For decades a daily low dose of aspirin was to be the cure all for heart disease and and many of us took a daily aspirin. Now studies have shown that to be worthless. Needless to say I’m sceptical
Low dose aspirin thins the blood so that it can more easily flow past obstructions.
All it really does is to allow the obstructions to become even smaller before blood flow stops and a heart attack occurs. By then, the blockage may be so severe that a bypass is necessary instead of a stent.
Low dose aspirin is like four wheel drive vs. two wheel drive on a truck. 4WD allows you to go 50 more feet into the mud bog before you get stuck, but once you do, it's harder to get your truck out.
That said, I take 81 mg every day...
Aspirin as an anti-inflammatory agent is beneficial.
The ‘studies’ saying aspirin is worthless are um ... worthless. Seriously, those ‘studies’ are based on cheap shabby study designs.
Aspirin is not a cure, but it helps.
The study of PAR referenced in this thread is solid. The UK scientists via NMR Spectroscopy have pinpointed the cause.
What we see here on this thread are excellent points that the PAR suppressor antibiotic minocycline is an antibiotic and too many antibiotics swirling about the human population have a significant downside.
So we hope there is something in the diet we can consume that will lower PAR levels in the bloodstream.
My PA at my cardiologists told me to keep taking low dose aspirin.
My cardiologist said the same goes for fish oil and olive oil. He said that the egg and butter "rehabilitation" are politically and financially driven, too. He still says stay away from eggs and dairy.