Natural Health Tips

Archive for June, 2009

Studies have shown that a large population of smokers wants to quit smoking, provided they find any suitable quit smoking aid. To “quit smoking now” has become easy, especially when there are many aids for it easily available on the market.

Life as a smoker is full of health risks. So, many smokers after evaluating the pros and cons of smoking can decide to quit, but don’t realise how difficult quitting smoking is. The strong nicotine cravings and withdrawal symptoms won’t go away easily.

There are very few people who quit smoking the cold turkey way, and the majority of people who wish to quit need some external help to kick the butt. Some of the useful “quit smoking aids” are Nicotine Replacements Therapies (NRTs) and nicotine free drug like “Zyban” and “Chantix”.

Nicotine Replacement Therapies can be in the form of gums, patches, nasal sprays, and lozenges. By using these therapies, small doses of nicotine is injected into the body, thus helping to reduce the cravings and withdrawal symptoms. But these therapies have their own drawbacks, as they provide nicotine to the body. Nicotine is also the main ingredient in a cigarette.

There are some nicotine free drugs such as Zyban and Chantix that are quite helpful in kicking the butt safely and effectively. Zyban helps to reduce the withdrawal symptoms that normally appear after quitting smoking.

Guess what, everyone has Anxiety. And actually 1 out of 3 people actually suffer with anxiety disorder? And this does tend to be more common problem to women than men, but that’s mostly because of the fact that a lot of men actually do not like to admit that they have a problem with fear. But anxiety is actually about fear.

If we would look for definition of Anxiety in Webster’s dictionary it would say something like, “Anxiety is a painful and uneasiness of mind.” And boy is that true!

Over and over we anticipate that something bad is going to happen to us. The most common symptom is increased heart rate and palpitations. Heart palpitations is a feeling when your heart beats so fast that it feels like it’s going to just pop out of your chest. Also, feelings of nausea or diarrhea, or upset stomach, where you feel that you will get sick or have to find a bathroom.

Another symptom would include, dizziness or spacy feelings where you feel like you are just not there. That was a big symptom for me. You might also feel shaking and sweaty palms. Or just a feeling that you need to run, but have no idea why or where.