How to Quit Smoking: Without Gaining Weight

By Martin Katahn

Book Overview

Everyone knows the grim statistics on smoking...so what's your excuse for not quitting? If you are like millions of other Americans, the weight gain associated with quitting may be the major factor. If so, this book can help you change your life. Martin Katahn explains the metabolic changes that occur and cause weight gain when smokers quit (which is why calorie-cutting diets don't work). He presents a safe, simple program based on the latest scientific research in metabolism, biochemistry, and smoking cessation. Find out which method of quitting is best suited to you, which exercises have lasting calorie-burning effects, how eating the right foods can help, and how to use safe over-the-counter and prescription drugs.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393037142
• ISBN13: 9780393037142
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

This book works if you're a need-to-know type

This book prepared me for what to expect -- what stages my cravings would go through and why, and for how long. It let me know why I might or might not gain weight and what I needed to do to counteract that. The book provided the tools for understanding the physical repercussions of quitting. I guess forewarned is forearmed.