Due to the emergence of various diseases nowadays, health experts are recommending individuals to modify their lifestyles in order to prevent early death or disability. Making small changes to sedentary lifestyle could make a great impact not only to one's health, but his life as well.
According to a new study, getting off your seat and moving around once in a while could make a big difference in health.
Scientists said that allotting at least two hours of standing up or moving around within the day could make a positive effect on a person's health. It was revealed that it improves blood sugar, fat and cholesterol levels.
According to the researchers from the European Heart Journal, replacing sitting with standing movements incurred positive results. They were able to assess 782 men and women by letting them use 24 hour activity trackers. These trackers would assess the activities of the respondents by taking notes on how much time one spends for sitting, standing, walking or even lying down, reported NY Daily News.
"An extra two hours per day spent standing rather than sitting was associated with approximately two percent lower average fasting blood sugar levels and 11 percent lower average triglycerides (fats in the blood)," said a statement reported by Time.
With just two hours of sitting and adding more activities like stepping or moving around, the participants had better results with their blood fat and sugar scores. Moreover, they had 11 percent lower average body mass index.
The Queensland doctors involved in the study said that after assessing the date from their volunteers, they computed that adding an extra two hours per day spent standing rather than sitting down helped the individuals to have better health in terms of biomarkers for cardiovascular diseases.
"What we found was that sitting time is linked to higher risk of death, higher risk of heart disease, higher risk of cancer, cancer-related deaths, heart disease-related deaths and diabetes," the study's lead author, Dr. David Atler, told Global News.
