| Answer: | The bottom line is that neither is great for you, especially over a long time. Aspirin is harsh on your stomach and digestive tract because it irritates and causes bleeding. The longest recorded intestinal bleeding from one aspirin was three days! Frequent use of aspirin causes gastrointestinal problems, ulceration and occasional death.
Paracetamol puts a strain on the liver. It is detoxified using the same pathway in the body as alcohol, and combining the two is particularly lethal. Most liver transplants and cases of liver failure are the result of people taking both. You can reduce the toxic effects of paracetamol by taking glutathione, which helps detoxify it in the liver. Either takea good antioxidant complex, which should include it, or eat onions and garlic, whichcontain cysteine from which glutathione is made in the body.
Ultimately, however, you need to ask yourself why you' re using either of them. It is always best to tackle the cause of the pain, rather than numbing it constantly. So if, for example, you have tender joints, you can reduce the inflammation with anti-inflammatories such«s omega-3 fish oils or a blend of the herbs boswellia and curcumin.
And if you get headaches regularly, you should look into the possible causes: are you drinking enough water, stressed and living off stimulants, or
sensitive to something you' re eating? |
