Moving is good. But “if you exercise one hour a day and sit or lie down for the other 23 hours, that’s not normal,” explains Jean-Michel Lecerf, a nutritionist at the Pasteur Institute in Lille. Your hour of sports only slightly erases the negative effects of a sedentary lifestyle, that is, the fact that you do not move for long hours on end. Stay in your chair chained to the screen like…
Why is it so harmful to the body? “In a seated position, the muscles of the legs are not used, and this has consequences for the whole body. Arterial blood flow in the legs decreases, leading to cascading dysfunctions, describes Prof. Martin Duclos, endocrinologist and physiologist. Blood pressure rises, blood sugar too. There is even a decrease in the blood supply to the brain with a short-term impairment of memory and intellectual performance. In the medium and long term, such a sedentary lifestyle increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. »
Overweight, diabetes, fatigue…
Various strategies can be applied to combat harmful sedentary lifestyles. “It has been proven that in our daily life, when we spend a lot of time in front of screens, getting up and walking for at least a few minutes every hour, we have a beneficial effect on muscles, tendons, balance, glycemia …” Dr. Leserf.
If physical activity does not lead to weight loss, then it prevents overweight and obesity and allows you to reduce the mass of visceral fat deposited in the abdomen, the most dangerous from a cardiovascular point of view. It increases muscle mass, which helps to eliminate sugar and fat. The reduction in overall mortality is directly proportional to muscle strength and endurance. In addition, a recent meta-analysis showed that regular physical activity reduces the risk of developing diabetes by 50%.
Finally, let’s not forget that this is the only practice that helps fight fatigue, including in cancer patients, and reduces the risk of depression and anxiety. All this without side effects.
Source: Le Parisien
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