Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from February 7, 2021

Nicotine drains willpower – so it’s time to kick those “nic fits” naturally and get in shape for Spring and Summer

  Over one billion people smoke cigarettes daily, and that’s nearly 1 in every 5 people. Four out of five of those smokers are men. Plus, more than 55 million people vape, and although vaping involves fewer toxins than those nasty cancer sticks, nearly everyone who vapes is still ingesting nicotine, the world’s third-most-addictive drug. Nicotine is brutal punishment for the body over time, and causes  systemic damage , as it constricts veins and capillaries, thus limiting the flow of blood, oxygen and nutrients to vital parts of the body (also increasing risk and severity of Covid by compromising immune function). Got limited endurance? That’s the nicotine. Out of breath frequently, even when you’re not smoking or vaping? That’s the aftermath of nicotine’s chronic damage. If you’ve tried the nicotine patch or the nicotine gum as a quit method and it failed you miserably, that’s because both still contain nicotine. Why would you try to quit something so addictive by doing more of it? I