The following information is from leading bariatric specialist and hormone physician Dr Rensburg in Perth Australia. Although we promote his views we strongly recommend that you consult your own physician before taking any medical advice below.
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Dr Rensburg:
For years I have recommended low dose aspirin for my patients, also as mentioned in my book: Polar Bears and Humming Birds a Medical Guide to Weight Loss. By age 40, the human body begins to develop chronic inflammation in the joints, heart, and brain, usually shrugged off ruefully as inevitable changes of aging. This inflammation is a progressive decline in our defence mechanisms that everyone should resist by every means possible. It is not just a few aches and pains of aging, but a potent precursor of many diseases in later life including cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s, and a variety of cancers.
Some physicians criticised my recommendation, citing evidence that aspirin causes gastrointestinal bleeding. That is correct in some cases, and especially with use of high doses of aspirin, or other NSAIDs drugs such as the most commonly used ibuprofen, voltaren and naproxen sodium. Taking a small dose of aspirin with an alkaline meal, however, which is what I advise, has now been used by many thousands of people for many years without problems.
For more than a decade now, a daily baby aspirin has been a standard recommendation from cardiovascular experts, as an effective means of preventing the inflammatory cascade that causes a second heart attack. Studies of these patients and of other people who have been taking the aspirin for up to eight years, have uncovered an amazing second benefit. The anti-inflammatory effects and other effects of aspirin on prostaglandins are even more potent that we thought. A baby aspirin per day, taken year-in, year-out, reduces the risk of a variety of cancers by one-third to one-half.
Recent studies indicate that regular aspirin intake cuts melanoma risk by 23%
On 7 December 2010, the British medical journal, The Lancet, published the breakthrough evidence online, using data from many of the largest studies. Patients had been taking aspirin for up to eight years to ward off heart attacks. Aspirin inhibited some of the biggest killers including, prostate cancer, lung cancer, stomach cancer, and colorectal cancer. The researchers also found strong effects against bladder cancer, throat cancer, brain cancer, and kidney cancer. Death rates from all the cancers declined by 34%. Death rates from stomach and colorectal cancer declined by 54%
Most amazing is the long-term protection. Larger doses of aspirin did not increase the benefit. But daily use of a baby aspirin for four years or more, continued to protect patients for at least 20 years. Protection from all cancers after 20 years was 20%, and, for stomach and colorectal cancers, 35%, in patients who had taken aspirin in their 40s. Benefits increased with the duration of daily aspirin use, up to the 8-year limit of measurements used in the research.
It is gratifying to see extensive research supporting the use of aspirin against disease. We used to take it for granted as a simple remedy for aches. Now we know it is much more complex. I recommend aspirin because it is salicylic acid that has been acetylated for stability. Salicylic acid is a powerful chemical that occurs naturally in numerous of our plant foods. Over millions of years, evolution has utilized it for a variety of purposes in the human body. Recognition and response to aspirin is built into our DNA, and recent genomic science shows that it affects the expression of numerous genes. We are only now discovering just how powerful it is.
Very recent research indicates that regular Aspirin reduces the risk for melanoma by 21%.
Dr. Hendrik v Rensburg MD MA. MB.Bch. BAO. (TCD) M.R.C.S. (Eng) LR.C.P. (Lond) Faculty Member of the International Hormone Society (IHS)
Member Endocrine Society and ESA The Rensburg Medical Clinic
+61 8 9444 1766
AUSTRALIA
References:
1. Colgan M. Save Your Brain. Vancouver: Science Books, 2008. 2. v Rensburg H. Polar Bears and Humming Birds a Medical Guide to Weight Loss and
Maintenance. 3. Rothwell PM, et al. Effect of daily aspirin on long-term risk of death due to cancer: analysis of individual patient data from randomised trials. The Lancet, Online Publication, 7 December 2010 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62110-1
My Recommendation for Breast Cancer (and other cancer) prevention:
The following strategies, in combination, have solid scientific backing:
1. Weight loss
2. Metformin
3. Aspirin
4. Melatonin 5. Vit D
6. Exercise
7. Proper Nutrition and Diet
