The statistics on smoking are truly frightening. Each year, smoking kills more people than AIDS, alcohol, drug abuse, car crashes, murders, suicides, and fires combined! It’s the single most preventable cause of all deaths, and is a major risk factor in contributing to coronary heart disease, emphysema and other respiratory diseases.
Smoking also drains the body of many essential vitamins and minerals, affecting the body's ability to absorb these vital nutrients. The major nutrient affected is vitamin C. The more you smoke, the more vitamin C you lose from your tissues and blood. The damage that smoke inflicts on your cells causes your body to need more vitamin C to counteract this damage. Vitamin C is one of the body's main antioxidants, which are linked to the prevention of a number of diseases. By reducing the body's ability to absorb this vitamin, smoking increases the individual's risk of developing these diseases.The good news is that smokers have a much better chance of quitting if they are on a good nutrition program at the same time! So how can one naturally quit smoking with the help of Shaklee nutrition?
It starts with Shaklee’s trio of fatty acids:
- Omega-3 Complex
- GLA Complex
- Lecithin
to raise dopamine levels, which replaces having the cigarettes raise the dopamine. Nicotine raises dopamine levels chemically and prevents food cravings.
Ginseng, the main herbal ingredient in Shaklee’s CorEnergy, also has an affect of diminishing the craving for nicotine by raising alkaloid in the brain, since nicotine also raises alkaloids. Ginseng is also an adaptagen that calms and reduces stress. Cordyceps, another ingredient in Shaklee's CorEnergy, increases oxygenation to the brain.Stress Relief Complex helps people to not smoke after eating. It also aids in sleeping and can lower elevated cortisol levels, thereby lessening the cravings for a cigarette.
There is also a homeopathic ingredient (Sabadilla) in Shaklee’s Appetite Reducing Spray, which helps to reduce the craving for food and cigarettes, if needed.
Finally, on a social level one CANNOT be around smokers for two to six weeks while the dopamine levels adjust. And last, but not least, exercise as much as possible as it creates a response in the muscles that produces alkaloids.
Nutrition Program for Smokers
A recommended nutrition program to help one quit smoking depends on age, caloric expenditure and cholesterol levels. Below are suggestions for teens and people in their 20’s, and for people in their 40’s, 50’s and beyond who have smoked for longer periods of time.For teenagers and young adults who are ready to quit smoking:
(suggested daily use)
Suggested Shaklee nutrition program for people in their 40's & 50's and older, who are ready to quit smoking:
- 1 Shaklee Basics Daily Vita-Strip
- 2-3 Essential Omega-3 Complex per meal
- 2-3 GLA Complex per meal
- 1-4 Shaklee Lecithin per meal
- 2-6 Stress Relief Complex per meal (more if experiencing anxiety; plus two at bedtime, if there are sleep issues)
- 1-2 CorEnergy per meal
- Appetite Reducing Spray 15 min before meals (critical to spray 15 min beforehand). Use it before two meals with no off week.
Note: When quitting smoking Do NOT take additional B-Complex, as it may CAUSE cravings due to niacin. Also, do NOT take Shaklee's Craving Reduction Complex.
Ed. Note: Thanks to Dr. Brouse for providing this important information and recommendations. Dr. Brouse is a widely recognized authority in the fields of nutrition and prevention of chronic degenerative diseases. He has a Master’s in Biochemistry and is a Doctor of Chiropractic. He was an Associate Professor of Clinical Nutrition for 14 years and founded the renowned Sunnyside Health Center in Clackamas Oregon in 1977. Since that time many people throughout the world have regained a greater measure of health while following the recommendations of the clinic’s health professionals.
I hope this blog helps you or someone you care for take the critical step to good health!
Jeff & Bonnie
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