Beware! Instant quiting smoking risks Diabetes
By Hubfee
@Hubfee (665)
Thailand
February 8, 2010 7:43pm CST
Surely, smoking is killing the health but instantly quit smoking may risk some after effect, some sickness. Especailly to fat smoker.
It's a research from John Hopkins University that shows 70% of smoker who stops smoking(within 6years after stopped smoking and compared with non-smoker) have risk to get Diabetes. So, doctor gives advises to smoker who willing to quit smoking that he/she must give important to weight-control very much because the program of stopping smoking actives the appetite.
If the smoker who stops smoking can control about eating within 10days then there's only a few risk of diabetes.
However, this is not supporting smoker to keep smoking on because smoking still leads to diabetes, heart sickness, heart breakdown, and cancer.....Wish the good health to all of us.
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10 responses
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
9 Feb 10
Hi Hubfee,
This is a good reminder for those smokers here and have family history of diabetes. smoking is really not health...imagine even if you already stop smoking there's still a risk for diabetes and other illnesses. wow...better not smoke and have a healthy lifestyle after quitting. maybe aside from being conscious about their diet to maintain their ideal weight is to do exercise.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
11 Feb 10
That's cool...be patient enough to recover. it will take time. you will regain your strength even your handsomeness hehehehe. good luck!
@EvrWonder (3571)
• Canada
9 Feb 10
Thank you for the good health well wishes.
I would assume that a smoker who quits suddenly, who turns to food could very well be at high risk for diabetes, depending on what foods they choose to consume. Surely diets high in empty carbs and sugar, as well as the wrong fats could be doing more harm to their health than smoking itself. I agree that after ten days of not smoking and controls what they eat as well as making wise food choices would be in the free and clear of the risk of getting diabetes.
Interesting study, thank you.
@Hubfee (665)
• Thailand
10 Feb 10
You're welcome. According to what you mentioned, I strongly agree. If you can control diet then there's no problem for the risk of diabetes for stopping smoking. I remember the time I quit smoking. I want to eat something sweet. So, I went for candies to help me. Good thing I always take care of my teeth or else I have to fix my mouth LOL
@EvrWonder (3571)
• Canada
10 Feb 10
Good for you for stopping smoking and that you were in control of what you ate, taking care of your teeth as well.
@derek_a (10874)
•
9 Feb 10
Well, that's an interesting point of view. I quit smoking many years ago back in in 1979 to be precise. I wasn't really overweight when I quit, but I did put a little weight on. I have never tested positive for diabetes though, but I guess if people don't keep themselves fit with exercise and eat too much, there is a strong case for diabetes, but I don't think it is anything to do with quitting taking nicotene into our system. That I believe is a worse poison and led to serious heart disease with my father.
_Derek
_Derek
@bystander (2292)
• Philippines
9 Feb 10
that's a very good information, hubfee. obesity is a problem and so is smoking. together, these two can be a source of a great illness -- particularly diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. so, you hit the nail right in the head by saying quit smoking and have the ideal body mass index...
@nununugraha (168)
• Indonesia
9 Feb 10
I think the big problem is not the instan quiting smoking, but how to manage our eating habits. Yes, thats research finaly give sugesst to manage our habits from eating system.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
9 Feb 10
hi hubfee but the funny thing is that any overweight american around age forty has a risk of getting diabetes but John Hopkins and others do not remind us enough that it does not have to be gaining weight from quitting smoking,it can be gaining weight from too much fats and bad foods in diet and too little exercise. so maybe all overweight people should watch for the symptoms of diabetes not just smokers who have quit. I have never heard of smoking leading to diabetes but it ruins the heart for sure.
@crimsonladybug (3112)
• United States
9 Feb 10
Interesting....
When my sister got pregnant, her doctor told her to cut back on her smoking if she could but not to quit because the withdrawal symptoms would be harmful for the baby.
@Hubfee (665)
• Thailand
10 Feb 10
Hmmm I see. That's why being moderated is the best solution. Not too suddenly, but not too long time. When I quit smoking, my mother was one of my inspiration. I don't know until now if she ever smoked but for the whole I've been knowing her, there's no a day I ever seen or smelled. I believe she never smoked so I don't want to smoke too, just like what my mother does. I'm so proud of her.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
11 Feb 10
I first of all I feel like I have to point out the fact that there are a lot of people that will find offense in the second sentence that you've written here in calling people fat smokers. It would have been much more correct to say overweight or obese, but fat is more or less a slang term that a lot of people find offensive.
In other conversation, I think that it is important for a person to go about quitting smoking in a cutting back method rather than a cold turkey method because doing it in that sort of way makes it easier to control our food consumption.
@LaDeBoheme (2004)
• United States
9 Feb 10
Aren't overweight people at a greater risk for diabetes anyway?
I am not disputing the John Hopkins report, but it's enough to drive you crazy. Every day there seems to be a new report with new health advisories and reversals to old findings. Don't do this! Don't do that! Don't touch anything!
No wonder it seems like we're living in a paranoid bubble world sometimes.
