Tobacco Benefits Extend Beyond Nicotine

About this episode

Matt Blackburn discusses the overlooked benefits of tobacco beyond nicotine, including its health effects and necessary supplements for smokers.

I've never heard a podcast on nicotine that I was impressed with because tobacco is usually bashed, or if the podcast is about tobacco it is all about energy and the teacher aspect of the plant. That was the primary inspiration to have this monologue on why I smoke a cigar almost everyday. I talk about: the antivírál, anti fungal, and neuroprotective effects of cembranoid diterpenes in tobacco and how their mechanism of action differs from nicotine, how tobacco protects us from organophosphates, the controversial research on pregnancy and how smoking tobacco reduces complications, my four top supplements that every smoker should be taking everyday, the multiple ways that melatonin supplementation protects the lungs and vascular system, the cadmium and tobacco connection and which supplement remedies that problem, and much more. Big tobacco did not sponsor this podcast and I have no affiliate link for cigars, although I share my favorite brands at the end. You are on your own on sourcing them. My website: www.matt-blackburn.com Mitolife products: www.mitolife.co Music by Ryan Parr: www.huemanpictures.com

People in this episode

Host: Matt Blackburn

Topics covered

• tobacco benefits
• nicotine
• health effects
• supplements for smokers
• melatonin
• pregnancy complications

Keywords

• tobacco
• nicotine
• health
• supplements
• melatonin
• pregnancy
• cembrenoid diterpenes
• organophosphates

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mitolife, Big Tobacco

Books & works: www.matt-blackburn.com, www.mitolife.co, www.huemanpictures.com

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