Health professionals have warned of a habit that can be even worse for you than smoking and we all do it to various degrees.
Ah, health. It seems that you are damned if you do it and damn if you don’t – do this, do that, but certainly do not do that. Well, it turns out that some things are a bit inevitable, like a habit that most people work an office job Fortunately, do every day, there are ways to fight it.
Habit
Cardiologist at Nyu Langone Stephen Williams said The New York Post he brought in his office and declares that they have an “active life because they are standing all day”.
Unfortunately, Williams is left “(not) impressed”. For what?
Well, many of these people say they are active simply because they bought a standing office and think that it makes them physically active when this is not really the case.
Stop motionless – although it is slightly better than sitting – is always classified as a “sedentary lifestyle”.
And Williams noted: “A sedentary lifestyle is now considered the” new lifestyle of smoking “- it’s so bad.”
But how really is it?
Sitting without making breaks are bad for you (Getty Stock Image)
The risk
Well, if you sit for too long every day without a break in motion, it is more likely that you will gain weight. Healthline states “Research shows that people with obesity are on average two hours more per day than people with normal weight.”
There is evidence that sitting too much can increase the risk of early death, however, a study has found no link between sitting time and overall mortality.
Healthline adds: “Sedentary behavior is systematically linked to more than 30 chronic diseases and conditions, including an increase of 112% of your type 2 diabetes risk and an increase of 147% of the risk of heart disease.
“Studies have shown that walking less than 1,500 steps a day, or seated for long periods without reducing calorie intake, can lead to a major increase in insulin resistance, which is a key engine of type 2 diabetes 2.”
Fortunately, there are things you can do to help you improve your health if the session is a bit inevitable in your lifestyle.
The cardiologist said that a simple “walk” can be “beneficial” (Getty Stock Image)
How to improve
“If you have seen your doctor and are authorized to be active, it is essential to have daily physical activity,” said Williams.
He even advised a simple “walk” as being “beneficial”.
Healthline add: “New research has revealed that 22 minutes from moderate to vigorous exercise can considerably reduce the risk of mortality within 50 years and over.”
Williams noted another way to determine the level of “intensity” that your exercise is to “monitor your heart rate” during activity and make sure you are “less than 50 to 70% of your maximum heart rate”.
“What is calculated by subtracting your age from 220,” he said.