First, the good news: smoking, once the "bad habit" of choice for nearly half of all Americans in the mid-1950s, is now much less common with only about 20 percent of all Americans from smoking. The bad news: sitting for hours at a time, now a more common lifestyle than ever, is considered by some health experts to be even worse for your health than smoking
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Sitting reduces blood flow, inhibits the immune system, and reduces the supply of nutrients to your muscles and brain. Sitting for long periods of time is correlated with an increased risk of all kinds of chronic noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. What is perhaps worse is that, at least according to health experts, the damage caused by a sedentary lifestyle past can not be undone by changing your habits.
Fortunately, changing these habits now can still prevent further damage and reduce future health risks, and it is quite easy to find ways to avoid sitting for long periods of measurement. Here are some tips to minimize your sedentary time throughout the day :.
- Take advantage of break time to work vigorous walking rather than sitting somewhere else
- Get up and stretch every twenty minutes.
- Exercise every day before or after work a priority.
- purchase of a permanent office for your home or office.
- When the opportunity arises, stand during meetings rather than sitting.
- Replace some of your sedentary pastimes for physically active leisure.
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