Tag: sitting too much
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Science Explains What Happens to Your Body When You Stretch Every Day
Making time to stretch each morning can help improve flexibility and energize you for the day ahead. Most people feel like stretching upon waking up to relieve stiff joints and improve blood circulation. Plus, a stretching exercise or two can boost mental health by reconnecting you with your body and taking attention off the mind.…
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Science Explains the Consequences of a Sedentary Lifestyle
Our bodies were meant to move, not live a sedentary lifestyle. Indeed, we’re told to move a lot. Unfortunately, today, it’s far too easy to stay still. Desk jobs, entertainment, and a non-energetic diet can keep us in one place for much of the day. An inactive lifestyle is something that people need to fight…
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Doctors Reveal the Consequences of Sitting Too Long
Sitting too long is detrimental to your body, say the experts. It makes sense. In general, people evolved from nomads to farmers to…couch potatoes. Our ancestors kept fit from running for their lives from predators. Or, they kept active daily by accomplishing all the manual tasks that kept their children safe and their homes warm…