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Hypnosis Look Younger, Be Healthy and Get a Gorgeous Smile
A recent study from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor has associated smoking with fine wrinkles all over the body including the face.
If skin that is protected from the sun by clothing experiences significant harm leading to wrinkles, just think what the skin on your face must be suffering as a result of continuing to smoke. And if that isn't enough to get you concerned about your appearance, smoking also turns your teeth yellow and can cause damage to your gums.
In addition to the obvious benefits to your appearance, quitting smoking reduces your risk for many other serious medical problems such as lung disease, periodontal disease, cancer, heart disease and low-birth-weight infants.
Another health problem associated with tobacco is emphysema, which, when combined with chronic bronchitis, produces chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Smoking also increases the risk of oral, uterine, liver, kidney, bladder, stomach, and cervical cancers.
Dr. Andrew Weil author of Natural Health, Natural Medicine as well as dozens of other books on wellness, has recommended hypnotherapy to stop smoking, alleviate pain, lessen the side effects of chemotherapy, alleviate symptoms of autoimmune disease, counteract fears and sleep problems, and even to get rid of warts.
Benefits of Being Smoke-Free
20 minutes – Blood pressure drops to normal, body temperatures of hands and feet increases to normal.
8 hours – Carbon monoxide (CO) blood level drops to normal; oxygen (O2) blood level increases to normal.
24 hours – Chance of heart attack begins to diminish.
48 hours – Nerve endings start to regain ability to smell and taste is enhanced.
1/2 to 3 months – Circulation improves, walking becomes easier, lung function increases up to 30%.
3 to 9 months – Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath all decrease, cilia re-lungs, reducing likelihood of infection, body's overall energy increases.
1 year – Excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker.
5 years – Lung cancer death rate decreases by half.
10 years – Lung cancer death rate lessens to the equivalent of a non-smoker, precancerous cells are replaced by healthy cells, risk of other cancers (mouth, throat, bladder, etc) decreases.
15 years – No more at risk of heart disease as if you never smoked.
If your health isn't enough then consider this quitting smoking saves money, decreases wrinkle formation and yellow teeth, and simply makes you smell better.
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