Making your resolutions are easy…following through, however, are not. continue reading...
Over the past decade, Bob Greene from Oprah Magazine, has noticed that people tend to make the same mistakes over and over again when it comes to losing weight and staying healthy. Luckily, Greene tells us what they are so that we can avoid them! continue reading...
You may have already heard the rumors, and according to Daily Mail they’re true. continue reading...
The New Year has been here for a while and as the time passes it’s getting easier and easier to forget our resolutions and fall back into our bad habits. It’s even easier when that bad habit is an addiction to nicotine. continue reading...
A new study finds that smokers may be subjecting others to toxins even when they smoke nowhere near them. “Third-hand” smoke is the phenomenon that occurs when contamination sticks around after the cigarette is put out. The authors of the study contend that, for example, if you smoke and then come into contact with your baby, toxins stick to your hair and clothing and are then transferred to the child. Also, breastfeeding mothers should be aware that these same toxins are transferred through breastmilk. continue reading...
A new study suggest that most cancers are preventable. The study says that 80 per cent of cancers are diagnosed in the elderly. And, apparently, 80 per cent of risk factors are potentially preventable. For example, they connected smoking and lung cancer. (They need a study for that?) Read more… continue reading...
Research shows there are many benefits of quitting smoking, even during day one.
Within 20 minutes:
Blood pressure decreases, and the pulse slows to its normal rate.
Temperature in the hands and feet increases to normal. continue reading...
There may be more than nicotine that’s stopping you from giving up smoking. Research shows that cigarettes are designed to manipulate your taste buds too! The natural and added flavors to tobacco make it even harder for someone to quit. continue reading...
Tens of millions of Americans have quit smoking cigarettes. The benefits of quitting — no matter what your age — are prodigious. Risks of heart disease and stroke plummet. So does the risk of lung cancer, along with cancers of the mouth, throat, bladder, cervix and pancreas. But can the damage from smoking ever be completely undone? Norman Edelman, chief medical officer of the American Lung Association, explains. continue reading...
