Cholesterol: Myths and Facts
One-fifth of Americans (about 59 million) have coronary heart disease (CHD). Many factors contribute to the problems, but for years now the medical or pharmaceutical industries have been focusing on cholesterol and dietary fats. The facts from 2002 show, half the people who had heart attacks have cholesterol above 200 and half have cholesterol below 200. If you use my normal for cholesterol, which is 160 to 260, the statistics get even better.
Most people associate heart attacks with "cholesterol deposits" that "clog" the opening in blood vessels. The plaque lining the inside of blood vessels contain lots of substances: White Blood cells, calcium, platelets, and proteins to name a few of the substances. The protein is the most abundant, as scar tissue. I ask "why?". Something has damaged the blood vessel causing the WBC to go there to fight infection, clean up debris. The body sends platelets to clot the bleeding, help patch the damage, sends calcium to patch the hole along with scar tissue. The cholesterol is laid down to help smooth over the rough patch job so the red blood cells do not catch on the calcium and scar tissue. I believe the arteriosclerosis is started by consumption of pasteurized homogenized milk products, this causes a release of an enzyme called xenioxidase, and a deficiency of copper.
What is Cholesterol anyway?
It is a waxy, fatty substance that is vital for our existence. It is used for brain cells, hormones, digestion, and cellular membranes, just to name a few of the more important functions. One thing I have noticed with elevated cholesterol is an increase in oxidative process within the body. Going by the theory that the body never does anything wrong, I believe elevated cholesterol is in response to an outside stimulus. I believe cholesterol is a great antioxidant for decreasing the aging effects of oxidation.
Cholesterol is actually produced in the body, so dietary intake of fat only affects blood cholesterol levels by only 5% at most. The liver packages cholesterol for delivery to all the body. Low density lipoproteins (LDL) carry the cholesterol out, while high density lipoproteins (HDL) carries used cholesterol back to the liver to repackage again. Wherever there is damage or oxidation (oxygen deprived cells have died), that is where you will see a high amount of LDL. LDL are not the problem, they just indicate a problem within the body. And if the HDL is low there is a problem because the cholesterol is not being carried back to the cells, due to damage at the cellular level.
The vigorous campaign against fats, making the myth that "all fat is bad" is strongly embedded and widespread. In Science magazine, (March 30, 2001, Volume 291, pages 2536-2545; www.sciencemag.org) respected researcher Gary Taubes exposed the fact that, despite 50 years of mainstream research and hundreds of millions of research dollars, it has not been proven that eating a low fat diet will help people live longer or decrease heart attacks. To decrease CHD and increase longevity, decease your man made fats and rancid fats (especially fried foods like french fries), increase your natural oils such as unsalted butter, olive oil, coconut oil, etc. People in Italy, Greece, and Spain who consume huge amounts of olive oil enjoy better health and longevity then Americans. People of Sardinia, where cancer and CHD are rare, drink olive oil by the glassful. The best olive oil has a greenish, almost opaque appearance.
In my observation of my patients over the years, drugs like Lipitor and other cholesterol lowering drugs cause an increase in aging. People taking these drugs are reducing the natural antioxidant in the body, thereby increasing free radical damage. That mainly affects joints, but is very hard on the liver and especially hard on the kidneys, the organs that have to eliminate the toxins.
In conclusion, if your cholesterol is high, increase your antioxidants. Take 8 Hiscorbadyne per day, take SOD to tolerance for 8 weeks once a quarter, and take 800 IU of mixed d-alpha tocopherol (Vitamin E). If you are a high-stress, type A personality, be aware that stress increases oxidative damage to your body. Taking PMS (Premium Magnesium Supplement) and some extra vitamin B 1 will help to relax your body. Magnesium may help relax blood vessels aiding in lower blood pressure, and a normalized heartbeat. Plus, it's essential for energy production and the activity of over 300 enzymes. To decrease oxidation, stop eating margarine and homogenized milk products, and stop smoking. Avoid toxins and poisons as much as possible. Avoid artificial anything and chemical additives. Increase your whole foods and eat as close to the way Nature prepared the food as possible.
©2003 Regan Golob D.C.
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