| A new study confirms that early life
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| | harmful effects on your children will.
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| exposure to second-hand smoke can produce
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| | According to the American Lung
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| life-long respiratory problems. A study
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| | Association:
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| of 35,000 adult non-smokers in Singapore
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| | - Children who breathe second-hand smoke
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| revealed that those who lived with
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| | are more likely to suffer from pneumonia,
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| smokers during childhood had far more
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| | bronchitis and other lung diseases
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| respiratory illnesses.
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| | - Children who have asthma and who
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| Fiber May Protect
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| | breathe second-hand smoke have more
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| However, study participants who reported
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| | asthma attacks
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| eating more fruit and vegetable fiber as
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| | - There are an estimated 150,000 to
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| adults seemed have acquired some
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| | 300,000 cases every year of infections,
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| protection against the negative health
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| | such as bronchitis and pneumonia, in
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| effects. Those who ate more than 7.5
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| | infants and children under 18 months of
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| grams of fiber each day -- roughly the
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| | age who breathe second-hand smoke
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| equivalent of two apples -- had fewer
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| | One of the best routes to quitting
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| health problems.
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| | smoking is through complete abstinence.
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| The Benefits
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| | This means cold turkey and not gradual
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| Researchers theorized that fiber may:
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| | reduction. But that can be tough for
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| - Reduce blood glucose concentrations
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| | anyone. That's why I recommend using
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| - Reduce inflammation
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| | energy psychology tools. There are many
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| - Enhance antioxidant processes
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| | effective strategies out there for
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| But they cautioned that the possible
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| | working with addictions but I find the
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| benefits of fiber should be taken as
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| | Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to be
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| lessening the importance of reducing
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| | highly effective.
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| exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.
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| | It's good to know that fiber can also
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| EurekAlert August 30, 2005Thorax August
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| | help you if you have no choice but to
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| 30, 2005
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| | inhale secondhand smoke from your family
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| Dr. Mercola's Comment:
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| | or colleagues, just as it has many other
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| Most people know that I view eating the
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| | benefits. One caveat, however:
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| right foods are far more important to
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| | One of the main sources of fiber in the
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| your health than smoking. In fact eating
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| | diet of Singapore patients was soy, a
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| onefrench fry is more dangerous than
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| | problematic and potentially dangerous
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| smoking one cigarette.
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| | "food" if there ever was one. Although
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| I have seen many people ruin their health
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| | processed soy products are consumed by
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| by stopping smoking and ignoring their
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| | more than 200 million Americans,
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| food choices thinking they were doing a
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| | thousands of studies have linked them to
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| good thing for their health.
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| | a host of problems, including
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| Don't get me wrong, I don't believe
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| | malnutrition, cognitive decline and
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| anyone should smoke but one needs to have
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| | infertility.
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| a wholistic perspective on health if you
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| | Fermented, unprocessed soy products like
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| are going to achieve it.
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| | natto, miso, and tempeh, however, are far
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| But getting back to smoking, if the true
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| | healthier for you, as the fermentation
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| cost of a pack of cigarettes -- estimated
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| | process aids in liberating otherwise
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| to be nearly $40 when all the extra
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| | difficult to digest nutrients in the
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| health are taken into account -- won't
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| | soybean, making them more available for
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| make you stop smoking, perhaps its
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| | absorption.
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