A very large body of evidence now exists that suggests diet is as important to mental health as it is to physical health, says Felice Jacka, president of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research. A healthy diet is protective and an unhealthy diet is a risk factor for depression and anxiety.â.
All forms of smoking are linked to these cancers, including cigarettes, cigars, and pipes. Tobacco smoke can cause cancer anywhere in the mouth and throat as well as in the lungs, the bladder, and many other organs in the body. Pipe smoking is particularly linked with lesions of the lips, where the pipe comes in direct contact with the tissue.
The biggest cause, however, for the throat lump, and for the sensation that something is stuck there, is ANXIETY â including anxiety over bulbar-onset ALS. Anxiety begets the lumpy feeling in the throat. This is why, in many novels, for example, a character whoâs nervous is described as feeling âa lump in her throat.â.