June 12, 2007

Today Irene talked about the Real Truth about Aspirin !

For more than a decade, doctors have been prescribing a low daily dose of aspirin to people at the risk for heart attacks and strokes. This treatment, endorsed by the FDA has been shown to be highly effective in preventing initial and recurring heart attacks in men. However, an article in the March 21, 2005 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine showed that the opposite was true for women, aspirin helped prevent stroke but not heart attacks. It should be emphasized that the male and female cardiovascular systems are different and should be treated as such. For example, men having a heart attack will typically have chest pain that begins under the breastbone and spreads to the jaw and left arm. Women suffering from a heart attack may not have chest pain at all. Instead they may experiencing primarily jaw pain and indigestion. Although we aren't sure, this may attributed to the fact that a women's blood vessels are smaller than a man's. Heart disease is the leading killer of women over the age of 50 and heart attacks are twice deadly for women as they are for men. Statistics show that in every two women will eventually die of some kind of heart disease, either coronary or stroke ( a stroke is just like a heart attack of the brain) . Because the heart is so directly associated with and affected by emotions, midlife is the perfect time to prevent heart disease by learning to listen to your heart! Nourish your cardiovascular system with the right foods and supplements, and find the courage to change the aspects of your life that no longer serve you. Thus the more women truly care for themselves, the better their health is, pure and simple.
Eat your veggies and love yourself to the fullest!