Randomguy Posted September 19, 2017 Share #1 Posted September 19, 2017 Standing Now Also Killing You BY REBECCA FISHBEIN IN ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ON SEP 19, 2017 12:05 PM (StudioThreeDots / istockphoto) With study after study suggesting sitting all day is killing you quickly, slowly, and rendering you immobile, you'd think ditching your desk job for something more active might be the best move for your health. But since life is about choices, each one designed to suck out your living soul and replace it with some cancerous imposter that will eventually render you crippled and later dead, it turns out standing is also killing you. A study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology this month found that prolonged standing could increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, sending extra blood down to the legs, contributing to extra pressure in the veins, and screwing with the body's ability to detoxify itself. Researchers studied the standing/sitting habits of more than 7,000 workers in Ontario, Canada over the course of 12 years and found that workers who primarily stand at work—like cashiers, bank tellers, waiters and cooks—were actually twice as likely to develop heart disease as those who who primarily sit at work. So, though sitting is lethal, standing is actually morelethal. "In fact, the incidence of heart disease among those respondents who stood a lot at work (6.6 per cent) was similar to the incidence of heart disease among workers who smoked on a daily basis (5.8 per cent) or those who were obese (6.9 per cent)," Peter Smith, a researcher on the study with the University of Toronto, wrote. The key to longevity, the study says, is to find a good mix of sitting and standing at work—i.e., not confining yourself to your desk chair all day, but sitting down when your legs start to get tired. This is all well and good for desk workers with access to standing desks—and, conversely, for standing workers with access to chairs. It's also very good news for people rich enough to eschew traditional jobs all together, since beaches and ski lifts make nice chairs when you're weary of upright chilling. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted September 19, 2017 Share #2 Posted September 19, 2017 11 minutes ago, Randomguy said: choices, each one designed to suck out your living soul and replace it with some cancerous imposter My favorite line. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caretaker Posted September 19, 2017 Share #3 Posted September 19, 2017 Try lying down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted September 19, 2017 Share #4 Posted September 19, 2017 I hover. Is hovering also bad? Is it? What are you doing? Mind if I watch? Hey, is a picture of your wife? That shirt looks good on you, is it new? Mind if I rearrange the things on your desk? What did you bring for lunch? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted September 19, 2017 Share #5 Posted September 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, jsharrg said: I hover. Is hovering also bad? Is it? What are you doing? Mind if I watch? Hey, is a picture of your wife? That shirt looks good on you, is it new? Mind if I rearrange the things on your desk? What did you bring for lunch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted September 19, 2017 Share #6 Posted September 19, 2017 36 minutes ago, jsharrg said: I hover. Is hovering also bad? Is it? What are you doing? Mind if I watch? Hey, is a picture of your wife? That shirt looks good on you, is it new? Mind if I rearrange the things on your desk? What did you bring for lunch? You work with ChrisL? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted September 19, 2017 Share #7 Posted September 19, 2017 I had to look real hard at the gal on the left to figure out what she is wearing. I'm guessing that it's not a nightie & thigh highs, but i might be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 19, 2017 Share #8 Posted September 19, 2017 5 hours ago, Caretaker said: Try lying down. That is the one I prefer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted September 19, 2017 Share #9 Posted September 19, 2017 News Flash: Life is sexually transmitted and 100% fatal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted September 20, 2017 Share #10 Posted September 20, 2017 So why is everybody afraid to die?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted September 20, 2017 Share #11 Posted September 20, 2017 I've been working in high places for decades, been wearing a 'fall protection harness' for the past 20 years. The other day I learned that falling into a harness is likely to kill you. And I personally know that the damned harness is doing it's best to trip you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted September 20, 2017 Share #12 Posted September 20, 2017 2 hours ago, dotman17 said: So why is everybody afraid to die?? Probably because they know their cell phone contract has hefty early termination fees, and even death won't get them out of those. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted September 20, 2017 Share #13 Posted September 20, 2017 Better on your arse than your feet, lying down than either, dead than the lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted September 20, 2017 Share #14 Posted September 20, 2017 15 hours ago, Kzoo said: I see about 12 of these a day come through my doors. I have gotten very good at driving them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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