Many people feel that smoking can help relieve anxiety and reduce stress. But in fact this sense of relaxation is only temporary, and it will not be long before it will be replaced by the subsequent withdrawal symptoms and the desire for the next cigarette. Smoking is harmful to health, but few people can persist in quitting cigarettes. Long-term smoking will damage the lungs and liver little by little.
There is a saying in Chinese medicine that "the lungs are delicate organs", "to warm up the evil, the lungs are the first to attack", which means that the lungs are the most vulnerable organs to be attacked by foreign harmful substances. In order to improve cardiopulmonary function, the most fundamental thing is to strengthen the physique in an all-round way, insist on strengthening exercise and pay attention to nutritionally balanced diet.
Actually, the best way to maintain yourself is to quit. However, because some people and some social environments need to smoke, it is difficult to quit smoking. There are also emotional factors and life pressures that need to smoke to ease their anxiety. So how do smokers maintain and minimize the harm of smoking to the body?
1. Keep exercising
For example: jogging, climbing stairs, skipping rope, etc.
2. Drinking tea is diuretic
For example: oolong tea, green tea , black tea, etc. Professor Han Chi, a researcher at the Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of my country, specializes in the research on the nutrition and efficacy of tea, and found that drinking tea has a good preventive effect on esophageal cancer and lung cancer. Especially green tea can alleviate the damage of nicotine , and can also fight cancer and lower blood lipids. Tea can also detoxify, diuretic, and excrete some harmful substances in the smoke with urine.
3. Supplement vitamins
Experts said,People who smoke frequently consume vitamins very quickly. Therefore, people who smoke regularly should pay attention to supplementing vitamins daily to minimize the harm of smoking to the body.
1. Vitamin B2
Vitamin B2 can decompose harmful substances such as benzopyrene in tar, and cellulose can excrete the decomposition products from the body. Therefore, people who often smoke should also eat more foods rich in vitamin B2 such as animal offal, eggs, milk, mushrooms, peanuts, lean meat, yeast, wheat, spinach, etc., as well as leeks, cabbage and other foods rich in dietary fiber vegetable and fruit.
2, Vitamin B12
Iron and Vitamin B12 can effectively eliminate the oxygen transmission barrier in the human body, so smokers can moderately supplement iron-rich foods, such as animal liver, beans, meat, kelp, egg yolk, And foods rich in vitamin B12, such as fish, eggs, milk, clams, etc.
3. Vitamin C
Vitamin C has great effects on reducing nicotine content in the human body, improving cell resistance, and maintaining blood vessel elasticity. Foods rich in vitamin C include oranges, oranges, lemons, prickly pears, fresh dates, tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, rape, cauliflower, bitter gourd, carrots, and white radishes. Therefore, it is best for smokers to eat more fruits and vegetables.
4. Vitamin E
A survey report issued by the National Cancer Institute pointed out that foods containing vitamin E such as dried fruits and grains can reduce the incidence of lung cancer in smokers by approximately 20%. Foods rich in vitamin E include soybean oil and other plant seeds; nuts, especially apricots, almonds, hazelnuts and hazelnuts, walnuts, sunflower seeds, and whole grains.
5. Carotene
Carotene is more beneficial to smokers. Alkaline foods rich in carotene can effectively control the addiction of smokers and have certain effects on reducing smoking and quitting smoking. Foods rich in carotene include carrots, spinach, pea sprouts, alfalfa, peppers, etc., suitable for smokers to consume in moderation.
IV. recommended food formula
1. Span21span Adenophora Jujube Tea:
Ingredients: 10g sand ginseng, 3g green tea, 3 jujubes.
Usage: brew with 300ml of boiling water and drink. Can add rock sugar.
Function: nourishes yin and clears the lungs , expectorant and relieve cough; strengthen heart, anti-fungal, lower blood pressure.
Uses: lung heat and dry cough; prolonged cough due to fatigue; sore throat and throat injury.
2. Honey grapefruit tea: peel the grapefruit and take the meat, chop or mash about 20g, add 4 tablespoons of honey to make the tea. Grapefruit has the effects of clearing heat and eliminating fire, relieving cough and reducing phlegm. Honey has the effects of nourishing the middle and moisturizing dryness, moisturizing the lungs and insufficiency. The key is that this recipe has a sweet taste. Women and children who are troubled by secondhand smoke can also drink it for a long time.
3. Almond and Sydney yam paste: take 10 grams of almonds, 1 Sydney pear, yam rice noodles, and sugar.
First soak the almonds in hot water, remove the clothes, and wash; peel the Sydney pear, wash it and cut into pieces, put it in a blender and mix it into a puree, mix the almonds and snow pear puree, sugar, yam rice flour, and appropriate amount of water to make a paste Pour it into the boiling water pot, keep stirring, and cook it. It can be used as dessert or breakfast after cooking. Almonds, Sydney, and yam are all good products that can nourish yin and nourish the lungs. After matching, they can nourish the upper, middle and lower triple-joule body fluid, which is very practical for people who smoke with dry cough and constipation.
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