US Preventive Services Task Force reemphasizes its cardiovascular health recommendations
Small amounts of a well-known white powder should be ingested daily to prevent coronary heart disease, the federal US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) reiterated in a March 17 article in The Annals of Internal Medicine .
No, the white powder, in this article, isn't salt, it's aspirin. The USPSTF reiterated its 2002 finding that men over age 45 and women over age 55 should take aspirin. The recommendations receive the top "A" grade for strength of evidence supporting the recommendation.
USPSTF does have a recommendation on that "other white powder" (no, not THAT one!) -- salt. USPSTF concludes: "There is insufficient evidence to recommend for against counseling the general population to reduce dietary sodium intake....
That's what USPSTF concludes for aspirin-taking advice when men and women reach 80.
If we believe in evidence-based health recommendations, let's not pick and choose. Let's take our daily aspirin...and our daily salt!
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