Human Nicotine Receptors Respond the Same to Acetylcholine & Nicotine From Tobacco

Did you know that the human body has nicotine receptors called nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs)? These receptors respond to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh), a chemical messenger that plays a crucial role in the nervous system. Likewise, the nAChRs also respond to nicotine found in tobacco. Interestingly, nicotine from tobacco fits into these receptors like a key, mimicking a natural process that can reduce inflammation, which is an essential part of the body’s ability to heal. Considering that chronic inflammation leads to a myriad of health problems, including autoimmune diseases, heart disease, and cancer, it seems that more experts should be discussing this.

To explain further, nicotine receptors are part of the body’s cholinergic system, which plays a vital role in physiological processes, including muscle movement, memory, and regulating inflammation. Without getting too technical, nAChRs are ligand-gated ion channels, meaning they open to allow ions like potassium, sodium, and calcium to flow in and out of cells when activated by ACh or by an external mimic, specifically nicotine found in tobacco. nAChRs are found throughout the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves, as well as in other tissues like the lungs, skin, and immune cells.

The reason nicotine receptors are tied to healing is because, significantly, they control inflammation via the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway, a mechanism by which the nervous system regulates immune responses. Again, inflammation is the body’s response to injury or infection. Specifically, a unique receptor called the α7 nicotinic receptor (α7 nAChR) helps the body reduce excessive inflammation by directing cells not to overreact, which is part of a natural, well-designed system where our nerves use ACh to keep inflammation in check. Nicotine from tobacco (meaning, for example, nicotine from transdermal nicotine patches, not nicotine from smoking or vaping, since the latter two are full of toxic chemicals that, themselves, cause inflammation) can do the same thing as α7 nAChR. In other words, it, too, turns on these receptors and lowers inflammation.

Nicotine’s healing ability sounds like super encouraging news, yet few in the mainstream media speak about it. Dr. Bryan Ardis has talked extensively about the healing ability of nicotine, recently asserting that it is a cure for countless ailments. In a recent interview, while discussing the healing wonders of nicotine, Dr. Ardis enthusiastically shared:

“Did you know nicotine is a published cure for Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, ulcerative colitis, all arthritis—all of them, psoriatic, gout, osteo, and rheumatoid? Did you know it’s also a published cure [for] myocarditis?

Did you know that in 2021—while we were all locked down at home during COVID-19—our government in the United States was paying researchers to investigate two of the 36 poisons that were found in all COVID patients? They injected them into mammals and created, within 72 hours, glioblastoma tumors. And then, they were paid by our government to see if they could reverse glioblastoma tumor formation that they created in three days or less. And do you know what? They dissolved the glioblastoma tumors with nicotine within 72 hours.

Did you know that in treating autism traits, they’ve already investigated nicotine patches between the shoulder blades of all children and adults, and within seven days, they saw improvements in all their symptoms?”

Wow. Are these proclamations factual? If they are, nicotine patch sales will undoubtedly skyrocket. In late 2023, Dr. Peter McCullough explained the rationale behind his support for using nicotine patches to treat Long-COVID and vaccine injury syndromes, writing, “Nicotine binds to nAChR and works to competitively antagonize spike protein while at the same time upregulating nAChR.” Hmmm, given that nicotine from tobacco battles inflammation the same way as does ACh, McCullough’s support of the simple intervention of nicotine patches undoubtedly provided hope for the “amelioration of cognitive and somatic symptoms” tragically suffered by those with Long-COVID and mRNA jab injuries.

Time will tell if nicotine gains center stage as a natural way to improve health (and it if actually destroys nano-technology, as boldly claimed by some, which they insist is the reason its healing powers are spurned). Still, either way, given the increasingly contaminated world in which we live, it seems nicotine’s healing capabilities must be studied and shared. Sure, the news may upend the profitable healthcare scheme that keeps us sick, but which is more important?

And guess what? Nicotine is not found only in tobacco plants. Nicotine is also found in edible plants from the same botanical family as tobacco (Solanaceae), which includes eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, and potatoes (it is also found in cauliflower). Interestingly, foods from the Solanaceae family are also known as “nightshade,” and are often on the list of foods recommended to avoid for people suffering from inflammation. Yet, there is little scientific evidence to support this claim. Sound familiar? The Solanaceae family also includes the wonderful plant ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), which, according to many (including the Cleveland Clinic) can increase energy, improve overall health, and reduce pain, anxiety, and—you guessed it—inflammation.