Sitting is a state of affairs for the thugs who type on the keyboard all day long.
However, apart from working workers, students who are serious about listening to the lectures every day, or old drivers who drive big cars and small cars to pick up and take guests back and forth, or those who run wild in spirit and stay still. Couch Potato……..
Sedentary is almost a state of life.
The longer you sit, the less healthy you are?
In recent years, there has been an increase in research on the effects of sitting for a long time on health. More and more experiments and data show that the longer the sitting time, the lower the quality of life and the less healthy .
A 2012 analysis found that people who sat the longest time a day were twice as likely to develop diabetes and heart disease than those who sat the least, presumably .
And another study found that women who sat for more than seven hours a day had a 47 percent higher risk of depression than women who sat for four hours or less a day. %.
What are the health effects of sitting for too long?
First, it affects digestion and absorption
Some people sit for a whole day because of work or study, which will cause the body’s gastrointestinal peristalsis to slow down and the food eaten cannot be digested and absorbed for a long time, which is prone to
strong>Constipation, excess waist and abdomen fat, and body fat.
Second, lower back disease
Sitting still for long periods of time can lead to excessive weight bearing on the lower back, which can lead to lumbar spondylosis such as lumbar disc herniation after injury.
Sitting in the office for a long time cannot absorb fresh air, especially when facing the computer for a long time, it is easy to experience dizziness, back pain, cervical stiffness, Symptoms such as numbness in the legs and feet.
Third, cervical spine disease
If you don’t pay attention to your posture when reading books, computers, or mobile phones, and if you keep your head down for a long time, it will also cause cervical spondylosis after over straining the cervical vertebrae, which will make the head unable to get enough energy. Supply blood and oxygen, causing dizziness, headache, physical weakness and other uncomfortable symptoms.
In addition, men who sit still for a long time will reduce the number of sperm, which will affect reproductive function after the decline in sperm quality, and are prone to diseases such as prostatitis.
Women’s sedentary period is also likely to lead to poor menstrual flow and endometriosis. At the same time, ovarian hypoxia can cause infertility, and women’s perineum is long Time in a humid, airtight environment is also easy to breed bacteria, causing gynecological diseases.
How to reduce the harm of prolonged sitting in daily life
Unfortunately, the harm caused by prolonged sitting is irreparable and irreversible.
A growing body of research suggests that prolonged sitting is a risk factor independent of exercise, and that people who are sedentary every day, with or without regular exercise, suffer from heart disease, diabetes, There is an increased risk of cancer and premature death.
If you exercise, or even go to the gym after get off work, the exercise time meets or exceeds the standard, but it cannot make up for the harm caused by sitting for a long time. people sitting”.
Are you just looking at yourself in a quagmire?
And! Do not!Yes!
Although life is so difficult, it is still necessary to develop a good habit of exercise.
According to WHO recommendations,adults need at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise, such as jogging and swimming, for at least 10 minutes per week.
Of course, in addition to exercise, we also do everything we need to exercise in our daily trivial time! rise! Come!
For example, people who need to sit for office and study can get up and move around every one or two hours;
For example, pour yourself a glass of water, stretch, go to the toilet, etc., to improve the blood circulation of the body;
For example, people who stand for a long time should also pay attention to adjusting their standing posture. When the legs are fatigued, they can lean on a certain part to reduce the pressure on the legs, or bend the legs, and exchange one leg. Stand or find an opportunity to sit and rest so that your body is not overtired.
Of course, the smart one will think at this time—-since sitting for a long time is not good, then I will lie down for a long time, right?
Sorry, there is a classic medical indicator for describing activity status —– “metabolic equivalent”, whether sitting or lying down, the metabolic equivalent is Quite low, with little intensity.
So it’s the same sentence – life lies in sports, let’s not lie down when we’re okay!
