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Aspirin Has Other Health Benefits Too
In addition to being an effective pain reliever, anti-inflammatory and anticoagulant (blood thinner), aspirin also has other health benefits. Importantly, it helps increase the oxidation of glucose as fuel for your body while inhibiting the oxidation of fatty acids, specifically linoleic acid.
As I've mentioned many times before, one of the most foundational strategies to improve your health is to lower your linoleic acid intake, but since you're always going to get some from your food, and linoleic acid remains in your cellular membranes for up to seven years, a daily low-dose aspirin regimen may help prevent some of the damage in the meantime.
Aspirin also has an anti-lipolytic effect, so it helps lower both the supply of fat to the cell and the excessive oxidation of fats.
Aspirin will also lower your baseline cortisol, indirectly by lowering inflammation, and directly by inhibiting the enzyme 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1. This enzyme synthesizes active cortisol from the inactive precursor cortisone.
Purchasing Guidelines
While picking out aspirin might seem like an easy thing to do, there are, in fact, some important considerations to keep in mind. First, avoid coated extended-release aspirin. It's not recommended due to the additives they put in it. There is a pure aspirin powder that you can purchase for around $20.
If you are sensitive to aspirin it would be best to use a salicylic acid or willow bark supplement, as this is the active ingredient. Look for a clean, high quality willow bark supplement.
Interestingly aspirin was developed as an alternative to salicyclic acid so it could be patented. The active ingredient is salicylic acid not acetyl salicylic acid. When you consume aspirin it is metabolized in your body to salicylic acid, which is the compound responsible for the anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving effects of aspirin.
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