Posts Tagged ‘smoking’

Dangers of smoking for women

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

smoking when pregnant

As discussed earlier smoking is bad for your health and generates no reason to quit. In women, the cigar presents additional problems. In women, smoking can cause:
1 – Premature Menopause
2 – Increased risk of hip fracture
3 – worse health problems of diabetes
4 – Reduces fertility is harder to get pregnant
5 – In Beauty: smokers show signs of faster vejes looks dull skin, wrinkles faster, there are wrinkles around the mouth and stains your teeth, fingers and nails.

Problems with pregnancy
Pregnant women who smoke have more risk of:
1 – Placenta previa.
2 – Abruptio placentae. This can cause premature birth, stillbirth, and infant death.
3 – Premature birth of the baby.
4 – A baby of low birth weight.
5 – Damage to the developing baby’s lungs.

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Leaving snuff without gaining weight

Monday, January 18th, 2010

smoking and weight loss

There are a number of tips to avoid falling into temptation and being overcome by anxiety:

* Doing more sport (walking, running, gym, cycling, hiking …) and stay less indoors where there may be smoke.
* Do not start any scheme at the same time, contrary to eat well and almost everything to avoid starvation: eat many carbohydrates, fruits and vegetables (for vitamins, is important to take Vitamin C) and eat everything: meat, fish , chicken, … but boiled or grilled or baked, remove the fat and fried.
* Search-fat products, raw vegetables, juices, fruits, yogurts … to eat when one is tempted to eat or smoke. The fruit can replace the craving for something sweet and sugarless candies also entertain.
* Consumer products, which help to recover the body of smoking as soon as possible, by their content: omega-3s, B vitamins, carotenoids, such as: whole grains, watercress them, oily fish, carrots, and wheat germ.
* There are several products on the pharmacy to help pass the nicotine addiction that occurs: as the nozzles menthol, patches, gum, tea …
* Breathe deeply and air fill the abdomen helps remove the anxiety.
* Drink plenty of water between meals and a glass before meals, reduces appetite.
* Do not drink alcohol because it contains many calories, which is at those moments do not make us any fault and besides, we create more anxiety for the quick exit of nicotine produced by the influence of alcohol.

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Quit smoking and weight gain

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

smoking and diet

According to some studies on smoking, it was found that the fact, to be fattening to quit is because they eat more and not the very act of removing the snuff. In addition, fat is often about 2 Kg., That a year or so of quitting, are lost. So, on this basis, we know that if we stop smoking while we control our diet, do not get fat.

Anyway we have to say that some people do not gain weight from quitting smoking and are getting fatter because they have already weight problems, they hide food by replacing snuff.

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Benefits of quitting

Friday, January 15th, 2010

quit smoking benefits

20 minutes after quitting, your blood pressure decreases, your pulse and low blood temperature in your hands and feet increased.

2 hours after quitting, nicotine is reduced in your system.

8 hours after quitting, the carbon monoxide level in your blood drops and oxygen level increases to normal from a non-smoker. This is one of the best benefits of quitting, because carbon monoxide affects your muscles, brain and tissues.

At 24 hours, your chances of a heart attack has decreased.

After 48 hours your sense of smell improved, and your taste buds come alive again.

After 2 to 4 days, all traces of nicotine in your body have disappeared. That means that there is no physical addictive substance in his brain.

Between 2 and 9 weeks, your circulation will improve, the performance will not be so stressful and your lung capacity increases.

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Tips for quitting (II)

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

quit smokingDrink water: consult your doctor if you opt to take medication. At least drink more than two or three liters of water daily. It will help to eliminate toxins and feel much better.

Do not be a victim and generate positive thoughts
. Quitting smoking is a gift for yourself, your body, family, coworkers. Do not be a victim, try to get her mind with positive thoughts, learn to think positive.

Learn to overcome the urge to smoke
: if you win a battle of 3-5 minutes each time that gives the “uncontrollable” urge to smoke, you win the battle. So aware, self-help when learning how to master the impulse. Each person can fight the way that is most effective. If you’re in good shape, do 30 push-ups, take a shower, start a deterrent activity … Help yourself against the impulses that drive him to smoke.

Be patient: The first days are the hardest. Every day without smoking than think will have won an important battle. Set a target firm and unwavering quit the first five days. You will see after some initial difficult times, it will be easier as time progresses.

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