It’s no secret that staying active is good for you, but did you know that exercise—even moderate exercise—might just help you quit smoking? In a study published recently in the journal Psychopharmacology, researchers at the University of Exeter in England found that physical exercise generates changes in brain activity that may help reduce nicotine cravings.
Results of the study revealed that after no exercise, participants experienced heightened activity in the areas of the brain linked to reward processing and visual attention, but that after only 10 minutes of moderate cycling the same brain activity was not observed. Further, participants reported fewer nicotine cravings after exercise. This may be because exercise increases dopamine levels in the body, which in turn elevates mood and may make smokers less likely to feel as though they want or need a cigarette. Exercise also reroutes the flow of blood in the brain to areas less associated with pleasure and reward.
In addition to regular exercise, herbal cleansing may provide the added boost smokers need to reduce cravings and cut back on cigarettes. Look for a natural cleansing formula made with ingredients like wasabi, pine bark extract, and N-acetyl-cysteine (an amino acid) to help absorb and eliminate harmful toxins from the lungs and body, together with fenugreek seed and mullein leaf to promote healthy lung and respiratory function.
Look, I smoked for more than 5 years, and when I finally quit, I did two things: I did a lot of running to make my lungs work in a different, healthier way and I used Smokers’ Cleanse from Renew Life Formulas. While the product helped with crankiness and cravings, the running helped me lose the weight I’d gained and kept my metabolism up.
Byron
The reason the running helped is it replaced the metabolism drop you would get from the nicotine. Also smoking is the biggest producer for dopamine in the brain which is the feel good hormone. Running is another way to release the dopamine that is deficient in the brain in the first place when you become addicted to anything. . I would continue on the Smokers cleanse for longer as you are running you are continuing to take toxins in from the air. You will need a longer period of time on the Smokers Cleanse to help repair the lungs.
Good info. I use an alkaline water ionizer which has been widely used in Asia for 30+ years to help de-acidify/detoxify the body, allow easier hydration & nutrient assimilation.
Alkaline water has strong antioxidant properties. This machine produces 2 streams of water from the kitchen tap: a stream of alkaline water which we drink & cook with, as well as a stream of acidic water which is excellent for washing fruit/vegetables in, using as an astringent on our face/body and as a household cleaser.
After I calculated the cost of my family’s store bought drinking water I figured out that this machine would pay for itself in a year & a half. The warranty on the machine is 5 years.
Everyone in my family has noticed an improvement in the way we feel and it’s basically just from drinking alkaline water. For more information about this alkaline ionized water check out the site where I got mine:
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…I meant to mention that my father (a smoker for 45 years) & my sister (a smoker for 20 years) both finally quit smoking cigarettes, cold turkey.
They accomplished this by omitting red meat from their diets, ate an abundance of green leafy vegetables and drank at least half a cup of alkaline water each time their nicotine cravings set in.
They are the reason I became interested in this water ionizer and eventually got one for my home.
Good luck.