Wishing you weren’t having a birthday again this year? Humans have been looking for the “Fountain of Youth” for centuries. What we really want is to look and feel younger than our age. It takes some self discipline but it can be a reality. Developing a therapeutic lifestyle is the first step. A therapeutic lifestyle might be defined as making daily choices that will enhance your health and prevent disease. In fact the National Institute of Health (NIH) recommends lifestyle changes as the most important and cost-effective way to lower cholesterol. Lifestyle changes are now recommended as the first line of therapy for many chronic diseases.
When I consult with patients about various health concerns, I always ask about medications and nutritional supplements. There often will be an extensive list of medications taken. Likewise, there will be a list of the supplements, which often includes aspirin. This is a problem because aspirin is NOT a nutritional supplement. Aspirin is a drug, albeit a non-prescription one, but a drug none the less. It is a foreign agent in the body which requires detoxification and could have negative consequences from its consumption.
