Empowering Resolutions: Managing Your Smoking Habit

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Good Morning!

 

This month we will be keeping tabs on your New Years Resolutions, in

order to empower you, help you to stay on track and give you some

great tips for keeping your promise to yourself.

 

 

Empowering Resolutions: Managing Your Smoking Habit

 

There is both a physiological and psychological component to smoking.

Dopamine is a natural substance in your body that dulls pain and

increases the feeling of pleasure. This is actually triggered when

you are smoking. When you smoke, you elevate your dopamine levels. So

when you don't smoke, your body craves a cigarette. If you can quit,

you can switch your dopamine levels back to normal. Smoking also

becomes a behavioral addiction. You get used to the action of picking

up something and putting it in your mouth.

 

Start by cutting your cigarettes in half. This limits the amount of

nicotine by decreasing the size and intake.

 

The hardest part of quitting comes in the first week. You feel

sluggish, have cravings and start expelling phlegm and mucus from the

lung's lining. This is the process your body endures as you start

detoxing your system.

 

Top 10 Tips for Detoxing

 

1. Eating a diet that focuses on fresh vegetables and fruits.

 

2. Eat whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds.

 

3. Adopt a healthy lifestyle including regular exercise.

 

4. Avoiding drugs and excessive alcohol.

 

5. Taking a high potency multiple vitamin and mineral supplement.

 

6. Take nutritional/herbal supplements to protect and enhance organ

functions.

 

7. Fasting is one of the quickest ways to increase elimination of

waste and enhance the healing process of the body.

 

8. Go on a three day fast, four times per year (fasting at the change

of the seasons is a good rule to remember).

 

9. Take care of your skin and know your skin type.

 

10. Consider a self empowering affirmation to clear your mind.

 

 

In general, it is usually recommended that you begin with the

intestines (see detoxing the organs in ). The reason

for this is if you focus on the liver first, the stored toxic

substances that are released from the body tissues may become

reabsorbed if the bowels are not moving adequately enough to expel

them and can monitor your progress throughout the program.

 

The most easiest, inexpensive and effective methods of detoxification

are fasting and specific dietary regimens. Keep in mind that the goal

is to achieve a healthier way of eating, not weight loss, or to rid

the body of all bacteria. In fact, " the good bacteria, " known as

probiotics, is necessary in order to remain in good health.

 

 

Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac

http://peacefulmind.com/detox.htm

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