Some scary things have been on my list of worries. Turns out, this whole time what I really should have been worried about is something we all do every day: sitting. Yes, sitting.
According to an article that was published in USA Today this month, a recent study shows that sitting less may lengthen your life expectancy. So that means sitting more may actually shorten it.
And we’re not talking about sitting a few hours at a time. We’re talking about just two hours throughout the entire day. If that is the case, then we should be standing almost all of the time, except when we’re sleeping. And who has the energy to stand most of the day?
Luckily, there are things we can do to mitigate the effects of what the article calls “sitting disease.” You can make sure you stand up every hour, as well as workout regularly.
Still, it seems pretty silly to be worried about sitting. Next thing you know, a study will come out about how we shouldn’t be standing all the time! With study after study coming out about anything and everything, sometimes it’s difficult to know exactly what we should be doing to stay healthy. Take for example the studies that have come out about vitamins. Some studies say we should be taking vitamins (supposedly, Vitamin D is the vitamin we definitely should be taking at the moment), and other studies say vitamins are a waste of money. Well, I’ve been taking vitamins all of my life, and I intend on continuing to take them - just in case they have been helping to keep me healthy.
Bottom line, I think as long as we do everything in moderation, we should be fine. Why make ourselves miserable, trying to decide if we’re doing everything we “should” be doing 100 percent of the time?
Will I continue to be worried about this “sitting” study? For once, "worried" might be the wrong word. I think I'll be more aware of when it is time to stand up and move around (that may even help burn some more calories, too!). Until the next study comes out that makes us worry about what we are or aren't doing, I’ll just need to have faith that I’m doing everything the best I can.
