The feds want you to believe nicotine will turn your mind into mush… but in reality, a good smoke might be the best “brain food” there is!
New research confirms that nicotine can slash inflammation levels in the brain and actually halt the self-destruct sequence that leads to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Those diseases often start when acetylcholine, a key neurotransmitter, goes AWOL.
Without it, your brain’s immune cells go haywire – and instead of attacking dead cells, they attack the brain itself.
But in a series of lab tests at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, researchers found that nicotine can actually fill in for the missing acetylcholine – keeping the immune cells in check and lowering levels of inflammation.