Nutritional Oddities

The primary argument against smoking is wondering why anyone wants to die; however, there are several dangerous activities. According to this argument we should ban snowboards. Every year someone dies on the slops because of cracking their skull open. Others are mangled and though they don't die they have permanent injuries. Almost severing a nerve leaves a person with an uncontrollable twitch. A woman lost her arm surfing. That sounds awful. Several people have chronic migraines from playing football. Why don't we ban all sports?

Smoking is another activity, hobby or choice. As an adult who smokes, it is difficult explaining why I smoke. There is a taste and look to smoke. It is attractive. Wondering if it is something more, my resting heart-rate before smoking is rapid. Science proved smoking slows done the heart-rate. Perhaps that is why it tastes good. It makes me feel better, physiologically.

Thinking about why I like to smoke, it occurred to me it increases resistance to air pollution. This is not proven. Only a thought, yet carbon dioxides are pumped into the air constantly. With a higher heart-rate, I might be more oxygenated. Carbon monoxide is light weight and clings to red blood cells making larger chemicals less attractive to the body. This does not make carbon monoxide healthy, because oxygen is also a larger chemical; however, poisonous carbon-dioxide is also blocked; therefore, potentially extending lifespan of a person with this issue.

Smoking became popular with the industrial revolution. A long time it was associated to grandfathers working in mines or living in mine towns. Perhaps they noticed tobacco was associated to people with a longer lifespan. Until recently, when most people stopped smoking, people thought smoking causes cancer; however, several people are dying from lung cancer because of air population combined with a genetic trait.

Realistically, several illegal drugs have chemical properties similar to prescription drugs. Asthma inhalers are similar to crystal meth. Crystal meth opens the lungs so it is easier to breathe. People craving this might have problems breathing, yet it isn't treatable or prominent enough to be considered a disease. They take the drug and feel better.

Marijuana is a neurological inhibitor similar to valium. Valium is use when people have excessive neurological activity interfering with remaining focused or anxiety. Neurons are on overdrive and making new paths constantly. The drug slows down mind chatter, yet a normal person hallucinates or it makes them lethargic.

There is a concern. People are taking drugs, because their friend does. While the drug is so great for their friend, it has dangerous side-effects for themselves. In addition, the body is finding homeostasis with an unnatural dietary need. Even water pills are physically addictive. A person must take them or drown in their own fluids. It began wanting to lose additional weight, even though they were already thin, only to create a life-threatening disease.

In relation to these issues, medical professionals are most qualified to identify a need and prescribe a drug. Then people know if it is helping or causing problems. However, it appears people are hosting studies to prove how these drugs damage people, not figuring out why people are taking them.

Crystal meth is especially dangerous. If someone has difficulty breathing and stops taking the drug, suffocation causes loss of brain cells. It might seem odd, yet when someone is already doing it, they should continue. Underlying problems have to be addressed before quitting.

In my case, oxygenating the blood stimulates the regeneration of nerves and brain cells. The choice is between being super brainy or defending against air pollution to remain alive. I imagine it works out.

Every one of these has a solution, if people were looking for it. Exercise promotes breathing, if that is all it takes. Cigarettes already exist. Theoretically, it is a solution. Hydrogen cars are being manufactured, yet the need for mining and manufacturing is limitless. A potential option for improving prescriptions is a delivery system similar to an inhaler. Even then, prescriptions are expensive. Cigarettes are available and people have freedom to do what they want, even if it is dangerous and might result in death or physical incapacity.

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