Smoking has become increasingly unacceptable in todays society. Hotels rarely have more than one floor of smoking rooms now. Most restaurants are going smoke free. In some states casinos are banning smoking. Even casual smokers are looking for new ways to rid themselves of this nasty habit. Auriculotherapy isn’t exactly new, it’s been proved to ...
Initially, I wasn’t a fan of snus–the Swedish, smokeless, spitless tobacco product currently enjoying a surge of popularity in the United States. I’ve firmly been in the camp that any tobacco is bad tobacco, and I didn’t really see how this particular form was any better. However, I’ve got a lot of friends who smoke, ...
Kicking a habit is never easy. A habit is defined as a tendency towards an action, which has become spontaneous by repetition. There are any number of activities that can be described as habitual – your morning routine, the route you take to work, the way you brush your teeth. Some habits are good for ...
Lobelia or “pukeweed” has a background as a medicinal herb. In some doses, however, it can be fatal, and even a very small piece (which I chewed to prepare this article) has a memorably awful taste. It was one of the herbs Native Americans used to purify themselves by making themselves vomit. Nowadays dismissed as ...
My experience with nicotine withdrawal is different than most. I quit smoking more than three years ago. However, I continued to feed my nicotine dependence with the Nicoderm CQ patch. After three years, I have no desire to smoke, but I really needed that patch every day! I decided to break my habit about a ...
Quitting smoking has been a nearly lifelong battle for me, as I have smoked 13 out of the 30 years I’ve been alive. Recently, I decided it was finally time for me to quit smoking and I embarked on my tenth serious smoking cessation attempt to date. I spoke with my doctor before I quit ...
Bananas are America’s #1 fruit. Bananas are available all year-round. They are harvested every day of the year. Bananas contain three natural sugars, sucrose, fructose and glucose, combined with fiber that gives you an instant boost of energy. If you consume two bananas they provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. They replace carbohydrates, ...
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