Smoking weed for trace minerals

[PazVerdeRadical]

gmt, but our lungs are defintely capable of processing other things besides just oxygen, which is evidenced each time you smoke cannabis btw.
the stomach can process many other things that aren't food too.
the lungs are just one more entry way into our blood stream. if you can get minerals through the lungs into the blood stream, the blood will inevitably circulate through the organs needed to assimilate them. the question isn't really if the lungs can do that, since it is a fact they can do it, the question is whether trace minerals can be absorbed through smoking.
peace.

 

[GMT]

I disagree Paz, did you read my post #5?

 

[Speeding Mullet]

I don't know if this helps too much, but it does reference to inhaling some chemicals and minerals which can be cancer causing agents some way down the page.
http://www.hycamtin.com/small_cell_lung_cancer/sclc_faqs.htm
I cannot prove or disprove, I am just putting foward a point of reference.

SM

 

[GMT]

foriegn particles entering the lungs is not the issue, whether the body can put them use is the issue.

 

[Speeding Mullet]

understood.

SM

 

[Guest]

Yes, I think it would be a "good" way to get mineral for a few reasons. First, because you have to remember that when you inhale smoke, you are PULLING in small particles from broken plant matter due to heat soften it up, so you have to take into account that a few minerals WILL be pulled along with smoke just by being there.

As far as the lungs taken in mineral, the lungs are an organ and it needs minerals to function. It's JOB is to take in gases BUT the lung ITSELF needs minerals as well as fats, carbs, and protein to FUNCTION.

Lastly, particles that are below a certain point DOES go directly into the bloodstream. I forget the micron size but I think it's .5. This is one of the reasons why smoking causes inflammation in the blood.

Now why I wouldn't say that smoking is a "good" way to get these minerals is because unless you have enough detoxifying enzymes in your lungs and can lower the heat as well as the carcinogenic gases, such as through a good water filtration like a roor which has multiple holes that smoke goes through, you can make a good environment for cancer cells to grow.

Luckily, there are herbs that have been shown to increase detoxifying enzymes and a product to help you achieve this with ease. It's called smokeshield and it's made by new chapter. Do a google search and you can find out how wonderful the product is and read their scientific studies. Peace.

 

[DailyTHC]

Damn I didnt read this whole thing but everyone was really being harsh to Indicad2006. I mean it seems really weird but everyone has seemingly obvious questions that they get stuck on. Least I do.

Now, the reason I say it wont work is because I think of it like this: if you could absorb vitamins/minerals through vaporising or combusting and subsequently inhaling, it would be widespread technolodgy and we would know of it. Like for example, if you were in a coma doctors would vaporize your vitamins for sustenance and pump it with your air instead of giving you another IV drip. OR! People would be selling this shit on late night TV and advertising that you can now inhale your daily doses of calcium, vitamin c, and other minerals and not eat! Oh how the anorexics woul LOVE it!

Wo knows, I have no idea for real though. Just thinking about a this hilarious question and having a wake and bake. peace

 

[diggle]

DailyTHC makes a valid point in that if it were possible, we'd probably have found a way to make money with it by now.

Some posters in here have been way harsh...you're not a 'fucking retard' for coming up with this...but I do think it's kind of a silly idea....even sillier is that you'd cling to it simply because no one can completely disprove it....there's probably a religious thread or two on here you could go check out.

Besides, there are already enough great things about smoking herb!

 

[Guest]

How do you know someone hasn't come up with the idea and maybe he can't get funding or major distribution.

A lot goes on behind the scenes that the average person doesn't know about until 30-40 years down the line and that's if the knowledge is actually there to the masses.

I'm sure people have been breeding cannabis such as the way it's down now but it wasn't widely known.

I remember telling someone who worked in a green house that he can save money by growing plants a different way than he already was BUT he said he didn't want to do it and when I seen how much he had invested in buying soil, hiring people, using lights and harvesting at a certain time so he can sell the flowers to major store chains, the new method would make A LOT of people not be able to make tons of money. So the idea was not done. The same can be said with using lungs to extract nutrients. Peace.

 

[Guest]

Thanks to you people who are at least not calling me a retard. I agree I can't believe how harsh some of you are. I actually felt somewhat put off by ICmag. I'm not going to let it bother me enough to get off these boards though. I know some of you are really cool. The majority I would say.

I'm not just holding onto this theory until its proven false. I just want to discuss the possibility of it. Most of the early posts just have stated the obvious. I hate those types of posts. Telling me lungs inhale oxygen, etc etc.

With a question like this, there is a need to think with more detail, and deeper. Some of you have that ability, others don't!

You know, just recently they came up with a way to vaporize alcohol. Yes, I'm talking going into a bar, and vaporizing alcohol to get drunk. I read it on here.

Alcohol has been around forever. So have vitamins, minerals, etc. So maybe its just a matter of time before they would think of a way to put vitamins/macro/microminerals into an inhaler. I don't see the reason...but I just wonder if its possible.

I'm just wondering if this is one of the medicinal effects of herb. Maybe one reason you can feel "good" when you smoke. A way to get a fast shot of minerals. I also wonder if they have completed tested a good organically-grown bud, to see what all they find. Maybe the buds have higher concentrations of trace minerals, then the leaves.

Maybe its best to make sure you get a good supply of the full spectrum of minerals when you grow your weed, because along with getting high you can get a bit of nutrition.

Supposedly, just like plants have deficiencies when they are not getting enough of a certain mineral, so can humans. I always entertained the idea, that whatever you gave your plant, would ultimately enter your body when you smoked it. So all the care your giving to your plants, translates to the care your giving to yourself.

So the better the soil, the better the nutrients, trace minerals, etc... the more good stuff comes into you... that is, if that stuff can transfer through smoke.

 

[Verite]

Still amazing that people have difficulty comprehending that lungs are no better at pulling vitamins and minerals from smoke than intestines are able to pull chemical compounds from smoke. And theres no benefit attempting to conceal any method to improve/revolutionize something for decades when you run the chance of someone else beating you to the patent. Speaking of which, knock yerself out.. if smoking vitamins and minerals is going to be possible your going to find its first evidence here.

http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html

 

[diggle]

Smoke would never hang around long enough to reach your intestines, but I do think your stomach can pull chemical compounds from smoke.
Like if you were to accidentally swallow some smoke while taking a big ol' bong rip, you can definitely feel some effects in your stomach...something is being absorbed. OTOH, this has nothing to do with obtaining minerals through your lungs.

 

[green michine]

... Crack babies these days. If smoking makes you feel so nourished why dont you go smoke a meal.

who are you calling a crack baby!!?...hey man im entitled to my own oppinion!! how dare you call my mum a crack head u useless peice of scum!!!!!!....thats to you Hunt4Hazez!!
...callin me a crack head!!! So i feel good from smokin weed...why cant i think i can get good stuff out of it, what a lame remark!!!...me..crack head...my mum!!! awe..you
really make me sick man!!!

 

[Verite]

who are you calling a crack baby!!?...hey man im entitled to my own oppinion!! how dare you call my mum a crack head u useless peice of scum!!!!!!....thats to you Hunt4Hazez!!
...callin me a crack head!!! So i feel good from smokin weed...why cant i think i can get good stuff out of it, what a lame remark!!!...me..crack head...my mum!!! awe..you
really make me sick man!!!