Re: Fwd: The BLINDING Truth about an Aspirin a Day!

[Guest guest]

Hi Ed & Group,

Dr does write some excellent articles.

You get the " answer " in some of his articles but are

encouraged to subscribe to his newsletter to get most

of the answers. Although he never disclosed the

supplement that is more beneficial than aspirin, some

one awhile back sent an email to be about " grape seed

extract " , aka GSE.

It was just by chance that I was looking for an alternate

to 81mg of aspirin, as even that low of a dose set off my

very minor tinnitus which I usually only notice at night

but was now bugging me during the day.

Very lengthy article on GSE:

http://www.rmbarry.com/research/grape_seed_extract.html

The section that discusses aspirin vs GSE is titled...

" Grape Seed Extract and Heart Disease "

Excerpt: In the early 1970s he (Dr. Folts) developed an

experimental model to study in vivo thrombus formation

in stenosed arteries with endothelial and medial damage.

In 1974 he first demonstrated in vivo that aspirin can

significantly reduce the incidence of coronary

thrombosis.

Currently, he is studying the antiplatelet/antioxidant

properties of polyphenolic compounds found in red wine,

dark beer, fruit juices, and tea. These compounds appear

to be better platelet inhibitors than aspirin.

This PubMed article demonstrates GSE protects against

oxidative damage: http://tinyurl.com/p6ha7

" Defatted milled grape seed protects adriamycin-treated

hepatocytes against oxidative damage. "

Fran

[Guest guest]

Even more about Grape Seed and Grape Skins from

The American Society for Nutritional Sciences

J. Nutr. 132:3592-3598, December 2002

Biochemical and Molecular Actions of Nutrients

" Grape Seed and Grape Skin Extracts Elicit a Greater

Antiplatelet Effect When Used in Combination than

When Used Individually in Dogs and Humans "

http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/132/12/3592#SEC2