Top Tips for National No Smoking Day 10 March

Willpower alone is not always enough to help you stop smoking. Fortunately there are some natural supplements that can lend a hand.

Acid Blood

Smoking increases blood acidity and it is important to bring alkalinity back into the system. Green foods, such as wheatgrass, barleygrass, alfalfa and spirulina together with the minerals calcium, magnesium and zinc can help with this process.

Heavy Metal Detox

Cigarette smoke releases poisonous heavy metals, including cadmium, into the system. Milk Thistle and green foods can offer heavy metal detoxification and general liver support.

Anti-stress

Giving up smoking can be very stressful and the adrenal glands are your main anti-stress organs. The herb Rhodiola rosea and a B-Complex offer excellent adrenal support.

Free Radical Damage

The help reduce the free radical damage generated by smoking, a good daily multivitamin and mineral is recommended.

Cravings

Green foods, glutamine and trace minerals help to stabilize blood sugar, reducing the inevitable sugar cravings. NAC has proven helpful in various forms of addiction………alcoholism, sugar cravings, gambling, drugs. It works by stimulating the brain chemicals which mediate reward seeking behaviour and cravings.

Diet & Lifestyle

Eat regular meals, especially unrefined fresh organic fruit and vegetables and cut out acid producing foods including red meats. Eat little and often to maintain blood sugar stability. Steam saunas and skin brushing can aid detox.

10 Reasons to Give Up

Poisons others around you
Depletes nutrients
Creates odour
Increases heart disease by 50%
Damages lungs
Reduces life expectancy
Reduces immunity
Very expensive
Emotional dependency
Risk of serious illness

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