denise
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Back in August I created a thread about how after I quit smoking (in April of this year) my digestion went to hell and my thyroid tanked. Fortunately, haidut had just come out with his TyroMix, so I started on that and a few of the most distressing symptoms vanished.
Then I found this old thread that questioned how dangerous smoking truly is, and I read the book that was mentioned. I expected that by the end I've have some doubts, but as it happened, by the end I had no doubts. I was totally convinced that the smoking scare is one huge smokescreen. So I did what any reasonable person would do, and went out to buy some tobacco...
As an aside: I've only ever smoked American Spirits, but this time I decided to go even further in my quest for clean tobacco and roll them myself. I currently buy the pouch of organic American Spirit tobacco, and use a roller with RAW tips and organic help rolling papers to roll them myself. They are far and away the best cigarettes I've ever had. About a month ago, I bought a pack of my former everyday smokes (the light blue pack) while I was traveling, and they were pretty terrible, to be honest. I've also bought some whole tobacco leaves to try shredding my own, but so far I haven't been able to create a smoke I love. And the AS pouch is so handy that I just keep buying that. (Pricewise, it works out to about $5.20 per pack, which is a lot cheaper than buying the premade organic ones.)
Anyway, a couple weeks ago I noticed that I was having strange symptoms that I finally realized were from too much thyroid. I've been testing and tracking ever since, and it appears that I no longer need the TyroMix at all. Smoking just 3-5 cigarettes a day has restored my thyroid function.
I should say that I am glad I quit in April. I learned a lot of things about my own physiology, and I was able to stop being controlled by the nicotine (Allen Carr's books are brilliant for this). Now it feels like, although I want to smoke, I don't have that same driving, addicted, need. I feel like I'm working with the tobacco now rather than against it, if that makes any sense. Now if only I could get rid of the 15 pounds I gained after quitting, I'd be golden...
So anyway, I thought I'd throw this out there. I'm not arguing that there are no downsides to using tobacco, but it does have its uses.
Then I found this old thread that questioned how dangerous smoking truly is, and I read the book that was mentioned. I expected that by the end I've have some doubts, but as it happened, by the end I had no doubts. I was totally convinced that the smoking scare is one huge smokescreen. So I did what any reasonable person would do, and went out to buy some tobacco...
As an aside: I've only ever smoked American Spirits, but this time I decided to go even further in my quest for clean tobacco and roll them myself. I currently buy the pouch of organic American Spirit tobacco, and use a roller with RAW tips and organic help rolling papers to roll them myself. They are far and away the best cigarettes I've ever had. About a month ago, I bought a pack of my former everyday smokes (the light blue pack) while I was traveling, and they were pretty terrible, to be honest. I've also bought some whole tobacco leaves to try shredding my own, but so far I haven't been able to create a smoke I love. And the AS pouch is so handy that I just keep buying that. (Pricewise, it works out to about $5.20 per pack, which is a lot cheaper than buying the premade organic ones.)
Anyway, a couple weeks ago I noticed that I was having strange symptoms that I finally realized were from too much thyroid. I've been testing and tracking ever since, and it appears that I no longer need the TyroMix at all. Smoking just 3-5 cigarettes a day has restored my thyroid function.
I should say that I am glad I quit in April. I learned a lot of things about my own physiology, and I was able to stop being controlled by the nicotine (Allen Carr's books are brilliant for this). Now it feels like, although I want to smoke, I don't have that same driving, addicted, need. I feel like I'm working with the tobacco now rather than against it, if that makes any sense. Now if only I could get rid of the 15 pounds I gained after quitting, I'd be golden...
So anyway, I thought I'd throw this out there. I'm not arguing that there are no downsides to using tobacco, but it does have its uses.