Thrombogenic Hypothesis of Heart Disease- Part 1

Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.

 

I’ve been telling you for years that cholesterol is not the cause of heart disease, and no drug, aspirin a day regimen or fat restricting diet does a bit of good in lowering heart attack risk or death. The whole saturated fat theory of heart disease was fabricated to begin with, yet it’s been a staple of “modern medicine” for forty years.

Today, I will introduce you to the latest information on what causes heart disease and arterial thickening called atherosclerosis. The thrombogenic hypothesis asserts that blood clotting is the underlying pathological process that causes all heart disease.

Aspirin Therapy and Your Heart-Part 2

Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.

 

Before you jump on the bandwagon of taking aspirin daily for the reduction of heart attacks, stroke and cancer, you really need to educate yourself on the actual benefits and side effects.   Like we showed last week, recent studies point toward no benefit in reducing heart attack with aspirin use.  In fact, use of aspirin by people who have not had a cardiac event seems to increase the incidence of heart attack.

Let’s start with the professed benefit of taking an aspirin a day. It is said to help prevent cardiovascular events, especially in a person who already has had a heart attack or stroke. A recent report came out saying aspirin prevents cancer when taken for at least 3 years. The process of thinning the blood so it can circulate more easily amongst clogged and narrowed arteries sure seems logical enough, if it only were true.