Re: Smoking & Digestion was Re: Lance Armstrong & physical abilities

[Guest guest]

Regarding smoking; I believe that smoking even 1 or 2 cigarettes a day

had an adverse effect on my digestive health. (Other links are

referenced below on the effects of smoking on digestive health.)

I was a heavy smoker for many years, about a pack a day. I weaned myself

off very very slowly, smoking for a few months only 1 or 2 cigs a day.

At that point I was still physically addicted to them. My stools were

too soft almost all the time.

When I quit smoking completely; my stools got firmer. And I gained

weight. I remember reading somewhere that smoking causes malabsorption

of nutrients. Once I stopped smoking, my body began absorbing nutrients

better, I believe that helped cause my weight gain, which plateaued

about 10 lbs heaver over a year after quitting. Anyhow, I found this

article about smoking and digestive health that might be interesting.

They mention that smoking contributes to GERD or heartburn, peptic

ulcers and Chrohn's disease, gall stones and liver disease.

*http://tinyurl.com/by4rn

http://www.jrussellshealth.com/smokdig.html

Also:

* Smoking has been shown to have harmful effects on all parts of the

digestive system, contributing to such common disorders as heartburn and

peptic ulcers. The effects of smoking on the liver often are not

discussed, but studies show that smoking may alter the way in which the

liver handles drugs and alcohol. In addition, smoking apparently changes

the way in which food is processed by the body. In fact, there seems to

be enough evidence to stop smoking solely on the basis of digestive

distress.

taken from: http://www.thisisawar.com/AddictionTobacco.htm

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

On 7/27/05, tmail <tmail@...> wrote:

> Regarding smoking; I believe that smoking even 1 or 2 cigarettes a day

> had an adverse effect on my digestive health. (Other links are

> referenced below on the effects of smoking on digestive health.)

Your story is pretty interesting. I'll count that as an anecdote in

favor of a negative effect on digestion, although there are many

anecdotes of the reverse.

>Anyhow, I found this

> article about smoking and digestive health that might be interesting.

> They mention that smoking contributes to GERD or heartburn, peptic

> ulcers and Chrohn's disease, gall stones and liver disease.

While your personal story is interesting, I found all three articles

to be very uninteresting, and more or less worthless.

Chris