4/n Here's a clue - glutathione levels in the lungs and ELF rise 4-5x in response to the hormetic stress from smoking, so it's actually protective against all the other air pollution you're breathing in non-stop in cities: https://t.co/HIFFg0KETQ
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@littleapostate Cigarette smoke has been shown to illicit an upregulation of glutathione in the lungs. "CS exposures evoke a powerful GSH adaptive response in the lung and systemically. " https://t.co/Rc2aXMiTSH
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@bigfatsurprise Smokers have a lower risk due to elevated GSH levels in lungs. And yet pharma still unwilling to acknowledge the role of GSH as important defence mechanism in coronavirus https://t.co/dD2Y4jYDxY
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@DrJackKruse What about tobacco as a GSH hormetic stressor? For those w/o any symptoms. https://t.co/ruEB0X5RCI