Ask A Genius 893: Michael
Author(s): Rick Rosner and Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Ask A Genius
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2024/02/05
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is more on the feedback section of www.rickrosner.org. This one is from Michael. mcim116@gmail.com
“Hi Rick, my name is Michael. I want to ask you about your daily intake of baby aspirin for positive cognitive changes. What exactly about baby aspirin has a positive effect on our brains, and could that influence intelligence? Are there any dangers inherent to taking these pills every day? Thank you.”
Rick Rosner: I don’t know anything about baby aspirin and cognition. The name for drugs that help you’re thinking are Nootropics, and I never knew that baby aspirin was supposed to be that, though I can see that if you’re older. You’re tending to get micro strokes because your blood is a little clot-ty or you’ve got AFib, which shakes up your blood and makes it more likely to clot. Then maybe having your blood thinned a little bit because aspirin is a blood thinner might slow down the micro strokes, TIA, and transient ischemic attacks, which means a brief lack of oxygen to parts of your brain. Also, with everybody getting COVID-19, the COVID numbers are super bad right now. Somebody has suggested that maybe a third of Americans will get COVID-19 this winter. Spike and COVID are diseases of, among other things, blood clotting. It makes your blood extra clotty. So, maybe aspirin would help, though I’m unsure if that is the case.
I haven’t been taking baby aspirin for the past few years. When I was taking a baby aspirin every day, I was fine until I added one more supplement that acted as a blood thinner, and then I had a couple of bleeds in my eyes. My blood was too thin. So, it doesn’t help with cognitive ability, though it might help with not having many strokes. The only nootropic that I know works is coffee, which makes me alert and less inclined to fall asleep after lunch than I used to before I developed a coffee habit.
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