We all know that watching too much TV can lead to gaining weight but now it looks like it can also increase your chances of dying, even if you exercise every day.
It's not the TV watching that's bad for us but the sitting around while we do it causing the problems. and the solution might be as simple as hopping on a treadmill and walking while you watch.
We have known for a while that too much TV watching can increase your chances of becoming overweight mainly because it robs you of time to exercise. but researchers in Australia found even for those exercising thirty to forty five minutes a day, too much TV increased their chances of an early death.
These researchers followed the exercise and TV habits of over 8,000 people for six years. The surprise came when they discovered that the risk of dying from any cause, especially heart disease or cancer, went up with each daily hour of TV watched. as a matter of fact, watching two to four hours a day increased chances of dying by thirteen percent and watching over four hours a day by nearly fifty percent.
Experts think the reason this is happening, even in those that exercise, is because when you watch TV you just sit or lie down. and when you do that for hours on end, your body starts to process fats differently, affecting your health. As the experts put it, it's not the sweaty activity we're losing but the incidental moving around that helps us stay healthy. One tip, stand while watching, or better yet, just hop on the treadmill and slowly walk instead of just sitting in front to the tube.
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