El Baton - Rank beginner review #1

[NCRadioMan]

The reason it knocked you down is because the cigar made your blood-sugar level drop and you felt the effects of low blood-sugar. If you start to feel that way again, eat or drink something sweet quickly and you will feel normal in no time. I even know some guys that carry sugar packets with them and down a few when they start to feel it.

Good review. I think the El Baton is rather bland.

[TheBeard]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

The reason it knocked you down is because the cigar made your blood-sugar level drop and you felt the effects of low blood-sugar.

Is this common? What's the mechanism behind this? Any suggested reading?

[bobarian]

Originally Posted by TheBeard

Is this common? What's the mechanism behind this? Any suggested reading?

Nicotine is absorbed through the mucous membrane directly into the blood stream. The nausea and light headedness are some of the symptoms. Sugar counteracts those effects. A sugary drink like a coke can also help. But once you start getting that feeling, straight sugar is more effective.

[NCRadioMan]

Originally Posted by TheBeard

Is this common? What's the mechanism behind this? Any suggested reading?

Very common especially with stronger cigars or multiple cigars or the first cigar. I'm sure you have heard numerous stories of people feeling "green" after smoking too much. Much like strider experienced. Nicotine tolerance, of course, can vary from person to person and can be built up the more you smoke.

When we first start a cigar, the blood-sugar level rises but since it takes a while to smoke a cigar that supply slowly diminishes. Then nicotine circulating in the bloodstream prior to metabolism tends to collect in the pancreas, causing the pancreas to produce more insulin than normal. The excess amount of insulin causes blood-sugar to drop, resulting in nausea, high blood pressure, and other undesireable effects that we sometimes experience with cigars. Consumption of sugar gives the insulin something to break down, causing blood sugar to rise and mitigating the short-term effects of nicotine on the pancreas.

I'm sure there is plenty out there on this subject but this is just something I have learned from the FOG's over the years and experienced for myself.

[longknocker]

Nice Review! I Always Keep Sugary Candies with Me In Case Of "Emergencies" Like This. I Even Have A Few "Hot Tamale" Candies In a Ziplock That I Take With Me To Herfs!