In fact, the question is not why the question is DOES IT...
RESEARCH LINKS:
1)
https://www.npr.org/2011/06/09/137085989/the-skinny-on-smoking-why-nicotine-curbs-appetite
2)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666384710142
3)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02253588
Something a client asked me this week, which actually has some science in the answer.
This was a statement that a client brought to us earlier this week, saying a medical professional had told them that smoking speeds up your metabolism and therefore if you stop it will slow down thus making you gain weight.
We were, obviously, extremely keen to find out if this was in fact true.
Here are the research articles we refer to in this weeks Why?
1) https://www.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/jappl.1992.72.2.401#.Wu5UmlftMm0.email
2)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jbmr.5650040513#.Wu5Va-Vjrm4.email
3)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/002604959190225L
A most curious question, so thank you for this one! Here is my extensive research into this very topical question and the result of my findings.
Research articles referred to:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/194127
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673610608884
https://ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1038/clpt.1985.197
This is a follow on from last week's question which asked why high blood pressure was so dangerous. Here we look at what happens when you exercise to help lower your blood pressure, and how you can defy the effects of age!
