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"Some of the damage to bones may be because smoking partially blocks estrogen, which is an important bone booster. smokers go through menopause on average one to two years earlier than nonsmokers, giving them a couple bonus years in which to rack up bone loss. Smokers also tend to drink more coffee and alcohol and have less well-rounded diets than non-smokers, which adds another layer of risk. Smokers' bone density averages 15 to 30 percent lower than nonsmokers'. DID YOU KNOW? Smokers have almost double the risk of hip fractures of non-smokers." - Dr. George Kessler, Col. Leen Kapklein, The Bone Density Program: 6 Weeks to Strong Bones and a Healthy Body (Get the book.)

"Lung Cancer Risk Reduced on Raw Food A study published in the Japanese Journal of Cancer Research (June 1993, PubMed ID 8340248) showed that the odds of incurring lung cancer among smokers and former smokers are reduced with raw vegetable and fruit consumption. The study was entitled "Protective effects of raw vegetables and fruit against lung cancer among smokers and ex-smokers: a case-control study in the Tokai area of Japan." 23. Raw Diet Is Best Vegetarian Diet for Mice Dr." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"The following key risk factors have been identified by the American Heart Association: Cigarette and tobacco smoke • Smokers' risk of heart attack is more than twice that of nonsmokers. • Cigarette smoking is the biggest risk factor for sudden cardiac death: smokers have two to four times the risk of nonsmokers. • smokers who have a heart attack are more likely to die and die suddenly (within an hour) than are nonsmokers. High blood cholesterol levels • The risk of coronary heart disease rises as blood cholesterol levels increase." - Matthew Budoff, Enhancing Heart Health: Preventing a Heart Attack (Get the book.)

"The poll showed that the attitude of smokers and non-smokers to this question differed sharply. Among non-smokers, 29 per cent thought the link was proved and 55 per cent thought it not proved. Those who smoked heavily held very different views. Only 7 per cent of heavy smokers thought the link proved and a whopping 86 per cent thought it not proved. The important question here is not the factual scientific question of who is right and who is wrong. It is why should smokers hold such a strongly different belief from non-smokers?" - Richard Milton, Alternative Science: Challenging the Myths of the Scientific Establishment (Get the book.)

"In fact, smokers are five times more likely than nonsmokers to have gum disease. For smokers with diabetes, the risk is even greater. If you are a smoker with diabetes, age 45 or older, you are twenty times more likely than a person without these risk factors to get severe gum disease.82 Diabetes as an Accelerated Aging Reality Often diabetes doesn't get diagnosed until its complications begin to arise." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"We were directly below the smokers, some of their feet being little more than inches from our heads. Perhaps because we were not on the same level, the smokers did not seem to even notice us. They consistently turned their heads our direction and exhaled their smoke. We would have breathed in less smoke if we had been seated next to them in the restaurant's smoking section. For those of you who have had similar experiences, let me comfort you with this fact. Many literature reviews of the research have found that passive smoking (breathing smokers' exhaled smoke) poses no risks to non-smokers." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

"Smokers also tend to drink more coffee and alcohol and have less well-rounded diets than non-smokers, which adds another layer of risk. Smokers' bone density averages 15 to 30 percent lower than nonsmokers'. DID YOU KNOW? Smokers have almost double the risk of hip fractures of non-smokers. Because of the many well-known disastrous health effects smoking causes, there is no good middle ground here: if you smoke, stop! If that is really beyond you, you can reduce your risks somewhat by at least cutting back." - Dr. George Kessler, Col. Leen Kapklein, The Bone Density Program: 6 Weeks to Strong Bones and a Healthy Body (Get the book.)

"Evidence for the carcinogenicity of cigarette smoke is largely and persuasively based on epidemiological studies comparing lung cancer and other cancer rates in non-smokers and smokers. While the chemistry of cigarette smoke and of cosmetics and personal care products is very different, several of the same carcinogens have been identified in both, including formaldehyde, mtrosodiethanolamine, arsenic, DDT, and Endrin." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"Countless studies show significant increases in risk for cancers of the lung, bladder, esophagus, stomach, and pancreas in smokers as compared to nonsmokers. The relative risk factor of lung cancer for smokers versus nonsmokers is 13.6.30 Among other harmful substances, cigarettes contain cadmium, a toxic metal present in tobacco smoke that accumulates in smokers. It is believed to be responsible for a significant amount of the harm caused by smoking. Other than as garden compost, there appears to be no safe way to use tobacco." - Donald R. Yance, j r.,C.N., M.H., A.H.G., with Arlene Valentine, Herbal Medicine, Healing and Cancer: A Comprehensive Program for Prevention and Treatment (Get the book.)

