Daily ArchiveMonday, September 17th, 2007
CiglessBot 17 Sep 2007 04:27 pm
Cigarette Smoking and the Human Spine
There are only two structures in the adult human body which, under normal circumstances, lack a blood supply in adult life. These are the cornea of the eye (which gets its nutrition from tears) and the intervertebral disc (which obtains its nutrition from the convection and diffusion of nutrients from the end plates of adjacent vertebral bodies).
By smoking cigarettes nicotine and carbon monoxide infuse into the blood stream and then into body tissues. These poisons have a particularly destructive effect on intervertebral discs (and corneas) because of their precarious nutritional status.
Read the rest of the Burton Report here:
http://www.burtonreport.com/InfSpine/Smoking.htm
Today's Thoughts 17 Sep 2007 04:03 pm
Today’s Thoughts [Monday 9/17/07]
When the urge to smoke strikes remember the 5 D’s:
1-DELAY for three to five minutes and the urge will pass.
2-DRINK WATER to fight off cravings.
3-DO SOMETHING ELSE to fight off cravings.
4-DEEP BREATHE It will relax you. Close your eyes and take 10 slow deep breaths.
5-DISCUSS your thoughts and feelings with someone close to you or a support group.