Plants With Aspirin Aspirations

Should the active ingredient in aspirin be considered an essential vitamin?

Note: around minute 3:40, Dr. Greger says "What happened to the other 799?" He meant "792."



Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution!
-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

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[egalitarianvegan]

Great video, I am learning so much from this series. I gave up salt, refined sugars, and oils. It is amazing how much better I feel. I added more fruits, and vegetable containing beta carotene to my diet. I honestly feel years younger. This whole foods plant based diet is amazing. The magic pill everyone is looking for is not a pill, but just delicious whole plant based foods. Thanks Dr. Greger. Your videos have made a very positive impact in my life.

[rjfpac]

Love and gratitude to you Dr Greger!
Wish you never changed your website format after 2017... it was so much more responsive to searches and the videos from 2014-2018 are buried now. I shared them with SOOO many patients back then.

[ASTROLOGICALASHER]

Thank you for sharing your information on youtube ! I'm 17 and vegan (3 years+) and it's been difficult to find reputable sources. I'm very thankful for your channel and all the information I've gathered from your videos. Thank you Dr. Greger !

[theshunnedBandersnatch]

My love of Indian spices is now scientifically justified 🙌

[chazlyle]

TL;DW version:
Cook with lots of Cumin, turmeric and herbs/spices.
Organic fruits and veggies over non-organic.
Whole grain breads over non.
:)

[ArachnidSoul]

I always try to add spices to my food. Nice to have even more confirmation of how beneficial to our health those spices are. Another great video. Thank you Dr. Greger.

[helyndunnauthor]

Thank you, Dr. Greger! Another great video.

[CookingLessonsforDad]

Very interesting. Another good reason to eat more fruits and veggies!

[pencraftco]

The chart at 1:56 into the video shows very high levels for cardamon. Curious as to why that is not preferred over cumin. Chai tea anyone?

[naomijaneartworks]

Hi Dr Greger, thank you for this informative video. I would like to ask you what are your thoughts on salicylate sensitivity? I suffer from a mix of fibro, chronic fatigue and joint pains and am trying an elimination diet to see if salicylates aggravate my symptoms. However I have read that ingesting them is not a problem as the liver can deal with it, but on the skin is where the problems can occur ie body creams etc. What do you think? I am hoping I do not have a sensitivity as i am gluten free plant based vegan and my food choices would become extremely limited. A year ago my symptoms had improved enormously following this way of eating but a year on things gave got bad again. Which is why I'm pretty convinced it's not salicylates that are my problem...any thoughts would be hugely appreciated or even a video on fibromyalgia and salicylate sensitivity?....Thank you so much

[johnlord]

Wintergreen essential oil also has aspirin. The mention of other vegetables having aspirin, would like to see a chart of those.

[feelingoffbalance]

Wow, amazing information. My dad is allergic to salicilates, should he avoid those foods?

[JenDoe]

I would love to hear you expand on the reasons for the large amount of stomach cancer in Japan. Why do you think this is? Is it because they eat large amounts of smoked meats/fish (I believe I'm correct in mentioning this?)

Again, thanks for the informative video! If I could say one sentence to everyone in the world, it would be, "Eat a whole foods plant based diet!!!" I'd rather everyone make it their lifestyle though. Bless you for all that you & the team do. 🌱💚💪😊

[reinux]

Do you have anything regarding spices and stomach upset?

I've been vegan for 3 months now; *really* don't want to give up spicy foods, but I seem to be somewhat sensitive :(

[nescius]

my only issue is with suggestion that organic produce is better because it is not better. that's about what you said in the video - stress causing production of chemicals which have positive effects on health.. I would rather have it without the organic part in the name, which to me, translates as expensive and wasteful - while stress affects the beneficial chemistry production, it also seriously affects whether the plants are marketable, resulting in a significant amount of production being discarded. perhaps better way would be to cultivate/gene modify the plant to produce this compound without stress.

[ronaldgarrison]

Very interesting. Certainly this never occurred to me. But it raises an obvious question: Is there a risk of getting TOO MUCH salicylic acid from plants, especially spices?

[henrychinner]

What would the recommended daily allowance of Vitamin S be?

[Kelberi]

I love curry because it stops my body ache. Now I know 😎

[PaulGreen]

I can't say I haven't been warned.

[dannid]

Prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) : Doc, Aspirin Block COX-2 so AA dont become Inflammatory TXA2 (Thromboxane A2), Could U make Video about PGD2 and Hairloss. Latest research by Cotsarelis says that Hairloss and Asthma is cause by Inflammation of PGD2 at hair follicle and lungs, Thanks Doc.