"Nicotine is a stimulant, and its use can make falling asleep harder for smokers than for nonsmokers. You shouldn't smoke at all, of course, but if you do, make a point of putting your cigarettes away after 7 p.m. The story is the same for alcohol. Alcohol is a sedating drug. Using it will ordinarily put you to sleep; but if you use too much, your sleep will be disturbed. You'll either wake up more frequently or awaken in the morning feeling unrefreshed." - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.)

"Green tea seems to be able to almost totally prevent cancer causing DNA damage in smokers—a possible explanation as to why the Japanese, who are among the world's heaviest smokers, have such a low incidence of lung cancer. And finally, green tea has great benefits for the brain as well, serving as an effective MAO inhibitot, protecting against btain-cell death from glucose oxidase, overproduction of nitric oxide, and lowering the amount of free iron reaching the brain (a bad thing)." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Perhaps because we were not on the same level, the smokers did not seem to even notice us. They consistently turned their heads our direction and exhaled their smoke. We would have breathed in less smoke if we had been seated next to them in the restaurant's smoking section. For those of you who have had similar experiences, let me comfort you with this fact. Many literature reviews of the research have found that passive smoking (breathing smokers' exhaled smoke) poses no risks to non-smokers. Surprised? Then read on." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

"Because nicotine acts as a stimulant, many smokers have insomnia and other sleep problems.12 In a poll conducted by the National Sleep Foundation, 46% of smokers reported experiencing insomnia a few nights a week as compared to 35% of non-smokers.13 Nicotine is rapidly absorbed by the mucous membranes in the mouth and quickly reaches the brain, where it stimulates the release of adrenaline and norepinephrine, hormones that stimulate the body, increase heart rate, and elevate blood pressure.14 Poor Diet If you eat the typical American diet, it could be making your sleeping problems worse." - Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac., Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Sleep Disorders: 7 Smart Ways to Help You Get a Good Night's Rest (Get the book.)

"Beta-carotene, the phytochemical supplement once thought to reduce the risk of cancer, was found to actually increase the risk of lung cancer in smokers. The results from large, controlled trials of beta-carotene supplementation provide striking evidence of adverse effects in smokers (more lung cancer than expected, as well as overall mortality). But the harm may be in taking large amounts of beta-carotene all by itself, via supplements; numerous past studies indicated that people who eat the most vegetables and fruit and foods rich in carotenoids have the lowest risk of lung cancer." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"These people are traditionally heavy smokers. Even nonsmokers among them breathe in lethal doses of secondhand smoke in communal hutches. Not surprisingly, the Papua Highlanders suffer many lung disorders, thanks to the smoking. But studies of those who live into their sixties and beyond have shown that despite the well-documented risk to heart health that is posed by smoking, they have no coronary artery disease.4 They are protected by their diet, which consists almost entirely of nineteen separate varieties of sweet potatoes." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.)

"For lung cancer, we found an extensive relationship with smoking, which is no surprise, although most Adventists are past smokers if they smoked at all. We naturally have a large percentage of Adventists who never smoked, and when we looked at them, the ones who ate two or more servings of fruit per day had about 70 percent fewer lung cancers than those nonsmokers who ate fruit only once or twice a week." "Tell him about water," Butler prompted. "Right," Fraser said. "My personal view is that this is a potentially very interesting—although overall still tentative—finding." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"The study was entitled "Protective effects of raw vegetables and fruit against lung cancer among smokers and ex-smokers: a case-control study in the Tokai area of Japan." 23. Raw Diet Is Best Vegetarian Diet for Mice Dr. Stanley Bass, ND, DC, PhC, PhD, DO, DSc, DD, spent four years experimenting on hundreds of mice, feeding them every form of vegetarian diet imaginable. He published his results in 1994 in In Search of the Ultimate Diet: Testing Nutritional Theories on Mice. This report is available at his website, www.drbass.com." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"In one human study, sixteen chronic smokers were given 1.5 grams of turmeric daily, while six nonsmokers served as a control group. At the end of the thirty-day trial, the smokers who had received turmeric had a significant drop in the level of cancer-causing compounds as measured in their urine. Their levels were almost the same as those of the nonsmokers. We suggest that people who smoke, or who are exposed to secondhand smoke, eat foods seasoned with curcumin." - Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (Get the book.)

