Article: Homogenized Dairy, the Dependable Cardiotoxin

[Guest guest]

just passing along some interesting reading ... when I was living in NYC

and worked at the health food store I bought a brand of local

non-homogenized milk in glass bottles. Loved it

 

Now I am fortunate enough to get day fresh raw non-homogenized goat milk

from a farm that is about a half hour away from me. LOVE it

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

 

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

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http://www.wellbeingjournal.com/homogenized.htm

 

 

 

 

 

From Well Being Journal Vol. 12, No. 5 ~ September/October 2003

 

Homogenized Dairy, the Dependable Cardiotoxin

 

By Rodney Julian

 

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When the " Father of Modern Cardiology, " the eminent physician Dr. Paul

Dudley White, graduated from Harvard medical school in 1911, he had

never encountered coronary thrombosis. As a practicing physician in

Boston, on those rare occasions when a hospital had such a case, he and

other physicians from the Boston area would gather to see this rare

disease. Today, however, it has become so prevalent, it threatens almost

all of us, young and old. So the question is " What happened between 1911

and now to facilitate this change? "

 

Many studies show evidence that cholesterol is the major contributor.

Autopsy studies show that in American soldiers from the Vietnam War, 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

prescribed today by physicians or by diet specialists 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

as a biochemical role in endocrine production. Cholesterol synthesizes

male and female hormones. Without cholesterol, vitamin D, which is

required for calcium absorption, would not be synthesized. Bile

originates in the liver from used or spent 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 were 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 when the milk is homogenized. 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 animals, where it

breaks down compounds into uric acid waste products. Humans have a

natural reservoir of Xo in the liver. One of its chief functions is to

destroy used plasmalogen (in the liver only). And there are barriers,

which prevent Xo from entering the bloodstream.

 

When homogenized milk was introduced in 1932, we started to see

increased atherosclerotic damage on a regular basis. 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 and into the circulatory system.

 

At this point, while the liposomes are circulating in the blood, they

are slowly burned up as energy fuel, only to expose the hidden core,

which is in fact the enzyme xanthine oxidase. This dangerous situation

is taking place outside the protection of the liver. Xo and plasmalogen

cannot co-exist in one location. The liver, therefore, cannot store

plasmalogen. It can only process or destroy it. So now this freshly

exposed Xo circulating in the bloodstream, with nothing to stop it,

starts to destroy plasmalogen, which makes up 30% of the membrane system

in human heart muscle cells. 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 had become 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

for safety reasons before drinking, Xo is destroyed in the process.

However, boiling will rob the milk of vitamins, change its organic

structure and convert it to a putrefied mess in the bowel. In children

especially, it can lead to constipation, chronic sniffles and colds, and

tonsillitis.

 

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. People looking to improve their diet in a

truly healthful manner would be wise to avoid all dairy products, except

for those that are raw or cultured without homogenization.

 

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Author's note: Dr. Paul Dudley White helped President Dwight D.

Eisenhower recover from a heart attack, which allowed Eisenhower to

continue his term in office. Years later, while still practicing

medicine in his 80s, Dr. White became my father's cardiologist.

 

Rodney Julian has been a writer and researcher for over twenty years on

the topic of natural health and healing. He is trained in

Neuro-kinesiology. His practice in energy medicine is based in Dallas

and he travels extensively for consultations and house calls. For more

information please visit www.fetalogos.com or email the author at

RFJ.

 

Recommended Reading

 

My Life and Medicine, by Paul Dudley White, M.D., 1971

 

Food Is Your Best Medicine, by Henry G. Bieler, M.D., 1965

 

Homogenized! Homogenized Milk Exposed, by Nicholas Sampsidis, 1983

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thank you for this Chris ! Just made my day here.

Jenn in Oregon

http://www.bellamiaskin.com

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Christine Ziegler

Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:56 AM

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