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The 1 Thing You Need to Do to Counteract Being Sedentary
DO YOU SIT for hours at a desk? I know that I sometimes work at a desk for hours. Being sedentary puts you at risk for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and a host of other health problems. Anyone who reads my posts regularly knows how strongly I feel about the positive effects of avoiding being sedentary.
I have written about the benefits of physical activity. Move, and you can see positive benefits on markers of aging, such as your telomeres.
But today, I want to chat with you about a recent study hinting at a simple way you can avoid significantly harming your metabolic health. Investigators at The Karolinska Institute (Sweden) wondered what would happen if middle-aged office workers broke up sitting time over a three-week time frame.
Each subject had a high risk for metabolic health issues such as diabetes. The participants had baseline checks of metabolic health. Each wore activity monitors for a week to get baseline measures of health. The researchers then randomized the volunteers to a control group versus an intervention…
