Stop Smoking Help Blog

Werner Michael answers:

I know this may sound weird, but Bananas can help people trying to give up smoking. The B-6 and B-12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Potassium is a vital mineral which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body’s water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be re-balanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

So try eating some bananas

Some of the addiction is oral and normalacy… When you normally have cigarettes, that’s when you crave them… One of my friends would always have a ballpoint pen with her … She would hold it in her hand like she would when she was a smoker… And if she had the oral craving, she would chew on the pen… Sounds weird, but worked for her

Werner Michael answers:

I’m actually in the same boat as you, quitting smoking to help weight gain an improve health.

You can actually see some ‘weight gain’ pretty much the day after you quit smoking as your appetite comes back. This weight is of course simply the weight of the extra food you wouldn’t normally have eaten. Of course, your metabolism will slow down when you quit smoking which will lead to long term weight gain if food intake and exercise isn’t watched closely.

I’ve gotten myself down to only smoking one cigarette each day for the past week, and my weight has been fluxuating due to food intake but right now I’m about four pounds heavier.

Below I’ll provide a link to a good webpage about the effects on your body as you quit smoking.

Good luck!