That fear does not prevent you from gaining weight quit

Posted on August 4, 2013 by john in Daily health tips for kids

The body stores more fat to quit, but you can prevent weight gain.

It is free to smokers, especially young women, are in weight gain excuse to not quit. To understand this you have to start by saying that the seven seconds of being absorbed by the lungs, nicotine, the main component of the cigarette, because effects on the central and autonomic nervous system. Depending on the amount consumed, is capable of producing both soothing and stimulating.

But smokers-who say they experience pleasure, relaxation and even greater ability to focus, tend to ignore that nicotine and smoke also increase bowel movement and distort directly, taste and smell; also know that these factors impact your weight body.

According to the Spanish pulmonologist Carlos Jimenez, when a person suddenly stops smoking, the first thing you experience is an anxiety that can result in exaggerated need to eat at all times. “This is exacerbated, he says, with the gradual recovery of taste and smell, which helps the food taste better.”

But there’s more: to quit smoking, the body improves oxygenation, allowing you to get more energy and hence its ability to store it, particularly in the form of fat. Some researchers hypothesize that nicotine alters the metabolism of fats, so that upon cessation of this effect, also tend to accumulate more. A study published in the British Medical Journal and made in France and the UK, found that smoking cessation is associated with an average weight gain of 5.4 kilos, after 12 months.

20 000 deaths a year

However, for María José Collado, a psychologist and researcher at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, “the effects of consuming follow are much more serious than a few kilos gain, which can be downloaded easily.” Smoking is responsible for approximately five million deaths a year worldwide. And in Colombia, according to Natalia Londoño pulmonologist, president of the Colombian Association of Internal Medicine (Acmi) causes directly and indirectly about 20,000 deaths a year in the country.

But, then, fear of being overweight itself is a valid excuse for not quitting? Experts argue that because there are many medical and nutritional alternatives to quit smoking, considerate, after heroin, more addictive substance. Quitting is possible, they say.

How? The first is to make the decision and then start the process, it is advisable to consider withdrawal and detail of their own habits, that enables you to establish in what situations you experience a greater urge to smoke.

It is advisable to order cigarette associated with the beginning of a healthy lifestyle, including a low-fat diet and exercise, to help combat withdrawal symptoms and prevent overweight and at the same time, encourages the individual to take healthy living and physical and emotional wellbeing.
Here, some tips should you decide to do so immediately.

If you decide …

Select the correct time. Do not do it when in a stressful situation (change of work or family problems). Do not disregard professional help. Learn well and minimizes potential withdrawal.

Leave without increasing kilos

Take care of your food and your lungs

First, do not panic if you feel that quitting is gaining weight in the first few weeks, it does not mean you are going to continue to fatten at that pace forever. To avoid starvation have to set regular intervals between meals. Instead of three, five times a day eat small portions. For snacks, have your fruits, vegetables and nonfat cheese.

Reduce consumption of meals and sweets. No soda, decrease alcohol for at least the first three months without smoking. And exercise.