Sitting is detrimental to health, leading to muscle atrophy, decreased hormone levels, pain, and increased risk of bone fractures. — Whalespan
Sitting is detrimental to health, leading to muscle atrophy, decreased hormone levels, pain, and increased risk of bone fractures.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“the point here is that sitting down is bad for us. You atrophy, you have less muscle which means your hormone levels, particularly testosterone, will go down; and you become in pain, that's not a good thing. But ultimately if you have not a lot of muscle in your hips, particularly, you can break your bones when you fall over when you're older.”
“But the point here is that sitting down is bad for us. You atrophy, you will have less muscle and you become, you know, in pain. That's not a good thing. But ultimately, if you have not a lot of muscle in your hips particularly, you can break your bones when you fall over, when you're older.”