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Lizard sitting so much a pigeon sits on it
Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
Some recent news on sitting reported in the New York Times will make some of you very happy, and some of you not-so-happy. You know that your body is meant to move and you exercise regularly since it's important for your health. Awesome. Well, it turns out your body is REALLY meant to move. Extended periods of sitting cause muscular change that can lead to heart disease, diabetes, and other bad stuff. Your body shuts down at a metabolic level, and exercise doesn't undo it.
How do we know this? Scientists recently parsed some data from a study on men's exercise habits in 1982 (done by researchers…
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