Quitting Smoking; the Role of Strong Motivation
Growing up was very interesting because of a friend you had. The friend made you feel more mature and seemed to help you fit in with your other peers. But in time, you discovered his dark side. He demands to be with you always; even if this makes you feel terrible. He did also cost you, your health dearly. And finally stole a part of your wages. Trying to break off in recent times but he has not let you. This is a false friend and this friend is “CIGARETTE “. This is the relationship smokers have with cigarette.
Some smokers see cigarette as an helper and they prefer it more than having someone around them. To them it is more than just a friend but an only friend. At times, people willinigly stop the art of smoking only to find them thirsty for it and seriously searching for it again. Why does tobacco have such a grip on people? It was discovered that
Tobacco products can be as addictive as illicit drugs
Inhaled nicotine may reach the brain in just seconds and
Smoking is often woven into a person’s life by its regular association with eating, drinking, conversing, the relief of stress.
It is possible to stop this harmful addiction. Should cigarette addicts use  medications to quit smoking?. The use of medications help smokers quit. The benefits of using medications will increase your chances of quitting by reducing withdrawal symptoms. But this is not effective on the long run. Some medications have potential side effects such as nausea, depression and suicidal thoughts. It is worthy to note that nicotine – replacement therapies simply provide another form of the drug, along with its health risk. In reality, therefore, the person using them is still in a state of addiction. Stopping smoking abruptly, makes smokers develop cool feet without the use of medications.
Withdrawal symptons includes sleeplessness, aching, itching, sweating and coughing as well as change in moods demonstrated by impatience,  proneness to anger, or even depression.
 However, if you want to quit smoking, you should at least have a very strong motivation. For one thing, consider how much better off you will be if you quit smoking.
You will save money. A pack –a- day habit can cost a fortune over the year. But when you make up your mind to quit, your money remains with you. This (money) can be used for a better thing.
Get more out of life. Life will be very pleasant when you give up smoking. When you stop smoking, your sense of taste and smell improves drastically, with an improved physical appearance.
Improvement in your well – being –health. Quitting smoking has major and immediate health benefits for you. You will be free from life treating sickness such as cancer, heart disease e.t.c
Family and friends will benefit a lot. Smoking hurts the health of those around you. It is believed that smoking causes death each yer from lung cancer and heart disease.

Diabetes Health Condition; Prevention And Control

-->What is diabetes health condition? This is an health condition where blood sugar levels are abnormally high. The challenge in treatment is to normalize those levels and keep them there so that you can side step the often terrible complications. The disease comes in three sweet flavours; they are

i.                     Type 1 diabetes

ii.                   Type 2 diabetes

iii.                  Gestational diabetes

Even, if you have prediabetes you can keep full blown diabetes at bay. How? Eating of a prudent diet rich whole grains,fruits and vegetables, and lean protein sources; getting regular physical exercise; and losing a little weight. It is worthy  to note that there is no downside o having a healthier lifestyle, except an upside. It’s  well known that carrying extra weight increases insulin resistance. You can still be able to avoid diabetes, if you lack diabetes gene but if you do, your beta cells may lose the battle to keep your supplies of insulin , and your blood sugar will soar straight to diabetes land.

It is worthy to note that weight control is easier to talk about then do when you have insulin resistance, but eating less food and lower calorie food along with some moderate exercise will produce result if you are a patient. What you need to know about keeping the surplus pounds off is captured in the basic diction “ calories in calories out”. In essence, any  calories you don’t burn will make your jeans tight, so you need to match your calories itake to your exercise level.

The fundamental diabetic prevention / management diet sticks pretty close to what we’ve come to know as basic holistic nutritional advice. Lots of fruits and vegetables although diabetics should stick to non – starch vegetables like spinach, carrots, or broccoli and avoid starchy ones like potatoes, which rush sugar into the system. Whole grains instead of processed ones, because the former are , given, slower to increase  blood sugar. Non fat dairy products, liquids oils for cooking instead of solid fats like margarine. Lean meats lie skinned poultry. Omega -3 fatty acids from sources such as cold water fish or flax seed. Beans and lentils.

Water unsweetened tea, and the likes instead of calorie – containing drinks such as soda, fruit punch, and coffee with milk and sugar. Modest portion sizes. And go light on high – calorie snack foods and desserts. The diabetic diet follows principles that anyone with a rudimentry knowledge of healthy eating understands; low fat, low cholesterol, high fibre, few saturated or trans – fats, lots of frsh foods, few processed foods. But it differs from other health diet formulations, such as a heart healthy diet, in one important respect: the percentage of carbohydrates.  

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