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Hours of sitting may lead to an

 early death

A Recent studies show that sitting all day may leads to an early death. Sitting all day may lead to having a serious heart disease, The more hours we spend sitting at work, driving, lying on the couch watching TV, or engaged in other leisurely pursuits, the greater their odds of dying early from all causes, including cancer according from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Even if we exercise daily is at risk if most of their hours are spent sitting. It means that an hour of vigorous exercise would not make up for the hours spent sitting.

Extended sitting results to lack of muscle contractions and successive body movements.  When you sit, you expend fewer calories than you would while standing. Muscle contraction is very important for blood flow simulation and it removes toxins from the body via the lymphatic system, a complex filtering system in our bodies. It also clears fat and glucose from our bloodstream.

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Another study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that adults who sat for more than 11 hours a day had a 40 percent increased risk of dying within 3 years– from any cause– compared with those who sat for less than 4 hours a day.

Avoiding inactivity is important for your health. Sitting is a part of our daily lives, but we could avoid too much of it by sitting less.

Source: Philippine star