want to get vascular?

[flickenu]

Try nicotine. It's proven to cause the growth of new blood vessels and the division of red blood cells. You don't want to just start smoking or chewing though, use nicorette if anything. The reason normal nicotine usage (cigarettes, chew) causes poor blood flow/circulation is because of one or more of the 4,000 chemicals it contains. However, with something like nicorette, it can be beneficial to the division of RBC and promoting new blood vessels.

 

[neo1605]

Thanks.............but no thanks

 

[HumanShell]

You could always inject ice cold water in your veins

 

[flickenu]

i take it no one else has heard of this?

 

[the_Pikey]

Vanadyl Sulfate works wonders for my vascularity.

 

[Lift or Die]

Fina, winny and EQ seem to work better for me.

 

[flickenu]

Fina, winny and EQ seem to work better for me.

lol, i knew someone would say that. i'm not encouraging people to go out and try this just saying that nicotine does cause the growth of new blood vessels, hence more vascularity. I read about it in popular science hold on I'll try and find the link.


James Jang was down in the dumps. As a student at Stanford Medical School, he had been studying nicotine's effects on veins for a while, but he wasn't getting anywhere.

"He came to me and said his project was a failure," says associate professor John Cooke. "I asked, 'Is the equipment working?'"

"Yes," Jang said. "But the data is a little screwy."

Actually, the data wasn't screwy at all -- just completely unexpected. Cooke and Jang had assumed that since smokers suffer from narrowed veins and poor circulation, nicotine was the culprit.

However, Jang's study revealed nicotine actually stimulates division of cells. And when Cooke's associates tested nicotine in lab mice with artery disease and lung cancer, they discovered it promoted growth of new blood vessels in the mice.

Cooke says this discovery suggests that nicotine could be used to heal wounds or treat other disorders in which blood flow is impeded, such as diabetes (he's already found that the chemical helps wounds heal faster in animals). It's also being tested to help people with neurological disorders like Parkinson's disease and Tourette's syndrome.

But if it's not nicotine that causes poor circulation in smokers -- giving them dull skin and a drawn look -- what is it? Hard to say: Tobacco contains more than 4,000 chemicals.

 

[Sadist]

nicotine may not be what makes smokers have that "healthy" look. It is more likely all the carbon monoxide that they are inhaling. LOL

 

[Badkins21]

Has anyone ever actually tried using the gum/patches, etc., and "seen" results...?