New research linking aspirin to severe brain bleeds has prompted the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology to warn that adults 70 and over should not take daily aspirin, according to Study Finds.
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A low-dose daily aspirin has long been recommended for older adults to prevent blood clots, the leading cause of heart attacks or strokes. But a study of over 130,000 people who were given either a low dose aspirin or a placebo, showed that those who took aspirin had a higher risk of bleeding inside the skull, the report said, and that “taking a daily aspirin may actually do more harm than good.”
The FDA has also reversed its position on taking daily aspirin if you haven’t had a heart attack, concluding that the risks outweigh the benefits. Scientific studies have failed to prove that low-dose aspirin offers safe and effective protection from cardiovascular disease.
Aspirin can lead to serious medical problems such as gastrointestinal and intracranial bleeds, ulcers, kidney failure, blindness and many more.
A safer, more effective approach to heart health is reducing chronic inflammation through diet, exercise, sun exposure and grounding yourself to the earth.
Low-dose aspirin therapy has long been recommended to lower your risk of heart attack, and as many as 36% —more than 1 in 3 persons! — of American adults may currently be on a low dose aspirin therapy regimen prescribed by their doctors, even though a number of studies have refuted its benefits.
Mounting evidence suggests that daily aspirin has no benefit for otherwise healthy people who are at low risk for heart attack. High iron is a significant risk factor for heart disease and aspirin therapy lowers your iron level through intestinal bleeding. Checking your ferritin and lowering your iron by donating blood if it’s high is a safer strategy.
A number of health conditions are covered under the umbrella term cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks, stroke, coronary artery disease and arrhythmias, the combination of which tops the list of leading causes of death in the U.S.
Risks associated with aspirin therapy include upper gastrointestinal bleeding and intracranial bleeding, without associated benefits in people over 50 who do not have a previous history of heart attack or stroke.
Those using aspirin to reduce clot formation may develop a number of side effects, while nattokinase, used for centuries in Japan to lengthen life and improve health, is beneficial without these effects.
Natto is a fermented soybean product that has been eaten as a traditional food in Japan for thousands of years. Nattokinase is produced by the bacteria Bacillus subtilis during the fermentation of soybeans to produce natto.
Nattokinase has shown dramatic effects on breaking down blood clots, reducing production of blood clots and treating persistent sinus conditions without using conventional drugs.