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Quality of sleep worse for smokers -

The sleep of smokers is less deep than that of non-smokers and smokers feel often less rested after a full night of sleep.
Brain scans of smokers show that at night they experience light withdrawal symptoms. This causes a light disturbance of the sleep. Also nicotine makes it harder to fall asleep.
Forty middle-aged smokers participated in […]

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Bad lifestyle affects ability to have children -

Many couples who have problems to get pregnant in a natural way can do something about it themselves. Lifestyle seems to be a major influence on the conception.
The normal of people who seek medical help for conceiving has increased the last years. Many of them can prevent fertility issues by leading a healthier lifestyle. Especially […]

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Smoking cannabis is just as bad as 20 cigarettes -

The smoke from a cannabis cigarette (joint) carries the same cancer risk as that of 20 cigarettes. The more often someone smokes cannabis, the greater the risk for lung cancer.
That smoking cannabis is more dangerous than smoking normal tobacco was already known, but researchers in New Zealand have proved exactly how dangerous. Those test subjects […]

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Smokers have higher risk of erectile dysfunction -

Yet another good reason to quit smoking for real this time: men who smoke more than 20 cigarettes per day have 60% more chance of having erectile dysfunction than non smokers. A study done by the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans among 5000 Chinese men showed that, after […]

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Smoking does not make your lose weight -

For many smokers the appetite inhibiting effect of smoking is a good excuse not to quit. Especially many women don’t quit because of this argument. Furthermore, a study done by the University of Michigan shows that staying slim is a reason for many women to start smoking. But this is a myth: smoking does not […]

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Health benefits of quiting smoking -

Of every two smokers, one will die of the illnesses caused by this very bad habit. And smoking makes you stink as well. So stop smoking. It will immediately give you health benefits. Twenty minutes after your last cigarette your blood pressure and heart beat are back to normal and within a few months the […]

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Cut your cancer risk in half -

Here is an eye opener for you: at least half of all instances of cancer are caused by a unhealthy lifestyle. This is the conclusion of a study done by the Dutch Cancer Foundation. The biggest risk factors are:

smoking
alcohol
excess weight
bad nutrition
too much sun
too little exercise

And not, like many people assume, the environment or hereditary factors.
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Hemp is healthy if you eat it -

You shouldn’t smoke them cause they will give you a headache and worse, they are 5 times as dangerous as cigarettes for your lungs. But if you eat hemp seeds they are quite healthy. The seeds contain more protein than meat or fish, six grams per spoon! They are also full of alpha linolenic acid […]

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New appetite suppressing drug -

British researchers are developing a weight loss drug using a naturally occurring variant of tetrahydrocannabinol, the active substance in marijuana. Instead of making you high however this compound blocks the brains receptors that make you feel cravings for food. As a result, it may prevent you from bingeing on unhealthy snacks. The pills could be […]

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Smokers call in sick more -

We all know smoking is bad for your health and now a Swedish research among 14.000 employees has shown that smokers stay at home sick more often than non-smokers. On average smokers called in sick 11 days per year more than non-smokers.
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