Sedentary people had lower blood pressure and better mental health when they walked for 5 minutes every half hour, a study found.
all of the negative effects of sedentary behavior elsewhere in our lives. So doctors and health organizations regularly remind people to proactively break up the time they spend sitting throughout the day. But exercise scientists at Columbia University say that there’s been relatively little research into how to make these breaks as effective as possible.“Guidelines recommend that adults should ‘sit less, move more.
To do so, they recruited 11 healthy adults to take part in a trial at the university. The volunteers all carried out five different sitting scenarios. In the baseline condition, they sat for eight hours in an ergonomic chair, while being allowed to read, work on a laptop or use their phones. In the other four, they went on light walks for varying lengths of time at varying points of the day.
All you need to do is sign up with your email and boom: credit for your preorder on a new Samsung device.“We found that a five-minute light walk every half hour was the only strategy that reduced blood sugar levels substantially compared to sitting all day. In particular, the blood sugar spike after eating was reduced by almost 60%,” Diaz said. “We also found that a five-minute light walk every half hour reduced blood pressure by 4 to 5 points compared to sitting all day.
“Ultimately, there will need to be more studies that replicate our findings. But I don’t think we should continue to wait. There is enough evidence now about the health harms of sitting that employers should be promoting and encouraging regular breaks from sitting,” Diaz said. “How often and for how long may still need to be sorted out, but our findings are a good starting point.
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