Know the dangers of Tobacco
Tobacco is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the US, with its toxins affecting virtually every organ - resulting in strokes, blindness, gum infection, aortic rupture, heart disease, pneumonia, hardening of the arteries, chronic lung disease and asthma, reduced fertility, hip fracture, and 16 different cancers including lung cancer. Choose to quit, choose life.
Tobacco disrupts sleep, makes it harder to fall asleep and increases the risk of sleep apnea. Because nicotine actually masks exhaustion, smokers are 1.5 times more likely to be in a motor vehicle crash, and up to 2.5 times more likely to be injured at work. Every day is full of choices that determine our destiny; health or illness, death, or life. Your life, your choice.
How can you sleep better? Research shows that morning sunlight leads to better sleep. And better sleep makes you less moody and less irritable, decreasing your desire to smoke to calm your nerves. Morning sunlight on the face increases serotonin production in the body which helps with depression, and is used by the body to make melatonin which is needed for deep restorative sleep
Research shows that exposure to sunlight releases nitric oxide that is stored in your skin. Nitric oxide LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE, and increases blood flow to all parts of the body. This would reduce your risk of heart attacks, stroke, and heart failure. Get outside each day, 7 days a week for 30 to 60 minutes: walk, run, or ride a bicycle. Sunbeams bring healing rays.
Sunlight during the warmer parts of the day (10 am to 4 pm), increases production of vitamin D by the skin, and Vitamin D keeps your bones, teeth and muscles healthy, reduces risk of preeclampsia in pregnancy, improves blood glucose control in diabetes, improves your mood, and helps keep your lungs and heart strong. Sunlight every day, helps you sleep well every night. GRADUAL, MODERATE EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT, AND A DIET PROMOTING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PREVENTS THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF SUNLIGHT (SKIN CANCERS), AND PROMOTES THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF SUNLIGHT (IMPROVED MOOD, DECREASED BLOOD PRESSURE, REDUCED RISK OF HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES)
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