![]() But, don’t fear: hope is here! According to a study in the American Journal of Epidemiology, just 30 minutes of physical activity in a day can fight those awful side effects of sitting. ![]() All-day sitting is no joke for your health. Now, we know that sounds scary…and it is. As such, you may find it harder to lose weight, and you could even gain weight without changing anything about your diet. When you’re sitting for too long, your muscles stop releasing molecules that help you process sugar and fat. When stretched, your vein walls weaken, and the valves that help your blood flow properly, can become damaged. And that collected blood puts more pressure on your veins, which can then stretch. These large, swollen veins can be a result of all-day sitting… or standing! Doing either activity for too long can cause blood to pool in your legs. And if one of those clots reaches your lungs, you could develop a life-threatening pulmonary embolism. That’s when clots can form, break off, and move to other parts of your body. When you don’t move enough, your blood flow slows down. Also, being pregnant or being in the three-month post-partum window, being a cancer patient or recent cancer survivor, having varicose veins or a family history of blood clots will also worsen the risks of extended sitting.Īnd, more dangerously, sitting for long periods of time increases your risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Even taking estrogen-based contraceptives, or hormone-replacement therapy drugs can raise your risk further. That risk goes even higher if you are over the age of 40, obese, or recently had surgery. If you sit in one spot for more than four hours, you raise your risk for all forms of blood clots, according to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control). If you spend more time sitting, you are more likely to die from cardiac disease, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, and suicide. less than three hours per day, resulted in a higher risk of death. The Cancer Prevention Study II showed that sitting more than six hours a day, vs. According to findings from Loughborough University and the University of Leicester, people whose jobs keep them sitting for too long are 90% more likely to die due to heart disease. Think sitting all day is no big deal? This study says differently. ![]() When you sit for too long, you may face challenges such as: Heart Trouble But that’s not the only problem with sitting all day long. We know that sitting all day can lead to weight gain. Basically, sitting all day is slowly killing us. And our veins don’t work as well as they should. The longest we’re walking is from the couch to the kitchen for a snack! This sedentary lifestyle takes a toll on so many parts of our lives. Especially now that many of us have moved to a work-from-home model. So many of us have to worry about the effects of sitting all day, at a desk, staring at our computers.
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