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Hi Paleopeople:
I googled and found someone who summarized some of the article in
Young Again by John Thomas:
Subject: Using Tobacco as a Vegetable II
Answered by: Conrad Richter
Question from: Jim Kleebaum
Posted on: September 10, 2004
When I emailed you I was having a challenge find the source about
tobacco as a nutrient. I have now located the source and it is:
"Young Again, A Personal Guide to Ageless Living" by John Thomas
(ISBN 1-884757-78-2).
Some of the quotes from his book are:
1. "Tobacco contains the 'entire' vitamin B-12 complex. Tobacco is
very valuable food."
2. "Tobacco is the richest natural source of the Bs in the world --
nothing compares to it-nothing! Concentration of the B vitamins runs
as high as 30%.
What? 30%?! 30% of what? Of dried leaf by weight? I agree that any
plant with 30% B vitamins by weight would be pretty amazing; but this
is simply too good to be true.
When 'small' amounts of green or dried tobacco are put into stews,
beans, and salads, we get the 'Bs'. Care must be taken in the choice
of variety. Most importantly, fresh lemon juice or apple cider
vinegar MUST be used to bring green tobacco within digestion range."
3. "There are many kinds of Indian tobacco (Rustica, Lobelia, Aztec,
etc.) but they are not for consumption. Do not confuse garden and
commercial tobacco varieties with edible tobacco. (for seed see the
source page).
Just what variety is he talking about? I am very interested to know.
Could you tell us what varieties he recommends on the source page?
From the quote I get the impression that there may be just a bit too
much imprecision about which plant he is referring to. For example,
Aztec tobacco is Nicotiana rustica while Indian tobacco is Lobelia
inflata; but his wording and the order of the list in the parentheses
seems to suggest that he is confusing the different varieties.
If his "edible tobacco" is not the same as "commercial" or "garden"
varieties then what exactly is it? It would help to have botanical names here.
4. "... 'nicotinic acid' (the acid form of nicotine in dried tobacco)
is the active ingredient....."
5. "It can be eaten fresh or steamed and can be frozen or dried."
6. "Home grown tobacco strengthens the immune system, improves
mitocondrial oxidation (energy production), and boosts metabolic
reactions in the liver."
[Addendum from Jim Kleebaum]
I took care to provide you only information which is quoted from the
author. I do not have answers to your questions. I have ordered the
source page referred to in the quotes.
As a sidebar, using radionics, I have been able to document a good
increase from both your varieties of tobacco in both my wife's and my
general Vitality factor. Using dowsing, 2 inches square per day per
person (in the green state) of either tobacco appear to satisfy both
my wife's and my daily vitamin B requirements (seems too good to be
true!). We are at this time drying the tobacco and at this time do
not know if the nutrient criterion will appear to remain the same as
when green.
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