Why no oil in eliquid? Medical studies suggest it might be good for us.

[imogene]

I should update this post with my latest medical journal find: Yes, scientists at least one study has shown that taking Vitamin E by inhalation increases the presence of the vitamin in the lungs and blood, by more directly adding the vitamin to the bloodstream.

Unfortunately, I just did something super-dumb and I broke my "experimental" atty that I had been using with Vitamin E oil to see how long it would take to clog it. Doing an unrelated experiment, it no longer will get hot, so I'll have to start over with a different atty when I get a new one (don't want to use an old atty for this experiment, want clean evidence).

[imogene]

I am also confused about the "no essential oils -- they will kill your atty" admonition. Most eo's are really volatile -- they evaporate at room temperature unless they are mixed into something else. So I am not sure why they would gum up anything. Try an experiment, put a drop of eo on a regular piece of paper, usually it will evaporate and leave no trace. If it leaves no trace, why would it gum up your atty? If it leaves an oily trace, it's probably not pure eo.

I'm going to try and find out for sure if a food grade essential oil will ruin an atty, as soon as I resupply!

[imogene]

Update on Vitamin E oil experiment:

The atty wasn't broken at all! However, after puffing on my vitamin E formula for a while, the flavor turned on me. After a while, it went from a pleasant nutty aftertaste to horrible. And it stayed. I had to use soap and water to get the horrible flavor out of the atty. Thankfully, I also now have proof that the metal screen washes easily, even with soap and water. I'm using the same atty and metal cart filler now, and the bad flavor is gone, so my equipment still works just fine.

BTW, the vitamin e oil dispersed totally when I added a drop of it to my homemade concoction. Too bad it doesn't work, I have to throw it out!

I'm still planning on trying a food grade essential oil. It might behave differently.

[kellie]

Update on Vitamin E oil experiment:

The atty wasn't broken at all! However, after puffing on my vitamin E formula for a while, the flavor turned on me. After a while, it went from a pleasant nutty aftertaste to horrible. And it stayed. I had to use soap and water to get the horrible flavor out of the atty. Thankfully, I also now have proof that the metal screen washes easily, even with soap and water. I'm using the same atty and metal cart filler now, and the bad flavor is gone, so my equipment still works just fine.

BTW, the vitamin e oil dispersed totally when I added a drop of it to my homemade concoction. Too bad it doesn't work, I have to throw it out!

I'm still planning on trying a food grade essential oil. It might behave differently.

You might wanna try these alot of great flavors but I haven't had the money to try them my mom is in hospice so it's been rough the past couple of weeks