Healthy Plant-based Eating Reduces Health Disease Risk by nearly HALF. #vaping #teens #chantix #varenicline #cessation
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Howard G. Smith MD, AM on Instagram: "Healthy Plant-based Eating Reduces Health Disease Risk Those consistently eating healthy plant-based foods were half as likely to fall victim to cardiac disease as those on a typical western diet. Johns Hopkins epidemiologists reviewed data from 7,708 respondents, mean age 45 years, replying to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The participants were divided into 4 groups according to their reported consumption of health plant-based foods, and their susceptibility to cardiac disease was quantified by measurement of their circulating cardiac troponins and n-termination natiuretic peptides. The results showed that the risk having of elevated circulating cardiac biomarkers, a sign of cardiac disease, was 49%% lower for those eating the most healthy plant-based diets compared with those consuming the least. The healthiest plant-based foods included fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, and olive or canola oils. On the other hand, those eating the worst diets containing red meat, fried foods, and palm oils bore a 65% higher risk of heart issues. Somewhere in-between are the plant-based meats sold under the Beyond and Impossible brands. These offerings, while lacking meat proteins, are highly processed containing excess salt and saturated fats due to the addition of coconut or palm oils to improve texture. The bottom line: stick with natural sources of plant-based proteins and you’ll likely live longer. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/unhealthy-plant-based-diets-may-significantly-raise-heart-disease-risk https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666667725001047 #plantbased #westerndiet #processed #cardiac #diabetes"

0 likes, 0 comments - drhowardsmithreports on July 21, 2025: "Healthy Plant-based Eating Reduces Health Disease Risk Those consistently eating healthy plant-based foods were half as likely to fall victim to cardiac disease as those on a typical western diet. Johns Hopkins epidemiologists reviewed data from 7,708 respondents, mean age 45 years, replying to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The participants were divided into 4 groups according to their reported consumption of health plant-based foods, and their susceptibility to cardiac disease was quantified by measurement of their circulating cardiac troponins and n-termination natiuretic peptides. The results showed that the risk having of elevated circulating cardiac biomarkers, a sign of cardiac disease, was 49%% lower for those eating the most healthy plant-based diets compared with those consuming the least. The healthiest plant-based foods included fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, and olive or canola oils. On the other hand, those eating the worst diets containing red meat, fried foods, and palm oils bore a 65% higher risk of heart issues. Somewhere in-between are the plant-based meats sold under the Beyond and Impossible brands. These offerings, while lacking meat proteins, are highly processed containing excess salt and saturated fats due to the addition of coconut or palm oils to improve texture. The bottom line: stick with natural sources of plant-based proteins and you’ll likely live longer. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/unhealthy-plant-based-diets-may-significantly-raise-heart-disease-risk https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666667725001047 #plantbased #westerndiet #processed #cardiac #diabetes".

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The Tobacco Smoking Cessation Drug Chantix Helps Your Teen Stop Vaping. This according to a Harvard Mass. General study. #vaping #teens #chantix #varenicline #cessation
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Howard G. Smith MD, AM on Instagram: "The Tobacco Smoking Cessation Drug Chantix Helps Your Teen Stop Vaping Adolescent vapers taking the drug varenicline, branded as Chantix, were 8 times more likely to abandon the practice compared with those receiving behavioral counseling and a quit-vaping text program. This the finding from a study by Harvard’s Mass General Hospital psychiatrists studying addiction in young adults. Their trial included 261 adolescents 16 to 25 receiving either the test drug, a placebo drug, or conventional counseling over a 3 month period. When the data were tabulated, 51% of those on varenicline had completely stopped vaping, compared with 14% in the placebo group, and about 6% receiving counseling. The effect was lasting with more than half of the Chantix group remaining vape-free 6 months after stopping therapy. With 1.6 million American middle and high school kids vaping in 2024 according to the CDC, an effective medication to help drive vaping cessation is more than welcome. Chantix is a prescription drug, so parents do speak with your child’s pediatric team about obtaining it if your child has an e-cigarette habit to kick. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2833137 #vaping #teens #chantix #varenicline #cessation"

0 likes, 0 comments - drhowardsmithreports on July 21, 2025: "The Tobacco Smoking Cessation Drug Chantix Helps Your Teen Stop Vaping Adolescent vapers taking the drug varenicline, branded as Chantix, were 8 times more likely to abandon the practice compared with those receiving behavioral counseling and a quit-vaping text program. This the finding from a study by Harvard’s Mass General Hospital psychiatrists studying addiction in young adults. Their trial included 261 adolescents 16 to 25 receiving either the test drug, a placebo drug, or conventional counseling over a 3 month period. When the data were tabulated, 51% of those on varenicline had completely stopped vaping, compared with 14% in the placebo group, and about 6% receiving counseling. The effect was lasting with more than half of the Chantix group remaining vape-free 6 months after stopping therapy. With 1.6 million American middle and high school kids vaping in 2024 according to the CDC, an effective medication to help drive vaping cessation is more than welcome. Chantix is a prescription drug, so parents do speak with your child’s pediatric team about obtaining it if your child has an e-cigarette habit to kick. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2833137 #vaping #teens #chantix #varenicline #cessation".

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It's been 11 years since I've #smoked a #cigarette; #Chantix worked great for me.

The 2-3 times I tried to #smoke in the first year, I took one drag and coughed so hard it kinda hurt.

Within 3 days of starting on Chantix, I stopped getting that sweet #nicotine #buzz and got only smoke, which was pointless to me so I stopped a few days before the suggested final cutoff.

For 2-3 years I got occasional cravings, usually when watching movies or tv, and since then they've faded to almost nothing.

Today's my last day on Chantix. I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep in a day or two. It's been 3 months since the last one.
And no cigarettes since mid-November.
#chantix
#NoSmoking

I rarely remember dreams. I've been on Chantix for two months. This is the first dream I remember. I believe I was formally introduced to the Infinites, the Ogdoad of Hermopolis.

Dream:
My wife and I were in a Restaurant/Bar or vehicle (no motion detected) with small side rooms on a long hall. We started in a middle room with a north feeling. There was a TV monitor on wall. A cartoon image of Springsteen or Neil Young was on the monitor. I had my leather jacket and billy club. A male stranger came in. He had a threatening manner and I adopted the same. We talked – I don't remember what was said. There was no conflict. He left.

We moved to a north side room at the end of the hall. The man entered again with some others. Male and female all dressed in a not-too-punky street gear. All different ages. One woman looked like a disheveled gangster’s moll with a shabby white fur stole. They adopted threatening attitudes and so did I. The original guy was giving me advice on using my club. I don't remember what it was. I don't know exactly how many there were. Some flashed small knives 1-2 inches long- very sharp. I didn't see any guns but at one point one was carrying an indistinct, oblong object.

The threatening/coaching continued and at one point I stuck my club in the eye socket of the woman with the white stole and her eye started bulging out but her facial expression didn't change. They were standing in the south west corner of the room where they had some objects on a shelf of a bookcase or table. They moved out of the corner and me and my wife moved into it. My back was against the walls of the corner. The threatening continued and I grabbed an object off the shelf- it was an old brass colored zippo lighter. I whipped it on the floor and it broke and the pieces flew. The guy said to me, “Don’t do that we're just here to prevent shoplifting.”

Then it was over.
 
#dream
#surrealism
#chantix
#kemet
#occult
#jung
#pagan