Take a stand against sitting New evidence points to serious health risks in doing something that weve always done, often all day long, for most of our lives: sitting. While “sitting is bad” isnt exactly news, the extent of its badness is. This seemingly harmless activity – or more accurately, non activity – has deconditioning and weakening effect on core body muscles,and changes in metabolism that make the body less effective at processing the food , leading to higher blood sugar spikes after meals. High blood sugar promotes a state of inflammation in the body, which were learning is a key driver of high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke and heart disease. Newtons first law - a body in motion tends to stay in motion, is true of the human body, too: If you want to be able to keep moving as you get older, move more now – not just once a day when you exercise, but throughout the day as well. Just find small, simple ways to integrate more movement into your normal day.two minutes of movement every 30 minutes,10 minutes every hour is so much the better. Set an hourly timer! Break up long sitting . Stand up for a while and shift from foot to foot instead of sitting. Walk around and say hi to your co-workers. Go get a glass of water. When you get out of your chair, raise and lower yourself several times to wake up the large muscles in your legs. Consider every phone call an opportunity to stand up and pace, every commercial a reminder to get off the couch and stretch or walk in place. Switch to a sit-to-stand desk at work, or sit on a yoga ball instead of a chair to keep your core muscles engaged.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 22:08:05 +0000
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