The 5 Surprising Triggers of Weight Gain

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Nicotine Issues - People who try to quit smoking are more likely to gain weight in the initial stages of quitting with gaining ten pounds at the least. As smoking makes you less hungry, its quitting reverses the effect and renders you even hungrier than usual. This may be due to the reduced metabolism that was high with nicotine around. The taste buds of a new quitter start to sense food better and things may seem tastier

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Photo by: AdamGregor

Nicotine Issues - People who try to quit smoking are more likely to gain weight in the initial stages of quitting with gaining ten pounds at the least. As smoking makes you less hungry, its quitting reverses the effect and renders you even hungrier than usual. This may be due to the reduced metabolism that was high with nicotine around. The taste buds of a new quitter start to sense food better and things may seem tastier than ever before for the ex-smoker, evidently leading to over consumption of food.

People who have recently quit smoking also try to look for desperate alternatives like alcohol and fatty foods etc. make them regain the "feel good" effect.

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