Scientists from Pennsylvania Medical University advise that people who light a cigarette as soon as they wake up have a 30% higher risk of lung cancer than people that do not smoke in the first part of the day.
In addition to the above statement, by measuring the cotinine levels from lungs (cotinine is  a metabolite of nicotine), researchers proved that people who smoke menthol cigarettes may retain cotinine in the blood for a longer period because menthol can compete with cotinine enzymatic metabolism.
As a conclusion: Stop Smoking and Stay Healthy!

Used for preparing various dishes, coriander stimulates digestion and biliary secretion. Also coriander seeds are used as a natural remedy for abdominal cramps due to gas accumulation and anorexia.
Seeds are welcomed in potatoes, cabbage dishes and for preparing lamb, veal and pork marinate. You can give a great flavor to  roasted chicken and fish adding coriander seeds powder.
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Specialists recommend to use the spice in small quantities, in large quantity having toxic effects. 5-6 drops of nutmeg oil added in soup or tea, twice a day, helps fight insomnia, indigestion, eliminates intestinal parasites and reduces halitosis effect (bad breath).
Nutmeg powder is used to spice cookies, pasta and cheese dishes. It can also be used to spice cabbage dishes or for vegetables stews.
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Researchers already discovered that smoking increases the risk of tuberculosis, but a recent study from Hong Kong shows that the people who are exposed to someone else’s tobacco smoke are exposed to the same risk.
During the study, 15,486 non smoking women between the ages of 65 and 74 years were monitored. All of them lived with their husband and one in four women was living with a smoker. At the end of the monitoring period 117 women developed active tuberculosis.
Results show that the women who lived with a smoker had …

Antioxidants are well known for their anticancer proprieties and for preventing heart diseases but if taken in excess they might affect the balance of the body.  Researchers from Kansas State University say that the antioxidants found in the so-called “superfood”, from sweet potatoes to berries, lentils and broccoli are appreciated for many years because they lessen the effects of aging over the body, extend life expectancy and even improve sex life. Antioxidants are molecules that can slow and even prevent the production free radicals, which have adverse effects on cells …