About 55% of smokers gain approximately 3 kilograms after they stop smoking. This increase in weight is caused by two reasons: first: is that Nicotine increases the rate of digestion of any food. Therefore, to stop providing your body with Nicotine makes food burning slower than it was, and this provides a good opportunity for […]
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Figures released recently by the Health Development Agency confirm that smoking is killing around 83,200 people a year in England. It is the largest cause of illness and significantly decreases smokers expected life-span. Speak to any reformed smoker and they will tell you just how difficult it was to overcome the habit, although invariably they […]
The dangers of consuming alcohol whilst pregnant have only really become fully understood in recent years. When the pregnant woman drinks alcohol, it enters the bloodstream and reduces the ability of the blood in the placenta to provide adequate oxygen to the growing fetus. The infant is born suffering from the same problems as an […]
If you ask yourself why you should give up smoking just take a look at the risks and costs of continuing to smoke. First you should know that 22% of all male deaths are due to smoking and 11% of all female deaths have the same cause. Narrowed and hardened arteries, cold hands and feet, […]
Consider this: Already since 1972, over 60million people in the USA alone have successfully quit smoking! At one stage over 60% of the adult population was addicted to this drug. Today it is 28% and dropping…….. Now, isn’t this a fair thought…… If all these people can do it (60 MILLION OF THEM!) – and […]
Consider this: Already since 1972, over 60million people in the USA alone have successfully quit smoking! At one stage over 60% of the adult population was addicted to this drug. Today it is 28% and dropping…….. Now, isn’t this a fair thought…… If all these people can do it (60 MILLION OF THEM!) – and […]