Asprin for your heart?

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***********************************************THIS WEEK IN THE HSI

HEALTHIER TALK COMMUNITY

 

Surrender Dorothy…to baby aspirin? No way!

 

Rett: " Dr. Oz told Oprah's viewers and audience this afternoon that two

baby aspirin a day is recommended for good heart health. I'm

disappointed. I was beginning to think of him as smarter than that. Any

comments? "

 

Rkcannon: " It's supposed to be one baby aspirin. But this has risks.

Some adapt to it and have no benefit, and if you stop you could have an

" event " during surgery.

 

Eating a serving of veggies a day has a better benefit. 2 servings

twice. 3 even better etc. Skip the aspirin.

 

" Ginger is given in Israel instead of aspirin. They know better. 1/2 tsp

powder daily. Also long term aspirin use even a couple a week greatly

increases pancreatic cancer something like 4x in women! Researchers were

'surprised' for some reason. More research needed. "

JonB: " No research needed, aspirin is not good, it is an NSAID, so it

will upset the digestive system. Ginger is great and also garlic. "

 

Chris: " From my fav doc, Dr. Douglass: An aspirin a day, could put you

away

 

" What if you could take one pill every day, a cheap pill available in

every grocery store across the United States, and protect yourself from

heart attacks and strokes? It seems too good to be true, but this is

exactly what experts from Oxford University in England suggest you do.

Their report, published in the British Medical Journal, states that

'aspirin therapy should be considered for all patients who are at high

risk of heart attack, stroke, and other diseases of the circulation.'

 

" I will agree that there is indisputable evidence, biochemically, that

aspirin has wide therapeutic application, since it inhibits the action

of prostaglandins-hormone-like substances that constrict the muscle

tissue around blood vessels, carry pain signals, and induce

inflammation. So aspirin has the potential to dilate blood vessels (by

causing the muscles around them to relax), ease pain, and reduce

inflammation. But prostaglandins also help stop excess bleeding. Aspirin

inhibits this action as well.

 

" I'm going to stick with my great grandma Bell's advice and take my four

cod-liver oil capsules twice a day. Cod-liver oil is an excellent source

of omega-3 fatty acids, which have been shown to reduce the risks of

heart disease and stroke, the same problems doctors prescribe aspirin

for. "

 

Scorpiotiger: " Well it doesn't matter to me if I think he is exactly on

the mark or not.

Dr. Oz is introducing a lot of alternative medicine on Oprah. And she

has a huge audience. The more people that hear about it, the more people

that get interested in alternative medicine as an option. The more

popular, the more impetus for change...

 

Other topics being discussed this week in the Healthier Talk community

forums include:

 

Diabetes: Milk thistle may aid diabetics

 

Allergies: Allergy options?

 

Dental: 10 things your dentist won't tell you

 

Heart: Curcumin may cut heart failure risk

General Health Topics: Cranberry juice as an anti-viral

 

Humor: Did you know?

 

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