Re: Aspirin and milk miracle mix signals

 The study was conducted by the Stroke Prevention Research Unit – University of Oxford. Could they be so obscenely (not to say deliberately) misguided to ignore the risks?!

It is easy to derive true, but misleading claims on drugs depending on how you choose to look at the results and where you focus the intention.  I did a video on Coumadin that shows a great example of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZcJhSn4RS4

Coumadin is frequently prescribed to prevent strokes (CVAs).  So the medical establishment claims it reduces the risk of stokes.  Is this true?  Well, yes and no.  Coumadin will reduce the risk of thrombic stroke, but significantly increases the risk of hemorrhagic stroke.  So can they claim it reduces the risk of strokes? Yes, because it does for one form.  Is their claim misleading?  Yes, because it can cause another potentially more deadly form of stroke.

The same goes for aspirin.  Can it reduce the risk of stroke?  Yes, in the manner it reduces the risk of blood clots.  But it also thins out the blood and reduces the strength of blood vessels by decreasing vitamin C levels.  Thus, like Coumadin, it can increase the risk of hemorrhagic stroke.   If we want to take it a step further it is also well known that aspirin can cause other internal hemorrhages, especially of the gastrointestinal tract.  This can lead to hypovolemia resulting in a stroke.  By only focusing on thrombic stroke they can claim aspirin reduces the risk of strokes.  If they look at the whole picture though then we find that aspirin also increases the risk of strokes.