This should not come as a surprise to anybody but we are sitting more today than our ancestor did. The modern way of living and the development of technologies has cut down our work so much that we almost don’t have to move anymore. This prolonged sitting is slowly killing us. Research in Sitting An average adult sits for 13 to 15 hours a day Mercola, but that still represents more time in a chair than time in your bed. In the past, when most people lived off of farming and agriculture, we use to spend roughly 3 hours a day sitting. Our bodies are made to be in movement and in action and this isn’t only an opinion but also a well researched fact. Thousand of papers have researched the impact of prolonged sitting on the human body. The position has been associated with multiple chronic diseases; the most commonly known ones being obesity, high blood pressure, type II diabetes and high cholesterol. It has also been associated with this centuries most debilitating condition…low back pain. Health Concerns The main problem is that when you sit your body isn’t only slowing down, but that after a certain period time Read more…