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Quit Smoking with Natural Remedies

The smoke and the effects on our body

The components present in cigarette smoke have strong powers to influence pharmacological neurophysiological status of an individual. This means that nicotine and all 4800 molecules present in the condensate are able to interact with our nervous system, altering the normal balance with effects in most cases of cytotoxic and genotoxic.

Why should stop smoking?

The toxic activity of condensate present in cigarettes is definitely a good reason to stop smoking, while recent experimental evidence show how nicotine can help for example in the treatment of Alzheimer's thanks to its stimulatory effects: increased psychomotor activity, improved cognitive function, enhanced power of concentration and attention. Known is the effect of pleasure given by the increase in the ventral tegmental dopamine stimulated their nicotine. In short we can say that nicotine is a psychoactive drug itself that interacts with other physiological systems, which is also positive effects on 'entire body. The real reason why it is so important to stop smoking is the condensate which contains an enormous amount of toxins that are named as diverse as, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, azaareni, aromatic amines, acrylamide, benzofurano, DDT, phthalic acid, arsenic, mercury , lead, selenium and many others. The condensate is able to cross the blood barrier brain and blood placenta, carrying toxic to the brain and the fetus, determine chromosomal abnormalities, teratogenic, carcinogenic and not least suffering pulmonary and cardiovascular failure.

Why is it hard to quit?

Nicotine taken by an individual smoker determines an altered balance of the autonomic nervous system. In particular, nicotine stimulates the cholinergic system by creating an imbalance adreno-cholinergic balance that determines the state of tonic physiological organs. The moment you stop providing nicotine from the smoke, the body feels the failure adreno-cholinergic and forces the individual to take back the nicotine from the cigarettes, its own to regain the lost balance.

What natural remedies should be taken to be able to quit smoking?

You can 'stop smoking naturally with a diet rich in whole grains, legumes, sugar cane, fruit and vegetables and fruit juice, avoiding animal protein, fatty foods, fried and greasy, white sugar, sweets in general , coffee, tea blacks. We can help with detoxifying herbal teas that drain the liver, kidneys and pancreas. You can eliminate free radicals with vitamin C and antioxidants. Viewed from the toxic effect of the condensate is important to take daily antioxidants, vitamin E, zinc, useful lecithin, vitamin C, Rosa canina, B vitamins that help functionality liver also contained in the yeast. Green Tea is a good antioxidant against free radicals. The Birch helps to detoxify the body with its draining and diuretic. The Rhodiola and Glucomannan are indicated in cases of anxiety and emotional eating. Thyme, Erisimo, fumaric, cress are considered herbal smoke, watercress, sarsaparilla, licorice are detoxin herbs.

It is recommended to pay attention to the use of these herbs because they contain a significant amount of drug phytocomplexes with strong powers. So we must absolutely avoid DIY and is necessary to talk with a physician.