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Aspirin is metabolised to salicylic acid (SA) in the body. SA is a plant hormone found in many common food plants. I wonder if some of the health benefit of a p
by zenon 9y ago
Aspirin is metabolised to salicylic acid (SA) in the body. SA is a plant hormone found in many common food plants. I wonder if some of the health benefit of a plant-heavy diet can come from the SA. Maybe we are adapted to a certain level of SA intake, and eating aspirin helps us fulfill our SA "requirement" ... and then some, a baby Aspirin gives us 10-100x as much SA as a day's worth of plant-based food.
- Balgair 9y agoSA is also the active ingredient in wart removal balms, so there's that. Bio is SUPER complicated and really can't be reduced to first principals outside of breathe, drink, eat.
- akeck 9y agoBreath, drink, eat, sleep?
- Balgair 9y agoYes, my bad :)
- dotancohen 9y agoWhat, no code?
- goialoq 9y agoThat's for directly topically burning the wart though. (Also for acne.) Ingested SA isn't going to burn off a warn before burning your while body from inside out.