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Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

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Smoking – Harm and Benefits

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

The harm of smoking somewhat exaggerated – in a mega-cities and industrial zones where we are more polluting light exhaust and industrial waste. In smoking, there are advantages. For many asthmatics, it removes the attacks of cough and breathing easier (not all – in some act diametrically opposite). There are cases when smoking suspends the deterioration of view. Smoking helps to concentrate, relax, reduces the appetite, and sometimes simply replaces the food. Of course, smoking damages teeth, unpleasant odor comes from your mouth, cellulite and varicosity, badly affect the skin and mucous, especially it spoils stronger white women?¡¥s skin. Smoking is strictly prohibited in the number of diseases: with hypertension, ischemic heart disease.

15 Nov, 1492, Christopher Columbus in his diary the first time describes tobacco, which is used by the Indians. Gradually, this habit spread throughout Europe. At the beginning, smoking was a privilege of men, after that in connection with emancipation, this coverage and female population, and liked it immensely – soothes, comforts, gives self-confidence and, of course, equalized with men. Cigarettes among women has increased in the years of revolution and war. This can be explained by stress and lack of nutrition. Now smokers women are more than smokers men (men drop out of smoking is easier than women).

Begin smoking most often in adolescence and youth: usually with a view to grow up and be everything. Much earlier and more often begin smoking teenagers from smoking households (thank you, my non-smoking parents!) Some young people start smoking for weight loss – sometimes really hideouts. All people start equally and gradually become involved, but dropped out in different ways.

Some smokers drop out easily: the last cigarette smoke – and all: knotted once and for all. Some are doing heroic work on and win. And he is proud of its victory. But many are simply unable to cope with smoking. Drop out and again begin. This is not just from a lack of willpower – the inability to stop smoking responsible already worked out the dependence of the organism from the daily dose of nicotine. The body is waiting for this dose, and requires it, such as those of proteins, fats and carbohydrates. We smokers have a different metabolism, developed some “nicotine dependence.?¡À Artist people are smoking to concentrate, and when they try to throw, they loose efficiency, and creativity. Trying to stop smoking, heavy smoker too often do not start to feel better, but much worse: there are coughing, weakness, irritability, propensity for overeating, women are drawn to the sweet, with inordinate quantities.

Many, after quitting, are beginning to pull intensively, especially women. The experience of collective weight loss has shown that many smoking helped blunt the feeling of hunger. Smoking helped “sit on a diet” and reset the hated extra kilograms. But no smoking sometimes causes a sharp and uncontrolled increase in weight – up to 10 kg for 2 months. Very often women are kept in normal weight, yet reduce the number of cigarettes per day, but dropped out when smoking entirely – weight quickly rocket upwards. The reason: the abolition of nicotine changed lipid exchange. Therefore if you decide to quit, I recommend first to develop a diet and had to throw it against smoking. The second way to drop out is throwing smoke simultaneously with the incorporation of dietary nutritional supplements.

Those who have not yet started to smoke – do not start. Those who have just begun, but not get involved in – better to quit. But for those who smoke for many years and can not part with cigarettes, we propose to buy only European cigarettes of high quality. Those cigarettes are made from the best tobacco. Also you can switch to light brand of cigarettes.

Smoking and Night Vision

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

There are several factors that make investigation of the effects of smoking on night vision difficult. Contradictions still exist in the published studies. Night vision is, in itself, a complex physiological process. Visual function at night encompasses many parameters, e.g., scotopic dark adaptation, mesopic vision, contrast sensitivity, visual discrimination of moving targets, peripheral retinal sensitivity, glare recovery, and dark focus.

One well-done study found that temporary abstinence from smoking could sharply improve the night vision of smokers. Several studies found that smokers were more likely to have automobile accidents than nonsmokers were. Another study reported that, among people who had automobile accidents, smokers were more than two times as likely to have their accidents at night.

Finally, the chronic effects of active or passive cigarette smoking must be acknowledged. Smoking is believed to accelerate the overall aging process in humans and, among other things, we can no longer ignore that smoking can affect visual function.

Smoking and Hearing Loss

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

Another study conducted at the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison concluded that their findings suggest there may be an association between cigarette smoking and hearing loss. Karen Cruickshanks, associate professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences found that in a study of 4,753 adults age 48 to 97 smokers had a 70 percent higher risk of hearing loss than nonsmokers.

A continuing study is needed to determine if an exact cause-effect relationship exists. Cruickshanks commented that “It’s most likely that there are many factors that play a role in the age-related loss of hearing, and possibly smoking is one of them.”

Cataracts

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

Researchers think smoking contributes to the incidence of some types of cataracts. “What makes us suspect this is the consistency of studies all over the world,” says Robert Sperduto, M.D., chief, epidemiology branch of the National Eye Institute. “If there’s one thing people can do to improve their general health, including the health of their eyes, it is to stop smoking,” says Dr. Sperduto.

Carbon monoxide from cigarette smoke creates a hypoxic effect, it is clear that hypoxia will degrade night vision. (Hypoxia is a state of oxygen deficiency in the body which is sufficient to cause an impairment of function. The inadequate oxygen transport or the inability of the tissues to use oxygen causes hypoxia.)

Smoking produces cyanide, a retinal toxin. Smokers may develop a problem called toxic amblyopia. Amblyopia is reduced or dimness of vision that is not related to visible changes in eye health. Causes include exposure to toxic substances, such as alcohol and tobacco smoke, diabetic, and medication.

Amblyopia, especially of one eye, is also called lazy eye. This condition occurs when one eye is not properly aligned or when the visual correction needed by one eye is significantly worse than in the other. The weaker eye becomes unused and, if not treated, may become “blind.”

Smokers have double the risk of developing macular degeneration, but if their diets were rich in lutein & other carotenoids (esp: spinach, collard greens, and kale), they significantly reduced that risk. Vision Res, 36(18) 1996.

In two major studies published in the “Journal Of The American Medical Association” each report reached the same conclusion that “Smoking Is a Major Cause Of Age Related Macular Degeneration”. According to these reports, individuals 65 years of age and over double their risk of developing Macular Degeneration if they smoke.

Women who smoked a pack of cigarettes per day or more had about two and a half times the risk of developing this serious eye disease, macular degeneration, compared with people who never smoked. Furthermore, those who smoked the most actually had the greatest risk. Men who smoked a pack or more a day were two to three times more vulnerable to developing Macular Degeneration.

No Smoking

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

Cigarette smoking reduces levels of plasma antioxidant, a substance in the blood stream, which protects retinal cells. Smoking causes the protective layer between the retina and blood vessels to erode, resulting in poor circulation, irritation and scarring.

Smoking is damaging to the blood supply. Smoking exposes the body to free radicals which causes cellular damage and can cause poor circulation of nutrients to the retina and lens. Carotenoid levels and vitamin C blood concentrations are substantially reduced. Smoking oxidizes cholesterol, causing fat to build up in the arteries. This leads to heart attack, stroke, and probably macular degeneration.

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Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

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