Quitting smoking is helpful, even under the threat of excess weight

Quitting smoking is sometimes leads to weight gain, but even then it would still benefit heart health. That is the conclusion reached by researchers from the University School of Public Health-Bloomington in the US state of Indiana.

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Many smokers do not want to give up their habit for fear that giving up smoking will cause weight gain. Like, overweight is not only aesthetically unpleasant, because it spoils great shape, but it also poses a threat to health. In this regard, the use of smoking cessation   alleged in this case is zero. But US scientists have completely refuted this very popular point of view.

They found that theoretically gain excess weight, which sometimes happens after   smoking cessation It may increase the risk of diabetes, and also increase the risk of heart attack. But the analysis of information on the health of thousands of 104 women aged 50 to 79 showed that they improve the health of the heart, forever breaking cigarette.

"Quitting smoking has helped women avoid heart disease - says study author Dzhuhua Luo. - The risk of these diseases is sharply reduced within a short time after a person quits smoking. Even if a woman develops diabetes, quitting smoking reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease. "

Note that, as shown by observations scored after quitting extra weight with proper nutrition and physical activity can be quickly removed from the body. These issledvaniya published in Journal of the American Medical Association. (READ MORE)

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