MORE SEATING - the silent killer

Population Office, programmers, tailors, ... are the many occupations often have to sit continuously, and facing a very high risk of disease dangerous not only for us but also for osteoarthritis the vital organs.

It sat for a long time can cause damage to organs in the body and cause disease follows:

1. Heart Disease

When sitting for long periods, the muscles and burn fat at speeds slower blood flow causes the fatty acids easily clog the heart. This situation lasted cause high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol levels.

According to experts, the increasingly sedentary with "quiet time" as much at risk of heart disease than 2 times higher than the mobility.


2. overactive pancreas

The pancreas is responsible for producing insulin, the hormone helps cells take glucose from the blood and used for energy. However, cells in the inactive state does not respond to the insulin that the pancreas continues to produce more hormones again. This is the cause of diabetes and other diseases.

The danger is the decline in response to insulin occurred 1 day after sitting continuously, according to results of a study in 2011.

3. Colorectal cancer

Many studies have shown an association between long sitting with increased risk of colon cancer, breast cancer and endometrial. Scientists have yet to fully explain the problem, but there were many assumptions are made. Assume first that excess insulin stimulates the growth of harmful cells. But according to a different argument, regular exercise will boost the activities of natural antioxidants help prevent the cell damage and free radicals, agents potentially carcinogenic.

4. Poor blood circulation in the legs

Time spent countless causes decreased blood circulation in the legs. Problems can arise include swollen ankles, varicose veins until syndrome venous thrombosis (DVT) risk.

5. Bone thin

The operation went, running ... stimulates bone in the hip and lower body density development with thicker, more solid. Sitting long bones made ​​thinner. The shortage of such advocacy is the reason for the increase in osteoporosis in recent times, in the opinion of the scientists.

6. Poor concentration

Mobility helps pump blood and oxygen to the brain better, while stimulating the production of chemicals to improve mood and mind. When sitting around for a long time, every process in the body are slow, including the operation of the brain makes it difficult to concentrate.

7. clue

Most of the time people office "stationed" at the desk with routine dive toward the computer keyboard or a tilted head inside the phone. Consequently, the spine is stretched and may perpetual imbalance.

8. shoulders and back pain

Posture bent forward also affect the shoulders and back, especially body shoulder, neck and shoulder connection.

9. Spinal Degeneration

Sitting for long periods with incorrect posture causes wedge disc between two vertebrae bones impairment shock absorbers for the spine, causing pain and problems arising spine.

10. herniated disc

More and more people sit facing more risk higher herniated disk. In the sitting position, upper body weight put on the lumbar vertebrae instead of being evenly distributed along the spine.

11. Increased risk of death

In the study lasted eight and a half years, people have time to watch TV most likely 61% higher mortality than those who watch TV less than 1 hour per day.