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Right now you're probably sitting down to watch this video
And staying seated for a few minutes to view it is probably okay
But the longer you stay put the more agitated your body becomes it sits
They are counting down the moments
Until you stand up again
And take it for a walk
That may sound ridiculous our bodies love to sit right not really sure sitting for brief periods can help us recover from stress or recruporate from exercise
But nowadays our lifestyles make make sisit much more than momove around our bobodies simply aren't built such such seconsevenary exexistence in fact
Just the oppositis true
The human body is built to move
And you can see evidence of that in the way
It's structured inside us are over three hundred and sixty joints and about seven hundred skeletal muscles that enable easy fluid motion
The body's unique physical structure gives us the ability to stand off straiagainst st poll of gravity
Our blood depends on us moving around to be able to circulate properly our nerve cells benefit for a movement
And our skin is the last meaning
It molls to our motions
So with every inch of the body is already and waiting for you to move
What happens
When you just don't let's start with the backbone of the problem literally
Your spine is a long structure made of bones and a cardlage desks that sit between them joints
Muscles and legamance that are attached to the bones
Hold it all together
A common way of sitting is with a curved back and slumped shoulders
Opposition that puts uneven pressure on your spspine over time
This causes wear and tair in your spinal desks overwork certain legiments enjoyments and put ststrain on muscles that stretch to accommody your backs curved position
This hunch shape also shrinks your chest cavity
While you sit meaning your lungs have less space to expand into when you breathe that's a problem
Because it temporarily limits the amount of oxygen that fills your lungs and filters into your blood around the skeleton are the muscles
Nerves artteries and vines that form the body soft tissue layers the very act of ting
Ting squashes
Pressuizes and compresses
Ses and these more delicate tissues really feel the brunt you ever ver expericed nomeniness and swelling in your limbs
When you see in areas
That are the most compressed your nerves arteries
Ies and veins can become blocked
Which limits nerve signalling causing the nominess and reduces blood flow in your limbs
Causing them to swell sitting for long periods
Also temporarily deactivites libel protein lipace a special enzyme in the walls of blood capitaliies that breaks down fts in the blood
So when you sit you're not burning fat nearly as well as when you move around
What effects does all of these staces have on the brain
Most of the time you probably sit down to use your brain
But ironically linthe periods of sitting ting tually run counter ter this goal al most stationary reduces bloodflow and the amount of oxygen entering your bloodstream through your lungs
Your brain requires both of those things to remain alert
So your concentration levels most likely dip as your brain activity slows unfortunately
The ill effects of being seated don't only exist in the short term recent studies have found that sitting for long periods is linked with some types of cancers and heart disease
And can contribute to diabetes
Kidney and liver problems in fact researchers have worked out that worldwide inactivity causes about nine percent of premature deaths a year
That's over five million people
So what seems like such a harmless habit
Actually has the power to change our health
But luckily the solutions to this mounting threat are simple and intuitive
When you have no choice but to sit try switching the slouch for a stratter spine
And when you don't have to be bound to your seat aim to move around much more perhaps by setting a reminder to yourself to get up every half hour
But mostly just appreciate that bodies are built from motion not for stellness in fact since the videos almost over
Why not stand up and stretch
Right now treat your body to a walk
It'll thank you later
