Tag: SMOKER’S PARADOX

  • 💧🧂 Water Intoxication, Salt Deficiency, and the New Collapse

    For decades, public health messaging has told people to cut salt and drink more water. But this combination—especially in people already under stress, on medications, or with underlying salt-wasting tendencies—has created a perfect storm of electrolyte dilution, known as hyponatremia. 🔹 What Is Hyponatremia? Hyponatremia occurs when blood sodium levels fall below 135 mEq/L, either…

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  • Is Thiocyanate more important than nicotine when it comes to tobacco?

    Thiocyanate Over Nicotine: Reframing the Smoker’s Paradox Through Ionic Terrain and Immunologic Logic Abstract The so-called smoker’s paradox – where smokers exhibit reduced severity in conditions like ulcerative colitis, Parkinson’s, and even acute respiratory distress – has long baffled researchers. While nicotine is often invoked as the protective agent, emerging evidence suggests this is a…

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