I told you, I may sound silly, lol... No, you just drink a couple of spoon of a good quality one when ever you feel like it. Physical contact in not required, the active elements pass by the blood stream.Heh.. to do what, snort it? Sounds pretty messy.
Andria
Yet another study on over exposure
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Hmm. I always keep some Orange Blossom Honey on hand. Did you know it's also a sure-fire cure for hiccups? My ex figured that out, and it really, truly works -- usually I hold my breath when I get the hiccups, and usually it works; for those hiccups that are particularly stubborn, I take a teaspoon of honey... and they disappear.
Next time I'm feeling a bit under the weather, I'll put some honey in my tea instead of sugar!
Andria
I didn't know that... I'll keep this remedy in mind. When I took my son to the doc for his last cold, after he checked that his asthma was well under control, he told me to use honey to treat his cold quoting a recent study showing a better efficacy of honey than pharmaceutical drugs. I liked that. I eventually catch his cold, pretty bad sinus, cough, throat pain and I used the holy honey that I got at the farmer's market. The cold cleared out relatively fast compare to usual, but honestly I cannot tell you if this was because of the honey/lime/tea mix, the no more smoking, the PG that I was still inhaling or all together...
The last cold I had was Jan 2014... just before I started vaping.
Normally I always got at least one cold every fall/winter... but not since I started vaping. I have more problems with my digestion than anything else; IBS. I wonder if honey is any good for that.Andria
I did see a honey and apple cider vinegar recipe for digestive issues on facebook a few weeks back. I think it was one tablespoon of honey and 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar mixed into a glass of orange juice taken once per day is supposed to act like a probiotic and aid in digestive issues. I did try it and it seemed to help. As I've gotten older, I have had problems with pizza disagreeing with me. It doesn't matter what brand, meat or not, it seems like all pizza gives me trouble, so I was on the hunt for something that would help.
The last cold I had was Jan 2014... just before I started vaping.
Andria
I have no clue, and it doesn't hurt to try... Now, from what you are saying, here is an interesting scientific study: "Comparative predisposition to common colds between the vaping and non-vaping population"... Just counting the number of folks in here that seem to escape the winter colds since they start vaping (and eventually stop smoking), I guess that we can almost predict the results of such study.
I've had that problem with pizza for years, and in 2013 I FINALLY figured out why -- it's the tomatoes! I cooked some really good homemade spaghetti one night... and later that night, I woke with such ungodly abdominal pain and upset, I thought it must be my appendix, so I went to the emergency room. It wasn't (the appendix happened in 2014!); they gave me some medication to calm my colon, and it helped. I went home and read up, online, on anything I could find. I've known for years that I have IBS, and also very slow digestion, and apparently, people with very slow digestion can have a lot of trouble digesting tomatoes; they stay in the digestive tract and build up ungodly amounts of gas, which is very painful. Now I avoid tomatoes like the plague, and have no more issues -- if I get a pizza, I lift up the cheese and scrape off most of the sauce, and have no issues with it. Also, I have no trouble with ketchup -- apparently it's been processed enough that it doesn't lead to the problem.
Andria
If we all switched back to smoking everybody else would like us better because we would be paying those taxes instead of them.
Funny you bring this up because I never hear this mentioned here. It is possible, I suppose, that long term inhalation of PG could cause the same problems as long term regular use of hand sanitizers. Microbes being what they are...
This is the only issue I personally worry about, regarding long term vaping.
My son worked at Papa John briefly, and they let him make a pizza to bring home at the end of his shift; he tried every conceivable idea -- light cheese, different cheese, no meat, with meat, and none of it did any good -- he's a good son, and knows how I love pizza! But neither of us ever even considered that it might be the tomatoes. But after the spaghetti incident, it was inescapable!
And actually, on the ketchup... it might depend on how much. Because I made a meatloaf this week, and I've been having a few minor issues -- nothing really bad, just not feeling my best, tummy-wise; I might have been a little too heavy-handed with the ketchup on top. Hopefully it's settled down now.
Andria
I guess that's why vaping is called HARM REDUCTION.
The toxicity some experience is to the tomato skin. Some like myself are sensitive to particular strains.
Moral of the story…avoid the chunky.
Good luck all.
The toxicity some experience is to the tomato skin. Some like myself are sensitive to particular strains.
Moral of the story…avoid the chunky.
Good luck all.
It very well might be the skin, because if I eat a plum, I have to peel it -- apparently the soluble fiber inside doesn't bother my digestion, but the insoluble outside, really does! But tomatoes have a lot of insoluble inside too; the seeds, and whatnot. I just avoid them; scrape most of the sauce off pizza, and scrape most of the ketchup off the top of my meatloaf. When I was a child, tomatoes actually burned the inside of my mouth, so apparently I've always had a sensitivity to them.
It's a weird situation because my IBS absolutely dictates that I eat a lot of insoluble fiber... but I have to stick to wheat bran for the most part; that seems to be the only insoluble fiber that doesn't give me grief, just does what it's supposed to.
Or broccoli, but it has to be cooked tender.
Andria
Apparently the more (toxic) acidic skin variants are well avoided. I seldom come across examples in pre pack sauces, puree, etc. but every great once in a while (yes I resort to this these days). Market and season a suppose adversely affect availability of the the more favored strains. Also found the toxic skins don't play well with certain cheeses greatly enhancing the acidic effect. Sadly I'm partial to a European tomato, mozzarella and basil salad. I was vegetarian for 8 years. Miss it but now the beef ration as well. So indeed, digestive issues can be a challenge if you're into the culinary arts. Guess I'm not over-exposed to much these days, lol. Everything in moderation except for my favorite juices!
Good luck.
Good luck.
This study aside... Nicotine has been proven to have a profound effect on the immune system inhibiting both the innate and adaptive immune responses. Nicotine affects both humoral and cell-mediated branches of the immune system and produces an altered immune response that is characterized by a decrease in inflammation, a decreased antibody response and a reduction in T cell-receptor-mediated signaling. A multitude of studies have been done on the immunosuppresive and anti-inflammatory effect of nicotine in treating autoimmune disorders such as MS, RA, Chrons, Alzheimers, Parkinson's and others.
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