It is well-known that smoking is harmful to health. After nicotine from cigarettes enters the body, it stimulates the secretion of hormones that constrict blood vessels, affects blood circulation, reduces oxygen supply, and causes a rise in blood pressure. At the same time, a person who smokes 15-20 cigarettes a day is extremely prone to fatal lung cancer or oral cancer, with a risk 14 times greater than that of a non-smoker! Clearly, smoking is extremely harmful to human health.
However, many people believe in the saying, "A cigarette after a meal makes you happier than an immortal." Tobacco can damage almost all organs in the human body. Quitting early is better than quitting late, and quitting is better than not quitting at all. A prospective 50-year follow-up cohort study of male doctors in the UK found that compared to non-smokers, smokers had an average lifespan reduced by about 10 years. Quitting at the ages of 60, 50, 40, or 30 could gain about 3, 6, 9, or 10 years of life expectancy, respectively.
Many people choose methods like exercise, chewing gum, or eating to quit smoking but ultimately fail to quit completely, relapsing repeatedly, which causes significant harm to both body and mind! In fact, besides overcoming psychological barriers, drinking tea is the best and most effective way to quit smoking. It not only effectively alleviates attention during nicotine cravings but also helps eliminate toxins from the body, offering numerous benefits.
Tea has preventive and therapeutic effects on various diseases, which is well-known both ancient and modern, and in both the East and West. It can not only clear hardened plaque substances from artery walls, allowing arterial tissue to gradually return to normal, but also prevent the deposition of cholesterol-like substances on artery walls, thereby preventing the occurrence of arteriosclerosis.
Drinking tea can effectively prevent radioactive substances from invading the bone marrow. The catechin substances and lipopolysaccharides in tea leaves can reduce the harm of radiation to the human body and significantly protect hematopoietic function. Clinical trials using tea leaf tablets to treat mild radiation sickness caused by radiation showed a total effective rate of up to 90%. Therefore, for long-term smokers, developing a healthy tea-drinking habit can help mitigate the radiation damage caused by smoking.
Below, we recommend several of the most effective teas for quitting smoking. We hope everyone can successfully quit smoking soon and possess a healthy body!
1. Pu'er Tea
The tea benzene structure found in Pu'er tea can effectively eliminate nitrates produced during the combustion of tobacco leaves. Meanwhile, the alkaloid derivatives in Pu'er tea juice can help expel nicotine from the body, inhibit cell mutation into cancer, and achieve the effect of clearing tobacco toxins. The potential anti-cancer effect in Pu'er tea leaves contributes to its smoking cessation results.
2. Black Tea
Black tea is rich in carotene and vitamin A, which can effectively replenish the vitamins lost due to smoking. Additionally, black tea has the effects of warming the stomach and promoting health, refreshing the mind, eliminating fatigue, reducing edema, stopping diarrhea, antibacterial properties, and enhancing immunity. It also aids gastrointestinal digestion, promotes appetite, and can effectively prevent myocardial infarction, strengthen heart muscle function, lower blood sugar and hypertension, and prevent tooth decay and food poisoning.
3. Green Tea
When green tea is processed, it undergoes less oxidation, causing most of its medicinal properties and antioxidants to be retained. Smokers can benefit from the health advantages provided by green tea, which may help counteract any negative effects associated with quitting smoking. Besides this, green tea contains powerful antioxidants and polyphenols that help清除 (clear) free radicals from the body. These free radicals are toxic to your body; they can damage your immune system, lead to illness, cause your skin to age, and green tea has also been shown to boost metabolism and energy levels.
