Is it true that cigarettes make skinny and not appetite?

According to a study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, thin bodies of smokers are obtained because they usually suppress appetite by smoking. Instead of snacking and eating, many people deliberately choose to smoke. That way, the calorie intake received is lower than those who do not smoke.

But if a smoker still does not reduce the portion or calorie intake from food, he will not be thin. The problem is, how much nicotine effect in cigarettes to suppress appetite varies in each person's body. Therefore, you should start leaving the mindset that smoking makes you thin.

So, why do people who smoke their bodies thin? The nicotine content in tobacco cigarettes also disrupts hormone levels in the body. Though human appetite is regulated by hormones. Therefore, smoking can affect your appetite.


Did you know, in addition to polluting his lungs with chemicals derived from cigarette smoke, actually smokers also make his body lack oxygen. The medical term for lack of oxygen is hypoxia. In the long run, hypoxia can damage the body's organs.

"The air we breathe should be fresh air. But when we smoke, the air around it becomes unbalanced because of more carbon (CO). As a result, the inhaled oxygen is a little," said DR. dr. Ari Fahrial Syam, Sp.PD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia (FKUI).

This condition according to Ari, many smokers do not realize. Hypoxia can also affect appetite so that body weight will be difficult to increase.

"When lacking oxygen, the body adapts by inducing important molecular factors, namely Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1a (HIF-a). This molecule influences the hungry gene, namely leptin. So that appetite decreases," he said when met after the trial of his dissertation. FKUI.

In addition to smoking, hypoxia can also be experienced by people in the highlands or suffering from chronic diseases.

Another study conducted by scientists from Yale University, USA, found that nicotine activates certain brain cells so that appetite is reduced.

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