13) TYPE 2 DIABETES SUPPLEMENTS
g) Aspirin Therapy
Research results are pretty clear. The 2004 position statement of the American Diabetes Association reviewed the results of many trials and came to the conclusion that a small aspirin tablet everyday was definitely beneficial to a person with type 2 diabetes, largely because aspirin is beneficial to anyone with heart disease and anyone with type 2 diabetes invariably has heart disease. This same conclusion has been repeated over and over again in many very good trials. If there ever was a "miracle" supplement, it is small amounts of aspirin. But aspirin is a medication and might interact with other medications an individual is taking, especially anticoagulants, so check with your doctor before starting to supplement your diet with aspirin.
From Wikipedia:
Aspirin (USAN), also known as acetylsalicylic acid, is a salicylate drug, often used as an analgesic to relieve minor aches and pains, as an antipyretic to reduce fever, and as an anti-inflammatory medication.
Aspirin also has an antiplatelet, or "anti-clotting", effect and is used in long-term, low doses to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and blood clot formation in people at high risk for developing blood clots. It has also been established that low doses of aspirin may be given immediately after a heart attack to reduce the risk of another heart attack or of the death of cardiac tissue.
The main undesirable side effects of aspirin are gastrointestinal ulcers, stomach bleeding, and tinnitus, especially in higher doses. In children and adolescents, aspirin is no longer used to control flu-like symptoms or the symptoms of chickenpox or other viral illnesses, due to the risk of Reye's syndrome.
Aspirin was the first-discovered member of the class of drugs known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), not all of which are salicylates, although they all have similar effects and most have inhibition of the enzyme cyclooxygenase as their mechanism of action. Today, aspirin is one of the most widely used medications in the world, with an estimated 40,000 metric tons of it being consumed each year.
Current Chapter: 13) TYPE 2 DIABETES SUPPLEMENTS
a) Introduction
b) The Benefits of Fish Oil
c) Issues with Fish Oil
d) Flax Seed Oil
e) Bad Omega 6 oils
f) Nuts and Phytosterols
g) Aspirin Therapy
h) Magnesium
i) Vitamins C, D and E
j) High Water Intake© Copyright 2009 All Rights Reserved.