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Tue Jun 10, 2014 4:33 pm  |
I saw mentioned on another forum that one of the reasons aspirin is so helpful to some people is that it helps protect the collagen in the cardiovascular system from the effects of glycation. I had a look around to see if this might be true for all collagen in the body and it seems like there is some reseach on this. These are a few links I found one is about the eye and another is more specifically about skin but not specifically about aspirin though it is mentioned.
http://www.mibellebiochemistry.com/pdfs/Collagen_glycation_and_skin_aging_-_CT_2002.pdf
http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/content/25/4/279.full.pdf?origin=publication_detail
I really have no medical or scentific background so my understanding of these articles is limited but it does seem like their might be something to it.
Obviously I am not suggesting that we all start dosing ourselves with aspirin on a daily basis and their can be some serious side effects for some people, but it is quite exciting, especially given that so many of us have to take aspirin anyway.
Anyway I am just sharing this and am curious to see what others might have to add. |
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Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:50 am |
| Be very careful. I started taking baby aspirin because it was supposed to be good for the heart if heart disease ran in your family. It gave me tinnitus in one ear. I didn't make the connection until years later when a doctor told me. He said it's not that uncommon. Funny, in all the new stories saying how helpful aspirin is they don't mention it! |
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Sun Jun 15, 2014 9:12 pm |
A year ago, researchers at Stanford University Medical School published their findings from a study of daily aspirin use and the lowering of one's risk for melanoma. In just one year, there was an 11% risk reduction which doubled to 22% in subjects who continued after one year. They're not really sure why and these same researchers plan a follow up study.
There are potential side effects as SoftSkin says and it may not be for everyone. But it's still intriguing nonetheless. |
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Tue Jun 17, 2014 4:58 pm |
Aspirin can have side effects and can damage the gut lining over time, which is a very bad thing since our gut is one of our main immune barriers
Carnosine (not carnitine) is said to inhibit glycation- I think resveratrol is also supposed to. Yerba maté and green tea both inhibit the formation of Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs).
There is a European study comparing the serum levels of AGEs in different dietary groups: vegans, laco-ovo vegetarians, and omnivores. The vegetarian and vegan groups had much higher serum AGE levels than the omnivores- it's thought that it could be due to the lack of carnosine and possibly taurine in those diets, as well as higher intakes of fructose from fruit and possibly higher grain intakes.
Even though cooked meat contains AGEs, it doesn't appear to raise internal levels like fructose and carbohydrates/grains do because it doesn't raise blood glucose levels in the same way. |
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