Your profile
Your profile
Share the story at Stumbleupon
Subscribe to our weekly Bonk Mail
Who is online now?





Want to stay healthy? Learn to float!

Article by
Journalist

Read comments (1)
The world of science and researched conducted around the world have proven that if you want to stay healthy, floating might be the only way to go, because sitting, standing up or laying on your couch all day might be a hazard for your health. After all, if you decide to do any of those "activities", we end up doing them all day long. Mmm. Right.

So, why can sitting all day be bad for you?

  • A recent study showed that people who sit for most of their day are 54% more likely to die of a heart attack.
  • Sitting also increases risk of death up to 40%. So if you were 100% sure to die before, if you sit a lot, the chance of dying increases to 140% for you. Not a good sign.
  • Sitting makes you fat, according to statistics, fat people sit 2.5 hours more than thin people.
  • When you sit, electrical activity in your leg muscles shut off.
  • When you sit, calorie burning drops to 1 per minute.
  • When you sit, Ensymes that help break down fat drop 90%.


As you can see, sitting can really kill you. Sitting is a disease with 140% possibility of death.

Why standing all day might be bad for you?

  • While standing up is normally seen as a good thing, some experts in occupational health do think that hours of uninterrupted standing could be bad for your body.
  • Standing dramatically increases the risks of carotid atherosclerosis simply because of the additional load on the circulatory system, and allegedly it also increases the risks of varicose veins.
  • By standing up a lot, the performance of many fine motor skills of yours turn less good.
  • If you work with computers and decide to stand up while working, the computer fixes your posture so that there is greater wrist extension, which again causes you to end up leaning which compromises your wrist posture, thus increasing the risks of a musculoskeletal disorder like carpal tunnel syndrome.
  • Eating while standing up - it is bad because your digestive muscles are stretched and feel un-comfortable while digesting.
  • Standing up all day might be bad for your knees.
  • Standing desks can make you fat because you eat more due to bigger calorie consumption (you get hungry faster), you end up exercising even less, because...well, you feel like you've done it already by simply standing all day.
  • Standing for long time can cause your leg bones to actually merge with your ankles, thus causing you to be unable to move your ankles. And this will make it impossible for you to do any other training anything to do with your legs.


As you can see, standing up can be as dangerous as sitting all day. Sp what about laying down?

Why laying on your bed or couch might be bad for your health?

  • It stands to reason that if you don't stand up every once in a while, you might discover your pants getting wet at some point. Sounds logical, right? And none of us wants to see that!
  • Bed sores - no comments needed. (okay, just don't know what to say about them)
  • And apparently, by laying down all day, you can get fat, or so they say.


As you can see, even laying on your couch or bed can theoretically be bad for you. So...I've been thinking what might be a solution to this....what should you do if you can't really sit or stand or lay down...and the most logical answer would be that you need to learn to float...or fly. That's it.




Share this article



Tags:



Politics

Saving the Tigers from extinction

It was a hurriedly organized citizen’s meeting at Guwahati Press Club, where serious concerns were expressed at the increasing trend of poaching and killing of wildlife in various parts of Assam.

more
Factzone: The truth about Kim Jong Il
20.Dec 2011
Kim Jong Il, the leader of the free world, has decided to move on to more ferti...read

Top 5 Conspiracy Theories Related to John F. Kennedy's Assassination
26.Aug 2011
Since just after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, conspiracy theories abou...read

ISRAEL KEEPING GHADDAFI AFLOAT
10.Mar 2011
...read

Glen Beck Is NOT the Anti-Christ!
10.Mar 2011
Hurtful and fiery rhetoric is now media’s default setting! This slippery and m...read

Opinion

World governments charged with criminal negligence (in response to Megaupload case)

EARTH (thecheers.org) - Federal authorities of the universe have charged the governments of all the countries in the world as well as the operators actually in power in these countries with operating a criminal enterprise, the Galaxy warriors announced Today.

more
The Great OSCARS 2011 – or so it would seem
5.Mar 2011
So, how exciting......a morning off, the Academy Awards. I wish I could say the...read

Top 7 Expensive Bordellos. Prostitution: Shakedown, Tier Down, and Priced Out
31.Jan 2011
According to a report of the Washington DC-based US Department of State, The Ph...read

