Pipe smoking and diet

[fishmansf]

Before a couple of you codgers jump in and say “you’ve posted a lot about health concerns and pipe smoking, you should quit” (as they have commented on a post before) I’m not really worried about health concerns just curious about this topic .

How do you think a clean diet mitigates health concerns about pipe smoking? I’m a very clean eater and care (probably too much) about what I put in my body. Do you think having a clean diet mitigates the risks of things like gastric, throat, pancreatic, and stomach cancers sometimes associated with pipe smoking?

 

[Grangerous]

I think that moderation in all things is the key.

 

[OzPiper]

You SHOULD look after you health

I smoke, and drink - in moderation.
But like a lot here, have a few health issues. I take my meds regularly and go for regular health checks.

Dr Michael Moseley was the poster boy for healthy living/lifestyle and look what happened to him.
Shit happens

Just enjoy life

 

[Grangerous]

Amazes me how anyone feels that they’re getting out of here alive.

Healthy people are going to feel awfully silly one day, laying in bed dying of absolutely nothing.

Moderation is always a sound policy.

Anything in excess can be harmful. “Too much of a good thing”

 

[fishmansf]

I always thought moderation was difficult to define since it’s different from person to person. None of us are getting out of here alive but a lot of us would like to live as long as possible and die without crippjngly painful cancers

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Before a couple of you codgers jump in and say “you’ve posted a lot about health concerns and pipe smoking, you should quit” (as they have commented on a post before) I’m not really worried about health concerns just curious about this topic .

How do you think a clean diet mitigates health concerns about pipe smoking? I’m a very clean eater and care (probably too much) about what I put in my body. Do you think having a clean diet mitigates the risks of things like gastric, throat, pancreatic, and stomach cancers sometimes associated with pipe smoking?

No, maybe. Too many variables.

Enjoy a better diet if you desire, but don’t plan on it having any effect on how your body processes everything pipe.

If you are that concerned …..

 

[Grangerous]

Explain…Keith Richards

 

[dottlejockey]

If you enjoy pipe smoking, smoke a pipe. If you enjoy doing your best to mitigate health issues and try to live as conscious as possible about your health while accepting the small risks of moderate pipe smoking, that's the way to go for you. Some people smoke cigarettes their whole life and live to be 90. Others don't ever smoke and eat in a way they believe is "healthy" and die young of lung cancer, completely flabbergasted.

Bottom line: Life is to be lived. When our day comes, it will come, whether you're 40 or 100. And there's no way to know the difference, no matter how you choose to live. But by all means, live life to the fullest, whatever that looks like for you, so that when that day does come you will be able to at least say that you truly lived and enjoyed your life.

 

[warren]

With regard to smoking? All I can do is trust my genes. I'm adopted and have no access to family health records.

I'm way past my "use by date." But, I do suggest a person thinking about taking up smoking do the research, family history and such before making the decision. A proper diet will most certainly, in a positive way, have an affect on one's autoimmune system. The less one stresses that system well, the better off one will likely be.

 

[warren]

When our day comes, it will come, whether you're 40 or 100.

I'm simply not a believer in predestination.

 

[BingBong]

I'm simply not a believer in predestination.

Well, let me tell you, their cob pipes are not shabby at all for Chinese.

 

[Hillcrest]

Explain…Keith Richards

In the early 80s they kicked all bad stuff and went healthy but it was covered by media.

 

[dottlejockey]

I'm simply not a believer in predestination.

No one said anything about predestination. However, whether or not you believe you're going to die at one age or another, i guarantee you will. Simply put: My point wasn't that there is necessarily an appointed day, but that something is going to take you out some day and there's no way to know what or when that is.

 

[Kobold]

It might make you feel like you are more in control of your health if you eat clean so less stress. Certainly can’t hurt. I eat pretty well these days because it has a positive effect on my mental health. Might be psychosomatic but what ever works.

 

[Michigan_Bill]

I think that moderation in all things is the key.

Exactly!

 

[Grangerous]

I'm simply not a believer in predestination.

If you believe in telekinesis,

Raise MY hand.

 

[warren]

there's no way to know what or when that is.

A lot of suicides and thousands of assisted death victims, if they lived, could argue that point. Tens of thousands of people, annually, select how and when they will "pull the plug." My wife, rest her soul, did exactly that. Then there are those we, in the business, referred to as "suicide by cop."

 

[makhorkasmoker]

I think it depends to some extent on what is meant by “clean.”

 

[fishmansf]

I think it depends to some extent on what is meant by “clean.”

60% proteins from animal based, 30% from whole grains, vegetables, fruits, etc., 10% healthy natural fats (butter, olive oil, eggs, fish, etc.). Exercise every day and only eat Whole Foods except for some fun days on the weekend. It helps my mental health as well and look good for my wife .

 

[bullet08]

"Who wants to live forever?"