"Frequent consumption of carrots was found to be beneficial for women, but detrimental for men, especially smokers. Green vegetables were found to be highly beneficial for men, but not statistically for women. Increased coffee consumption was associated with an increased risk of squamous cell and small cell lung carcinomas in men. Increased consumption of dried or salted fish was not beneficial for men or women. The researchers speculate that processing destroys the beneficial omega-3 oils present in raw and cooked fish. Eat your sushi, especially salmon, herring, and tuna. A Sure Thing?" - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"In its 2002 recommendations, the ACOG warns against exercise for pregnant women who are overweight, diabetic, heavy smokers, or who have high blood pressure — the very women who need exercise. In these cases, exercise may not be totally out of the question; it's just that they should start very slowly, working closely with their doctors. Many expectant mothers don't have a clear idea of what they can do, and they think in terms of avoiding rather than engaging." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"Many of these who are smokers, and at that point have only a chesty cough, do not realize how it can easily develop into COPD, and by taking the Serrapeptase, are keeping it at bay. All smokers should realize that no matter how pleasurable addictive smoking is, there are many chemicals and toxins in the smoke. Their quality of life, and possibly their lifespan, is in the balance (40% of all deaths are from lung diseases). Support from your pharmacist with nicotine patches and Serrapeptase may change those outcomes. I mentioned before the world-famous heart surgeon, Dr." - Robert Redfern, The Miracle Enzyme Is Serrapeptase (Get the book.)

"Eighty percent of the patients in the defibrillator study were either "current or former smokers." How many of those patients were still smoking? The NEJM article does not tell us, but we do know from a review article in the Archives of Internal Medicine that smoking cessation after heart attack is associated with 1.5 to 2 times as much benefit as a defibrillator. The NEJM article reporting the benefits of implanted defibrillators did not venture beyond the interests of the study's sponsor; there was no mention of exercise, smoking cessation, or other lifestyle changes." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Smokers tend to have less HDL cholesterol (the "good" kind) and higher total and LDL cholesterol (the "bad" stuff) than nonsmokers. • smokers who already have elevated cholesterol are more likely to develop coronary heart disease and suffer heart attacks than non-smokers. "If you smoke, quitting is almost certainly the best thing you can do for your cardiovascular system and for your overall health and quality of life," says John W. Zamarra, M.D., founding director of the cardiac rehabilitation program at Placentia-Linda Community Hospital in Brea, California. There's more good news." - The Editors of Prevention Health Books, and William P. Castelli M.D., Cholesterol Cures: More Than 325 Natural Ways to Lower Cholesterol and Live Longer from Almonds and Chocolate to Garlic and Wine (Get the book.)

"Ascorbic acid in the cells of the cervix and the vagina and plasma levels of ascorbic acid are reduced in smokers.82 Oral Contraceptives Earlier studies suggested that oral contraceptive (OC) use increased the risk of cervical neoplasia, both invasive and precancerous cervical dysplasias.83 Recently, however, studies that are controlled for See the Resources section for information on the contents of and resources for the suppositories and other products included in these treatment plans." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"So successful, in fact, that about twice as many people discuss cholesterol with their doctors during physical exams (67 percent) as are counseled about the importance of routine exercise (34 percent) or as are advised (if smokers) to quit smoking (37 percent). Even the most obvious counseling, advising obese people to lose weight, occurs at only 42 percent of obese people's yearly checkups. Heart disease is the number one killer only because eventually, if nothing else kills us, our hearts will give out. Of much greater importance is what robs us of the prime years of our lives." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"In their study, the researchers showed that among smokers, PEITC inhibits carcinogenicity of such compounds by inhibiting metabolic activation and thereby increasing the levels of detoxified metabolites excreted in urine. Meanwhile, additional research published in Carcinogenesis in November 2000, presents evidence for a triple action effect from the mustard oils in watercress: (1) destroying cancer cells, (2) inhibiting the effect of carcinogens, and (3) stimulating cell-defense systems against carcinogenic challenge." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.) "Effects of watercress consumption on metabolism of a tobacco-specific lung carcinogen in smokers." Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 1995;4(8):877-884. Hirose, M., et al. "Effects of arctiin on PhlP-induced mammary, colon and pancreatic carcinogenesis in female Sprague-Dawley rats and MelQx-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in male F344 rats." Cancer Lett, 2000;155(l):79-88. Jarred, R.A., et al. "Induction of apoptosis in low to moderate-grade human prostate carcinoma by red clover-derived dietary isoflavones." Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 2002;11(12):1689-1696. Kaegi, E. " - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.) "The data showed frequent raw/cooked fish intake to be associated with decreased risk for male colon cancer, especially for males over age 60, smokers, and frequent meat-eaters. A marginal decrease in risk was also detected for female rectal cancer, especially in the regular physical exercise subgroup. Frequent dried/salted fish intake increased risk in females younger than 60 and alcohol drinkers. The results suggest that frequent raw/cooked fish intake may decrease the risk, while dried/salted fish may exert a detrimental effect." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

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