Originally posted by Montana:
. Nicotine itself, is a poison really. Can even be lethal at large enough doses. But yeah, it's a little surprising players that put so much effort into nutrition would dip at all. If it is just a celebratory game day dip, then I guess it's just that 🤷♂️.
well.....So is water.....and likely far less poisonous then many other chemicals these dudes come into contact with on a regular basis.
Depending on what they are chewing ...herbal,normal chew, nicotine pouch....odds are they are no danger of an overdose. Over Dosing on Nicotine was almost unheard of until Vaping become a thing and it is still very, very rare. Most normal humans can withstand more Nicotine then an entire can of chew can provide at one time. Huge humans can take even more.
nicotine is a pain killer and an anti-inflammatory and in some cases is prescribed as medicine. Dr. House had a famous scene about this. He prescribed a patient cigarettes to treat some sort of illness.
it might have a minor effect on the aches and pains or football, but mostly is just good-old boy habits they picked up as kids. I moved from NYC to Texas in HS...and it was a hell of a culture shock...but Dip is stuff Country boys do.