You can give up smoking – Day 24

Some handy links:
http://www.quitnow.info.au
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/consquits.htm
http://www.lifeclinic.com/focus/smoking/default.asp
http://www.smokenders.com
http://quitsmoking.about.com

Detox

An interesting and accurate article on going through a detox from http://www.thesite.org/healthandwellbeing/fitnessanddiet/healthyeating/detox

Canteen – an amazing charity

 
Ways you can help
http://www.canteen.org.au/default.asp?menuid=20
 You can even donate the money you save from not smoking!!

Give Blood in Sydney

  Everybody has a particular blood type. One gene from your mother and one from your father combine to establish your blood type. Those two genes form a protein (or antigen) that exists on the surface of all red blood cells, and which is capable of stimulating an immune response.In 1901, an Austrian scientist, Karl [...]

Stop smoking – what to expect from nicotine withdrawl

Stopping cigarette smoking is not always easy. If you quit cigarettes abruptly or for that matter, if you gradually decrease the amount of cigarettes you smoke, you ought to suffer from nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
The physical withdrawal symptoms caused due to quitting smoking is a temporary phase. Nonetheless, you can not ignore the amount of discomfort [...]

Stop smoking – the benefits over time

 
When you give up smoking, your body starts going through good changes right away! Let’s take a quick look at some changes based on information from the American Cancer Society.
AFTER:
20 minutes

Your blood pressure drops to a normal rate for you.
The temperature of your hands and feet increases to normal.

8 hours

The carbon monoxide level in your [...]

Eat Healthy

 
8 tips for eating well
These practical tips can help you make healthier choices. The two keys to a healthy diet are eating the right amount of food for how active you are and eating a range of foods to make sure you’re getting a balanced diet. A healthy balanced diet contains a variety of types [...]

Stop smoking without gaining weight

 

A two-month nutritional/lifestyle plan to quit without gaining weight

This plan works on the principle of stabilising blood sugar and hormone levels. Withdrawal effects from nicotine are a direct effect of its action on your blood sugar, so follow some basic nutritional principles: 1. Combine carbohydrate and protein foods – salmon and rice with salad, chicken stir [...]

Stop Smoking – symptoms

The psychological symptoms are related to the habit of smoking and the things that are normally done while smoking like drinking coffee or talking with friends.  Like any bad habit, the smoking habit can be replaced with healthier behaviours, but the physical withdrawal from nicotine may be more difficult to handle.Nicotine is a powerful drug [...]

Health – up in smoke

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