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Crash diets, diet pills, obesity surgery? Get the facts, what’s right for you!Smoking and weight gain
Smoking and weight gain
If you smoke you at higher risk of many diseases including cancer according to experts. Yet many people worry about giving up and the dreaded weight gain that follows. Heavy smokers and people who have smoked for a long time often gain a few pounds after they quit smoking. Unfortunately, smokers often use this fact to justify continuing to smoke. But this weight gain isn't inevitable. Weight gain can be avoided by eating less and/or exercising more. And if you're making poor food choices now, simply eating healthier foods can do the trick. Here are some of the reasons why quitting smoking causes people to gain weight: Smoking increases your metabolism, the rate at which you burn calories. So quitting smoking will cause your metabolism to decrease a little to its normal rate. People who quit smoking are inclined to eat more because they reach for snacks as a substitute for cigarettes. Some experts even believe you body will produce a little extra fat to store toxins in safly as your body removes them People who quit smoking are inclined to eat more because food tastes better. They may actually be really tasting their food for the first time in years! Quitting smoking is difficult enough without the fear of gaining weight. The main reason that people gain weight when they quit smoking is that they tend to eat more, and you can control that. If you can keep from turning to food in place of cigarettes. If you do give up and end up gaining a few Lbs...so what-you can lose it. Technorati Tags: Smoking and weight gainPosted by Admin at 2006-11-29 17:08, Home
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