“It Cannot Happen To Me”

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A Step A Day, Executive Health, lifestyle diseases

While there are many positives fuelled by a growing economy such as more disposable income, better life styles etc, there is a darker side which often gets neglected as long it doesn’t affect us personally. I speak of our health.

Everyone likes to think that the horror stories of illness they hear and read about cannot happen to them. This ” It Cannot Happen To Me” syndrome gives us a false sense of comfort on one hand or even bravado on the other.

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Posture Perfect

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Executive Health, postures

I decided to research a bit about postures when an executive friend recently confided in me about the excruciating back pain he was getting daily. The reasons were not far to find. Very limited exercise, slouching in his executive chair and at meetings for most of the day, more time watching TV or catching a movie later on with a poor sitting posture.

Posture is about the way we stand, the way we sit. Just how important is your posture? The differences between good posture and poor posture are graphically illustrated in the Washington Post. Without realizing it, we are causing unnecessary harm to our body through poor postures.

In an age when we spend huge amounts of time in sedentary work, posture can help or hinder our overall health.

The Cleaveland Clinic has useful information on the right postures while standing, driving, sitting etc. These are relatively small things but somehow we tend to overlook them until the problem becomes too much to bear.

I hope this post will help my groaning friend.

Don’t Sit For Too Long!

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diabetes, Executive Health

Are you sitting for too long ? Watch out – because recent research indicates that remaining seated at a place for extended periods is as bad for health as smoking or over exposure to the sun, say scientists.

Professor Marc Hamilton of the University of Missouri says that people who have to remain seated at their desks for hours in their workplaces, and then place themselves in front of the television after reaching home, are increasing their chances of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity.

In another study, conducted at the International Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, it has been found that even 2 hours of exercise a day will not compensate for “spending 22 hours sitting on your rear end”.

“People who break up their sitting time – walking to a colleague rather than emailing him, for instance – have a lower risk of diabetes,” said Professor David Dunstan .