autopsies of people who died from heart and circulatory disease,

> plasmalogen was completely missing.

>

> Xo was in its place.

>

> Arterial inner linings were completely eaten away.

>

> The resulting lesions became hardened by the deposition of minerals.

>

> Fatty streaks and cholesterol had surrounded the newly-formed plaque

> by this time.

>

>

> The appearance of cholesterol created widespread speculation that it

> was the cause of heart disease and not the result. The Xo process is

> slow and effectively destructive.

>

> Most 10 year-old children who have consumed homogenized milk have

> some form of atherosclerosis.

>

> In the case of American soldiers autopsied after combat fatalities,

> some had arteries as brittle as clay pipes.

>

> There is a very high correlation between countries that drink

> homogenized milk and atherosclerosis.

>

> In countries where milk is boiled before drinking, the incidence of

> heart disease is low because Xo is destroyed in the boiling process.

>

>

> It has become trendy for health-conscious people to consume skim or

> low fat milk, but that only slows down the Xo process slightly.

>

> Besides that, low fat milk products will cause someone to gain

> weight. Farmers feed their pigs skim milk to fatten them up before

> the slaughter.

>

> If you look at commercially prepared homogenized milk in

> supermarkets, most brands state that Vitamin D has been added.

>

> Unfortunately, Vitamin D enhances Xo activity.

>

> Xo is not the only source of atherosclerosis, but it is a major

> contributor.

>

> For someone looking to improve their diet in a truly healthful

> manner, they would be wise to avoid all dairy products, except for

> those that are raw or cultured without homogenization, like organic

> yogurt.

>

> http://www.fetalogos.com/articles.htm#xanthine

> written by Rodney Julian

>

> Published January 1988

> _________________

>

> JoAnn Guest

> mrsjo-

> DietaryTi-

> http://www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/Genes.html

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, " John Polifronio "

<counterpnt@e...> wrote:

" John Polifronio " <counterpnt

Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:48 pm

Subject:

Re: Xanthine Oxidase and Its Role in

Heart Disease

 

 

< I was just about to increase my intake of Vitamin D to 3000mg, and

<now I read that it enhances the action of an enzyme that's harmful

<to the heart.What was not clear in Dr. White's investigations, is

<whether Vit. D, is a problem when there is no XO in your body, in

<other words, if I don't drink

milk?

I've been reading about the immense benefits in

supplementing with D,up to 4000mg, for people over 40.

 

JoAnn, do you know if Vit. D can be spplemented safely, if I " don't'

drink milk?

JP

 

 

Hi John,

Vitamin D is not a vitamin. It is a " hormone " actually. It is also fat soluble,

meaning that it stays in the body longer than water soluble supplements such as

vitamin C.

The truth is that the form of vitamin D that we get from foods and supplements

is not fully active. It requires conversion by the liver and then the

kidneys before it becomes fully active!

 

Only that which is converted from the sun's ultraviolet ray's

(skin exposure) undergoes the necessary transformation to provide

adequate amounts.There are many references for this which state that adequate

amounts may be derived from 20 minutes of sun exposure, thrice weekly.

(Balch)

Only minimal supplementation is necessary in the light of this information.

Essential fatty acids enhance the absorption of vitamin D, so relatively large

amounts of these(EPA, DHA)are beneficial as well.

 

Here is a quote by Dr. Shari Lieberman Ph.D, taken from the

" Complete Vitamin and Mineral Book " that may provide some of your answers.

" Because the amounts of vitamin D in the body at any given time

depends on how your body synthesizes calcium, anything over 1,000 IU (Vitamin

D)is controversial and can cause " Hypercalcemia "

(high levels of calcium in the blood)

This condition is irreversible according to Shari.

 

The resulting calcium " deposits " accumulate in the `soft' tissue,

such as those of the kidneys, heart, lungs and vascular system.

 

She also states that the vitamin D which is available by

prescription may be a better option because smaller amounts are more

effective, thus decreasing the risks of toxicity.

When supplementing it is important to remember that we use the most absorbable

form (D3 or cholecalciferol)_.

 

Back to your question about Xo.

Unfortunately unless we're avoiding all processed foods, it is hard

to tell whether we are totally avoiding dairy or not due to the

widespread use of milk, whey and other

dairy derivatives in " processed' foods.

 

Regarding the vitamin D in milk, it is a highly synthetic form of

vitamin D made in sheep's wool

(cholesterol sythesis from the sun's rays) manufactured by several

chemical giants (Roche and BASF) in Europe.

Vitamin D consumption in milk is sometimes deadly. There were deaths from

exposure to large amounts of this

According to the sources, some of the adverse effects were from the combination

of high blood pressure and cholesterol drugs reacting with the

synthetic vitamin D and another instance was documented in which the Dairy

producer added larger amounts of vitamin D accidentally and several other

instances were related to deaths from the consumption of extremely large amounts

of

milk and Dairy products containing synthetic vitamin D (from sheep). (it is

possible to get

too much D from dairy foods as well.

 

Some of this information is documented at the www. notmilk site.

Some was taken from my reference books. If you want any of

the references I'll be happy to provide you with them. They are all

reputable sources!

 

So you see this is very controversial. I think that whether Vitamin

D is effective depends on many other variables and the amounts of

minerals that are present at any given time.

 

Best Regards,

JoAnn

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