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1) Heart enlargement due to overburden ( leading to heart failure ) . Imagine using a normal SUV to carry the load of thousand tons.

A study of 575 otherwise healthy young women found that 25% had abnormally large hearts. More disturbing, 20% of the women in the study were diagnosed with left ventricular hypertrophy, an enlargement of the heart's main pumping chamber -- and a condition highly predictive of future heart problems. Nearly all of the women with the condition were obese; the average age of the group was 20.

2) It could be a symptom of insulin resistance which would progress toward Diabetes and its often life threatening complication ( heart attack, organ failure and etc )

I would also recommend taking a coated aspirin to start thinning your blood. .

Do Okinawan take aspirin to live over 100 years ? Have you missed out prostacyclin ( which is made from the unadulterated omega 6 ) as the most powerful natural blood thinner known to human ? If you're eating a handful of organic walnuts+balance diet and doing your best to avoid processed food and junk food loaded with toxic chemical and bad fats. IMHO, Aspirin is completely redundant.
Prostacyclin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

JAMA -- Abstract: Increased virus shedding with aspirin treatment of rhinovirus infection, March 24, 1975, Stanley et al. 231 (12): 1248

E. D. Stanley, G. G. Jackson, C. Panusarn, M. Rubenis and V. Dirda

In two double-blind trials, volunteers challenged with rhinovirus were treated with aspirin or placebo. Aspirin treatment did not alter the rates of infection or illness but was associated with a moderate reduction in the frequency or severity of some symptoms. The overall benefit in rhinovirus infection was not statistically significant. Aspirin treatment appeared to cause a highly significant increase in the rate of virus shedding in treated subjects. The increase in virus shedding must be considered an adverse event that could influence the course of the disease in the individual and increase the likelihood of the spread of the infection to contacts.

University of Florida Shands Cancer Center: Chronic Aspirin Use May Increase Risk of Pancreatic Cancer in Women

The study began in 1976, during which time all participants were cancer free. At 18 years of follow-up, pancreatic cancer occurred in 161 women. Aspirin use was evaluated every 6 months, beginning in 1980. Overall, long-term (20 years or more) aspirin use of 2 or more tablets per week was associated with a 58% increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Compared to women who were not consistent aspirin users, those who took more than 14 per week on 2 of 3 consecutive biennial (every 2 years) questionnaires had an 86% increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer. This risk was reduced with lower aspirin consumption when compared to women who did not consume aspirin: 41% increase of pancreatic cancer in women who took 6 – 13 aspirin per week; 29% for those who took 4-6 per week; and 11% for those who took 1-3 per week.

What conclusion can you draw from the above studies ?