Had a wonderful time chatting with Maggie Dugan @gettingbutterallthetime (fellow dietetics student) about potential benefits and drawbacks of ingesting nicotine. Big thanks to the Radio Room and Squatch Frontier Fitness here in Austin, TX for allowing us to record.

Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
 
SOURCES:

Huberman’s podcast on nicotine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXs-zPc63kM

Ben Greenfield’s article on chewing gum/nicotine gum: https://bengreenfieldlife.com/article/why-im-obsessed-with-chewing-gum-plus-my-top-7-favorit e-healthy-gums/

CDC info on how to chew nicotine gum: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/quit-smoking/quit-smoking-medications/how-to-use -quit-smoking-medicines/how-to-use-nicotine-gum.html

General info on nicotine gum:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine_gum

Article regarding beneficial effects of nicotine: 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1859921. 

Nicotine as therapy:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC526783/

Absorption, metabolism and excretion of
nicotine in humans:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23821941/#:~:text=Almost%2090%25%20of%20nicotine%20absorbed,brain%2C%20and%20respiratory%20epithelium%20membranes.)

Smoking and ulcerative colitis:
http://www.ibdclinic.ca/ibd-and-lifestyle/smoking-and-ibd/smoking-and-ulcerative-colitis/#:~:text=It%20has%20been%20found%20that,prevent%20inflammation%20in%20the%20colon.