WORTH READING AND LEARNING AGAIN AND AGAIN
Standing Helps Heart Health
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The ‘obesity’ epidemic is attributed in part to ‘reduced physical activity’. Evidence supports that
reducing time spent sitting,regardless of activity, may improve the metabolic consequences
of obesity. Analyses were conducted in a large prospective study of US adults enrolled by the
American Cancer Society to examine leisure time spent sitting and physical activity in relation to mortality.
You don’t have to exercise to help your heart. Sure, exercise will probably make your heart last longer,
but it’s not the only thing you can do to avoid the biggest complication of diabetes.
Just standing up -- otherwise known as giving your BACK a rest -- now seems to work independently
of physical activity to reduce your chance of dying from heart disease. A new study that the American
Journal of Epidemiology published online in advance of print indicates that the less leisure
time we spend sitting the better it is for our hearts.
Prolonged time spent sitting, independent of physical activity, has been shown to have important
metabolic consequences, and may influence things like triglycerides, high density lipoprotein,
cholesterol, fasting plasma glucose, resting blood pressure, and leptin, which are biomarkers of obesity
and cardiovascular and other chronic diseases.
Office goers must take out some time to stroll a bit as sitting for long hours on the office chair can be injurious to health.
A new Australian research shows that too much of sitting down cancels the benefits of exercise and puts people at the risk of diabetes and heart disease.
But the good news is that strolling about the house or gently walking around the office while on the phone might be enough to keep you fit.
After conducting a study on 168 people, it was found regardless of how much moderate-to-vigorous exercise they did, those who took more breaks from sitting had lower waist circumferences, lower body mass indexes and lower levels of triglycerides and glucose in blood.
Higher levels of triglycerides, or blood lipids, have been linked to a heightened risk of heart disease and stroke. High blood glucose levels are linked to the development of diabetes, which itself is a major risk factor for heart disease.
'What this shows is there are benefits in just getting up regularly and interrupting your sedentary time,' principal researcher Genevieve Healy of the University of Queensland said.
The study builds on work that is shifting the health promotion focus from purposeful exercise, such as jogging or cycling, to lower intensity activity throughout the day, The Age reported.
The finding has also been supported by US studies, which show the sheer effort of standing up is enough to double the metabolic rate and the amount of calories burnt.
“JUST GET UP OFTEN AND INTERRUPT YOUR SEDENTARY TIME”
LOWER INTENSITY ACTIVITY THOUGHOUT THE DAY - IS THE KEY
LET US “ STAND UP “ FOR OUR OWN HEALTH
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