You have to stand often to maintain the status quo… Burn calories and lower the risk of diabetes and cancer.
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Making an effort to stand occasionally at work or at home can help you burn calories and stay healthy. [사진=게티이미지뱅크]Busy daily life, lack of time and will to exercise consistently, even if you don’t lose weight or improve your health, is there a way to prevent the situation from getting worse? Healthline, an American health and medical media outlet, introduced that just standing can burn calories and that making an effort to stand a little more can be helpful.
Even standing still burns calories and has many health benefits.
Although there are differences depending on gender, age, and physique, just standing can burn about 70 to 95 kcal per hour, 15 to 30 kcal more than sitting. Standing moves more muscles than lying down or sitting, which also increases the number of calories burned. When you stand, you move your hands, arms, and legs a little more than when you sit, which can increase your calorie consumption. You can increase the effect further by lifting and lowering your feet while standing or stretching your arms out straight.
Aside from burning calories, it has many health benefits. Increasing the time you spend lying down or standing can lower your risk of developing diabetes, heart attack, stroke, cancer, etc. and prevent the worsening of scoliosis, where the spine curves inward. When you stand, strength goes into your muscles to keep your body upright, and your muscles have no choice but to continue working, which also strengthens your muscles.
It is best to start by standing for 10 to 15 minutes a day and gradually increase the time. If you have been sitting for 30 minutes, it is helpful to set a goal of standing for at least 1 minute.
Working while standing, walking around the house
There are many ways to practice it in your daily life. First of all, if you are working, we recommend using a standing desk. It’s also a good idea to stand when answering the phone or try having a standing meeting instead of a seated one. You can also set an alarm for a specific time to make it a habit to stand up frequently. If you find it difficult to get up from work, make the most of your commute time. Although it may be tempting to lean your heavy body on a chair right away, it is better for your health to move while standing as much as possible.
At home, standing and watching TV or taking frequent walks around the house with your family can be good practices. It is also a good idea to set a rule such as standing up when sending a text message, making a call, or surfing the Internet using a smartphone, the companion of modern people.
Just enough to help
However, even though standing is said to be good for your health, standing for long periods of time is actually harmful. It is better than sitting, but it is not as effective as exercise, and standing for too long can cause physical abnormalities such as lower body swelling. In 2017, a study conducted on 20 participants and asked them to stand and work on a computer for two hours showed that many of them lost concentration and complained of physical discomfort after two hours.
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2023-12-24 11:31:16
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