Research shows that blood alcohol levels peak higher and faster and take longer to return to normal due to altered metabolism after gastric bypass surgery. In addition, many…
It turns out that 20 percent 2 of people who have had gastric bypass surgery develop alcohol use disorder. That’s more than 3 times the rate for the…
Consuming too much alcohol is linked to high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, trouble pumping blood through the body, blood clots, stroke, cardiomyopathy (sagging, stretched heart muscle), or heart…
QuitStix Toothpicks helps keep cravings away even after you’ve already stopped smoking so you don’t ever fall back or start to smoke again. It also helps cope with…
When smokers are in situations where smoking is prohibited, chewing gum is believed to reduce cravings to smoke. … Results from this study indicate that chewing gum reduces…
Are toothpicks good for quitting smoking? Flavored toothpicks help combat psychological symptoms of nicotine withdrawal. If you smoked mentholated cigarettes, a mint-flavored toothpick can help replace the taste…
Compared to non-alcoholic subjects, chronic alcoholic patients have lower serum concentrations of potassium, magnesium, bicarbonate, calcium and phosphate as well as a lower arterial pH value. Can drinking…
Alcohol can cause electrolyte imbalances in three ways – through increasing fluid loss, increasing electrolyte excretion, and diluting the concentration of electrolytes within the body. What electrolytes are…
Analysis of sodium concentration demonstrated that 64% of people with alcohol dependence had low (
Electrolyte abnormalities are common findings in patients with a history of heavy alcohol use. Excessive consumption of beer in particular, which has a low solute content (sodium concentration,…