Prolonged sitting might be worse than smoking
Take a Stand: The Dangers of Prolonged Sitting
Mercola Jan 7, 2023 hour long video with 📄 transcript
"There are about 10,000 publications showing that prolonged sitting is harmful to your health and promotes chronic diseases, including obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Within 90 seconds of rising from sitting to standing, the muscular and cellular systems that process blood sugar, triglycerides and cholesterol — which are mediated by insulin — are activated. All of these molecular effects are activated simply by carrying your bodyweight upon your legs"
"At bare minimum, avoid sitting for more than 50 minutes out of every hour. Ideally, limit sitting to three hours or less"
"Evidence shows that prolonged sitting is devastating your health. In his book, “Get Up!: Why Your Chair Is Killing You and What You Can Do About It,” Dr. James Levine, co-director of the Mayo Clinic and the Arizona State University Obesity Initiative, notes there are about 10,000 publications showing that sitting is harmful to your health."
"A study 6 published in 2015 found that, compared to those who exercised often and engaged in few sedentary behaviors, those who rarely exercised and spent many hours sitting had an almost eightfold increased risk of dying prematurely ."
3 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences December 22, 112(2): 366-371
4 Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews July 2010; 38(3): 105-113
5 Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews July 2010; 38(3): 105-113, Metabolic Health Consequences of Too Much Sitting section
11 Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews July 2010; 38(3): 105-113, Metabolic Health Consequences of Too Much Sitting section