The Great Secret and Reason for the JFK Assassination
11.Oct 2010
The great question is why the great secret? On June 4 1963, President Kennedy s...read

Don't Do it! The 3 Worst Times to Get Tattoos
4.Oct 2010
As a general rule, tattoos gotten after 2 am are a bad idea. But in a bigger pi...read

Travel

Travel Warning 13 September 2010 - DO NOT TRAVEL TO IRAN
13.Sep 2010
TRAVELWISE has been watching the situation in Iran for some months in relation ...read

more
TRAVELWISE TRAVEL ADVISORY 5th June 2010. DO NOT TRAVEL TO ISRAEL.
5.Jun 2010
Given the recent incident whereby the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad, used...read

TRAVELWISE. 16 APRIL 2010. EUROPEAN TRAVEL ALTERNATIVES
16.Apr 2010
Travelwise issues the following advice in relation to cancelled flights to, fro...read

TRAVELWISE 6 APRIL 2010. AUSTRALIAN AIR TRAVEL. THE BEST WAYS TO TRAVEL BY AIR IN AUSTRALIA.
5.Apr 2010
Regular readers might have seen and read the various advisory and no-fly notice...read

TRAVELWISE 2 APRIL 2010. QANTAS.
2.Apr 2010
Some concerns have been raised in relation to some of the maintenance practices...read



No Payoff From the Playoffs

$16.50 will Get Anyone in the Hall Mr McGwire

Stupid Athlete Tricks




Think Big! Think the World's Largest International Trade Show

Top 9 cool laptop accessories for laptop geeks

Twittering: I'm not that interesting


Cheers






USA says on 2012-02-11 19:55:23 about WkNppwWSGf
IjWm9u Sent the first post, but it wasn`t published. I am writing the second. It's me, the African tourist.









Post Comment

 
 Your nickname
 
 About what
 
 Your comment
 
Are you human? How much is 1 + 2?
 





Jay Gory





Saving the Tigers from extinction
It was a hurriedly organized citizen’s meeting at Guwahati Press Club, where serious concerns were expressed at the increasing trend of poaching and killing of wildlife in various parts of Assam.




FTD New Bonus Offer

Argonaut
Genre: Alternative
The band are led by Core Members, Lorna (Vocals & Synths) an...

The Kut
Genre: Alternative
As three female musicians on the London circuit, questions l...

The Exits
Genre: Electronic
Genre: Electro / Indie / Rock Location Portsmouth, South, U...

Trip Effect
Genre: Rock
A power trio that mashes up alternative/indie/rock with warm...

Jim Scordilis
Genre: Rock
jimscordilis@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/jimscordil...

Valadis Gaoutsis
Genre: Rock
Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Valantis-G...

Steelianos
Genre: Rock
MYSPACE PROFILE: http://www.myspace.com/steelianos O...

Martian Sun
Genre: Rock
Music for the crazy movie playing in your head....

GL$(GOONZLIVESAVAGE)
Genre: Hip-Hop
Blood relative, born in Little Rock Arkansas. From The Wests...

Comeg
Genre: Rock
COMEG's recording career began in 2002 in a basement in Devo...

Keeping Riley
Genre: Rock
Feel good acoustic driven rock from the Jersey suburbs of Ne...















The Cheers magazine: About us | Contact us | The Cheers Story | Advertising
Work with The Cheers: Writers guide | Write for us | Writer application | Reporter application 
The Cheers:Terms and conditions | Privacy policy | Sponsoring | Sitemap
Sister sites: Tech Blog |  Best Auto Zine | Best poker affiliates | Travel destinations by weather | Cerveza | Okai - critical commentary | Get Beautiful! | The Stock game | Wifi hotspots and wireless laptops | The Daily Bonk | Best Poker Zine | Business thoughts | Political commentary | Most expensive things | Top lists | Free Spanish Courses | World News in ShortTop 10 lists 
Listen: Online radio station | Unsigned musicians | Music reviews | Listen to unknown bands
Travel World: World travel locations | Morocco Agadir travel
Travel: Travel blogs | Travel destinations | Hotel reviews | Beer around the world
Watch: Watch movies online | Watch free tv online | Watch heroes online
Trade: The Stock game | Trading competitions | Trading education
Learn: Business videos online | Business networking | Business strategies | Business ideas
Copyright © 2004-2011 The Cheers magazine / sitting health & sitting health risks